Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-14

-. "FVt,rbi1sj " wasn't soon, but Won |
nave outliyed il, Why child, ia tbe
way Oh the world, one outliyes every.
thing. Ellie, how young YOU are. IN
spite OF your-how many wears
when yon throw mp your head IN tLat
OLD way fancy myself back on yopy
nncles old porch in Chester; YOU were
q very willful girl, Helen"
Lady with heightened color)--aI am
very willful woman"
knight 0aughing)-"I haven't Che
shghtest doubt of it, my dear; fortunate.
~, can manage willfulness--and Won
better than ] did in my callow DAYS,
seriously, Helen, lave something "a
20 say 70 you; we didn't meet by acct
cent. ! was waiting for you, waiting
70 say It. Your train hadnt gone. I
lied to Won. Yes, / did don't look angry
listen and hear the old story. Ellie. an.
swer the old question: came to-day to
ask il.
Lady (nurriedly. glancing about
distractedly)--"0, hush, hush do hush
you?"
During the last few sentences elder
" party IN glasses, torn by the conflict
ing emotions, feminine sense Of honor
always weak, feminine love Of romance
always strong. has alternately fidgeted
70 proclaim her presence and remained
breathless to conceal il. At this appeal
honor triumphs aud she heroically aud
nolslly drops her sun umbrella, which
knight picks up and returns with a 20.
lite bow. Thus admitted 70 his conf
dence l.. II. casts honor TO the winds,
and, leaning forward, shamelessly, an1.
ionsly, eagerly, hympathizingly listens!
knight with perfect calm Let any
one hear, let the whole world hear, /
told You honestly years ago, repeat il
as honestly to-day love you Helen;
will yOu be my Wife2"
Lady tblushing painfully)-"Tom,
! you don't know what you are saving;
| you can't mean It you can't be serious;
You haven't loved me all this time"
knight tstill ealmly)-"No, my dear,
| I haven't"
Lady (indignantly)-"Then why do
| you want 10 marry me? iou only saw
me last evening. You hadn't chance
70 fall in love With me II you forgot me
the minute We parted
knight Laughing 20. the delicious.
meas 81 feminine logic! My darling girl,
who said that forgot you the minute
We partedi ! haven't gone about the
world weeping for you All the time, but,
belieye me most truly. have loved no
other woman. After our foolish, silly
| little quarrel and our still more foolish
parting. ] Was miserable
Lady Why did you rush of to
Eur0pefs
Knight Why didn't you stop me :
One uurd sonid nave been enough. u
was foolish. II ! had ktaid in New York
we'd have 'kissed and made up IN q
week
I.ady--"You must think I was very
foFgivtng; Il was all your fault, 70 begin
piih."
| knight aGrantsd.g
I.asly-"wen, Of conrss. I Was silly
aud disaareeable. and obstinate. In
40 sorry. Tom bus you went away, and
| thought ron didn'i care. and"
knigtlfdrylyl- - And good. siupid
rich old man came along and-you mar
risi himl"
Lady with dignityl-"our converse
ton had better stop, You quite forge
YOU arc speaking 70 a wife Of her hus
hand" tTakes up her book and begin
10 read. knight studies the head o
his cane uooiily. A long pauSe.J
knight--"I suppose you are RICH
about Il. I'll Try not 90 offend again
When / look at you ] forget-syery
thing! Well, ] went 10 Europe, aud
, l hadn't been afraid 81 your laughing a
mo Ia haze come back on the SAM
steamer"
1.ady-"ol Tom, IL you only hadl"
Knight So wrote .ou letter.
I.adytc1citc,lly Tom never go
nI'
Knight Ieompose,ily1 81 never sen
n: lie day Il would have left father
letter came from New York, telling m
. OF your ncw tctTcthal.
f.aay-"You might have saved me.
4 Knight From marrying the hes
, man Ia the uorld2 What 10 Won TAX
= me lory / hal known your most excel
!. lent and respectable husband fur man
, years. Inc Same woman coula no
love him and me. II You intended
marry him without loving him. why.
WAS 4 poor lookout for him, but tina
! did mo no good,
Lady (pleadiugly) TON, ! was
xrrv miserable, and he was really yer
coed 10 me and--you had left me, Tom.
knight Helen. you said you neye
wanted TO see my face again. Wen
sprn, INV miserable quarter Of an hour
! then braced mp. had charming trll
!, went everywhere, Jaw everything s'a'
four wears. came back--cured' fath
er's death had left me so rich as to be q
iIIer for life. am an eligible. petite
ami m ,do much of. I've gotten goo
deal Of pleasure out Of life. ! neyt
nut,o forgot you, Helen, but ! didn
Frieve f5r YOU any more than did J;
poor Jack. You remember JACK 'Eiile
Lady eagerly ~" and how 20
held me on his back. Tom.
y Kpieht-"And how you screame
when he began 10 trot,
J Iadv-"Bnt I hung on, that was IL
frst time l ever saw you.
Z, KNIGHT docking ut her thoughtiull
i "Ym'ye changed since then; yo
y wore your hair in a pigta,l.
Lady-"Wbich you and Dim used
., Kpiqht-"You we're badly freekle
70 then, never saw YOU looking pretti'
;. than you do to-day, -,
= LADY with a pleased little iaughl-
!. uAbsurd In spite Of my how man
e ycarsg and all.
J. Knigbt--"And ALP Now, J suppo'
sbonid saw that when ] heard You hG
II ceased 10 be forbidden fruit all the o.
LIE. ca,no hack. That was abol