The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-15

Crlputed itself over on. nie Which -
upon friendly curbstonpeean threshold,
nights. But no such UGH; j. These breath,l
system ao of 9seia;h in Timothy pnssa
IN early hours, as bejus believed lie hin'.n
hgn'' and six nights out = Of an n ecOaon,
nun ALREADY in his room me me Seven ~
before the last lingerin" n u and in hj,s
exnectiuo mao q quite faded out ~ ne e
hours u, from his daughter N' regularly J;
therefore, returning bo,,o VI
sion unusually late-the bo1,s on One e,
copal chapel few blocks Si Of an FL
struck 11-his ready wn,u Instant had IN
o oy seeing ee n.y. feeble ray iilterjnwsa was
one Oh the windows on the sras out t$
ne approached his house ground foe~
Immediately again, and Tim ~ pasappeS
that was the way VIII lo my supns
that Bertha had grown non, These Ill
ths p;t anu then into the back V Of and
the Kitchen, there to wait for VI !, 5Ae hon.
In accordance with this 81. sun ms Ntqn
stead OF applying his latch bbppposltOr, i
'front.' door he made detour me Aey TO Il
the house and came ont ~ The sid =
! fence surrounding the vsrd .he bnls
oeen good many heavy clouds sa mere I'd
ing the moonlight, so that tba !, oS9stas
rather dark. But at that m re night w
shone forth with sudden sjlvarr rnt theN
and Timothy distinctly saw ~ splende
something-dart rapidly acr0, some Ous
Now, Timothy had well nig Job me ne yars
the occurrence of that other m tofsota
night. For few days ltbor i.lenoaSa
never tolerated an aliusion ~ hhS
Bertha, after that one momort " u IN
stricken abandon he had hasr Vi has
with an abiding terror, which avn. aaaas
and then sent the cold perSnir s.ery np
ming down his back. But that I hs M
OF, and he had recently cplv Ioo Iau Won
upon what had happened them "oAeQ bat
hallucination which had come Of !" !, upon
heated blood and overtaxed n no us Over
general indisposition; PROMISING Si " aa
grimly, that if ever he wrouobt =; UNSET
thinking of Beattie and all that T Taasi q
ness again, buried long ago Osaa Dos.
would know it! e'-"e4 b
But all this elaborate and !,
philosophy sank together like h uaaai
ashes when he saw that shadow ,. u'aP
yard. His knees shook and ~; s'M b.
trembled. He stood still, with hi h, aaaa
les pounding wildly and his eva s's s. a'le'
into. the yard, which the moon nov s 'aa
once more, only Illuminated in , ' si
and ghostly way. liant
Then he saw a ray of light shin. ~.
from the kitchen window. To m.l ls v v
dash for that became his only ius,,V Ous
To stand there second longer bsJ ~
come unbearable. "Au "
He moved and passed tbronsb III, -.
in the fence. He took few stems Sos say
thing moved in front of him. N'~'
He wanted to cry out. but his tO,u.
seemed glued to the roof of his month
Again a sudden burst of moOrE,,.
And this time no mistake, no dslusi..
possible. -Four steps in front Of bin
turning CHASTITY white face uDOu him
rooted to the spot, stood Beattiel
Beattle. as he had stolen I'D to The m,
IN the fence that other night, pressed K.
face through it and gazed at him with hi,
distended eyes, and vanished!
A low cry of horror came from fl.
house. The kitchen door had hssn
opened. Bertha stood upon the tbr.s.
hold. One second she stood, then n.
glided forward and past the appsritOD
and threw herself on her fathers breast
"Father, father! Oh, don't look 50 av
fully! Say something's
''Sir-Mr. Pinckney," said the appad
ton, instead, and, for an apparition h
had a wonderfully substantial voice
though one that trembled and ouaksd
81 can explain everything if you will IL,
me-"
eyes, yes; he can explain everything, !"
repeated Bertha, Historically.
eyes, sirl Explain, sirl Explane'
thundered Timothy Pinckney, in tremen.
dous tones. "Who are you, sir' Tres
passing in my yard at this time of nightr'
"Mr. Pinckney, my name is Beatten
'Beattie? see it is, sir! Go on"
"And-and-and-Mr. Pinckney II
Il love Bertha and Bertha loves me"
"The devil she doesl"
"Look here, young man, il I'm notms
taken, l used to know your father"
"Oh, father" moaned Miss Berth,
again.
"Don't be foolr' said the Old mar
sharply to his offspring. Then-'COn'
in, both of you"
When the trembling culprts stood
under the dim light of the tallOw wick in
the kitchen, Timothy looked Beatties sou
over with lynx eyed scrutiny under BIZ
beetle brows.
"Humph! You don't look SO awfuul
like your dad after ALL"
Then-''How longs this thing been g
ing on under my noseT'
"We've been keepin' company slns' Ia
winter, Mr.. Pinckney, and Bertha prm
ised to marry me then. Only as you wen
kinder opposed to her meetin' young men
we sorter kept it quiet, and Bertha, sD'
used to come out in the yard tolle,lm0'
"While you skunk around the leucc
eh?''
"Oh, fatherw came from Bertha
Timothy had been Illuminating
He looked up. ,u
"You got enough to support a VIE,
eyes, STRIP proudly, from the eSpe''AN'
bridegroom.
"Well, you can have her."
''Oh, father" said Bertha five m,p ~ y;
later, as father and daughter gallleu . .u'l
sleeping apartments upstairs, W, "n1 W,
what made you look so dreadful wnen w ~
saw Beattie standing in the yafu ~ h
looked most-most as frightened 81 i
did" ,.,r.
''Hold your tongue and mind your p, Guf
ness, will you?" said Timothy ADO
slammed his bedroom door. u,,c u
He is still accommodating ana rolln ue M
-. ..:... ooJ ,,o;t bnr his cOnSCltNe0 W.