Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-05

self that old MIR. Piover was our
family physician. When the gentle.
man had gone back through she pur-
there. and only their voices In heated
discussion reached us. contidpd M, iii
of horror TO my grl friend onlv to be
smiled ut with her serene eyes, aud
told. that was San imaginative. little
French woman
1 "Bht.N.I persisted. .'Glynne. ann
sure your father felt just as / did. TOR
he looked once as though lie would
strike DR. Fetters' hand away when he
was examining Dante's head.
VERY likely he thought Dante was
being annoyed. for he knows how ,luar
my little brother is to me. think he
would strike anyone who would hurt
Dante.
We were fifteen then. great over
\ grown babies with braids down our
backs and delightfully."- short Dresses.
Two years flew swiftly away and
'Glvnne and Tontine" were spoken of
in MarkertOwn in one breath, some
times, By strangers as Miss Morley
and her friend" had begun to dream
of tall. English lover. too but Glynne
still cared apparently for none but her
| parents, myself and-Dante-who was
still her constant companion, still
| petit Frereh to her.
One lovely day GIMME came rush
ing into my room as | was tucking
bunch of red roses in my belt, with a
conscious rivalling color on my cheek
at thought of the sender.
'Tontine,a she cried, breathlessly,
without noticing my pretty costume,
a a al a xxyou R,easl ts&l N.a
Is gone since morning and now Fred
Dorr says that he is sure the police has
poisoned him. 1t is dog-daYs you know.
aud that horrid boy absolutely grinned
as he said he saw IA man cooking Dante
along Wells street this morningl Why
did he not tell us beforeP"
Let me go to your fatheri' cried.
she will know what to do, and no
time is to be lostr'
But Tontine. papa may not like us
to go to the college There are so many
students he does not think it properii'
''Oh. but said, 'Dante will die
while wait and he loves him as we'll
as vou do.
Selling my hat as spoke, hurried
her out and away toward the end of
town. where we had long known that
CHIMES father was college instrue-
tor. A polite janitor opened the great
doors and his momentary hesitation
vanished as we asked for Prof Morley,
while Glynne. with quiet dignity. asked
to be shown to his room without de-
lay am Miss Morley" she added.
A moment or two brought us TO
swinging doors. which opened at
touch. There the janitor left us hastily
in response to u bell in the distance.
Il am so glad papa is here; he will
find Dante" she said. with little
smile of relief in her loving, anxious
eyes, as she laid her hand upon the
door and it opened. A bright hight
shone directly into the center of the
room from wide. unshaded high win
dOws. like an artists easements. A
group of young men stood between us
and some object. over which they wero
bending.
DIR. Fetters stood with his face turned
in the same direction, aud all were
listening to Glynne's father, whose
face alone we could see. although he,
too, was intent with eyes and hands
upon the center of all their interests.
The baize door made no noise to dis
turb the group. and sudden girlisll
embarrassment made us hes tate to
speak for an instant. Then II stir
among the men seemed TO give US
courage, and we took step forward
as the two directly in front of us moved
apart and around what now seemed 70
be table-somethsng lay stretched
upon it, held in place By two OF the
students. great sponge smeared with
blood lay near. and over the object
stood Glynne's father With narrow.
glittering knife, buried halfway from
view.
At sight of DR.. Fetters. the old chill
of repulsion seized me, but my friend
seemed to see only her father, and
spoke his name eagerly. AT the sound
of her voice, there was strange COM
motion in the whole group. An oath
Enthusiastically from Dr. Fetters, an
involuntarily relaxation Of their hold
by the young men, a scream OF pain.
terror and joy from tue table. as the
OBJECT upon it wrested itself from its
tormentoRs and with one frantic effort.
dragged itself. as it fell from the low
table TO Glynne's feet-Dantei A shrili
answering scream broke from my lips,
as | recoiled shuddering; but Glynne
y
never took her eyes from the bIanched
face of her father
The dogs scream seemed to turn
her to stone. An instant she stood,
swayed little. and sprang to catch
her, but, rs she fell senseIess, it was
Prof Morley's arms that received her
For hours we stood over her, but with
out the culver of one eyelid to reward |
the frantic efforts of tile physicians. |
For two DAYS she lay in that dreadful |
swoon, only to awaken in the grasp of |
high delirium.
The second day. while I was in my |
own little room and mamma was ex- |
planning how necessary for human life |
such experiments were upon living |
animals, and was crying out "Oh, |
but how could he touch his own daugh- |
ter's pet?" There was noise at the
door which made me start up to
mammals amazement and run to open
it to-Dante's ghostP No. not to Judge
by the bounds and cries of canine de-
light and the very unghostly marks of
disreputable association in the mud up
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