Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-15
THE RUNAWAY.

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Folks would surely think she was
s1sraxy- She stopped at the stone wal
tn rest, and looked back timorously.
#far behind her stretched the meadow,
sasynnphony of olive and green in the
saze fall Here and there by sunken
sssuider stood soldierly golden-rod,
4aw kerry bushes clothed now in scar
Dis and gold. At intervals in lifelong
shape stood solitary trees, where flut-
1sRETur, brittle leaves fell in the gen
he chill air. In summer time she re-
EaneraRered well the hay makers rested
Esa the shade, and the jug with ginger
cssater she made for the men was kept
Ssaasxe to be cool. She seemed, as she
szzE there to remember every thing.
Else house was all right, she wassure
sa6 tAs1t; thekey wasunder the kitchen
as@0r mat. the fire was out in the
ss&nvH and the cat loekedin the barn.
She Aeld her work hardened hand
ssD 1s.r side, painting little, for it was
@G0Sd bit of a walk across the
ssasztEgw, and she was eighty years
sid on llrr last birthday. The cows
fAEsaIzs looked home-like and pleas
Hza-
SSc5il-by, critters" shesaid aloud;
isgssllss the time I've dry We home
an Iaiiked ye, an alIus We eat by
sse way, nor never hurried We is the
Asngs slone.
Witt q farewell glance she went on
=sgain, smoothing as she walked the
.sssa1aeTsd looks of the gray hair fall
aHg under the pumpkin hood, and
Ssszpzng her scant black gown out of
THE reach of briars. Across another
zsssha, then on through leafy lane
~EAsTp the wood was hauled in winter.
-ssisea cut through gap in stump
zzz@s1e, with its great branching arms
ffsH. = Eetrified octopus, to the dusty
Asszz r1ad- Not soul in sight in the
sirziii,g twilight John, the children
sszDd the seolding wife who made her
sTs ylahaBpy would not he home for
-sKza l1oiE vet, for East Mills was a
Ezszs drive
akaEntha steep hill went the brave
Esfle figure, followed by anodd shad-
zszs uf Itself in the waning light, and
sag SilaE stones that rolled so swiftly
2lzGT rasaad her often aud made her
2gs9k behind with u start to see if a
ss2igsuer were coming
II I'd put Inc in the asylum,
as1IT7e- she muttered wildly.
Al tie loot OF the hill she sat down
EEua .,a an old log and waited.
--aGT8Ss tie road. guarded by a bic
assa, Look out for the Engine, ran
fFs1 parallel IRON rails, that were to
I've Sler road when the big monster
Saaould come painting around the
GNTEe- Atiast the dull rumble sound
ssz, q shrill whistle, and she hurried
zEs 1he truck, waving her shawl to
9Egnai. This, in the conductors vcr-
EzsieuIaT, was u crossroads station .
pie waving articles frantically. The
Hrsiin stopped, and this passenger
vas helped aboad. He noticed she
was 4 bIight-eYed old lady, very
E1eat and precise.
How flr?'' he asked.
Bostin."
Git there in the mornin" he said
&izHsily. waiting for the money, as she
q2pened a. queer little reticule, where.
Ender her knitting, wrapped in q
e4gan cotton handkerchief was her
EsUTse with her savings of long years
the little sums Sam had sent her
when he first began to prosper in the
Resf, and some money she had earn
ed herself by knitting and berry
packing.
AT q crossroads, as they went
swiftly on, she saw the old sorrel !
horse, the rafting wagon, and John
with his family driving homeward.
She drew back with a little cry, fear
ing he might see her and stop the |.
train, but they went on so fast that |
could not be, and the old seiogged |
INTO the woods, and John never
Thought his old Aunt Hannah. his |
charge Tor twenty long years was
cunning away. At Boston a kindly |
conductor bought her ticket for !
Denver.
It's a long journey for an old lady |
like you" he said. I
But I'm pert for my age" she |
said anxiously; II never he'd days |
sickness since | was gal"
Going all the way alone?"
with Providence," she answered |
brightly, alert and eager to help her
sell, but silent and thoughtful as the
train took her into strange land
,Bcapes where themiles went so swiftly |
i ii seemed like the past years of her
Ife ms she looked back on them.
Thy works is marvellous" she muir
anurcd often, sitting with her hands
sslded, and few idle days had there |
sbeen in her world where she had sat |
and rested so long In fine dav /