Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-26

sitting on the step OF the back door,
looked at her in amazement; at the
longsealskin cloak and the diamonds
in her ears. "My, amt she grand?"
she said to herself II wonder if Will
lie knew her before? / wonder if he
would have jumped right in front of
two great big horses and u ear if /
had been in her placer" Jealous
little Rachel! OF course he would
have done it Just the same had the
person been the lowest of the lowly.
Day after day Helen Carpenter
came TO inquire after 1.-THE brave tel
iow," as she called him. and when he
began to get better she brought him
flowers and hot house fruit and all
sorts of things that he could note eat,
and would not have dared to had he
wanted them. She brought him books
too, and read to him by the hour
stuff that Ire did not hear. He did
not care for books, but he liked to
look at her as she sat by his side
reading. He liked to hear the tone
of her voice ndsmell the perfume of
the violets she always wore, and
after while her daily yisitwas what
he looked forward to. Whenit grew
warmer he began to sit up by the
window in an easy chair she had sent
from her own home, and she would
come and sit on stool at his feet
and talk with him about herself and
her daily life until she made him her
abiect slave and he loved her with a
love that only such people have who
have never loved before.
She was the light of his life and he
forgot that he was poor and homely,
a thing that he had never forgotten
before, that she was as high above
him as the heavens are above the
earth. When he held her little iewled
hand in his. as she sometimes allowed
him to do. he would have been will
ing to have dicdfo hera thousand
times over.
Rachel was entirely forgotten. She
would come in sometimes tosee him,
but he would always he sleepy or
watching for Helen and would not
talk to her. One day Mary saw her
eyes filed with tears, and she put
her arm around her. Don't cry,
Rachel; he will see the light by and
by" she said and Rachel broke
down and sobbed, Il used to think
he cared for me, but he don't ne e
One day Mary said TO hirc Willie,
] Ldon't think you trct6 Rachel Just
right, ~ n,.U lie never h. ard her. Viii
lie was long tine getting well. An
other man had taken his car, but
the superintendent said he was at
| liberty to go back any time when he
was able. The policeman. too, was
in a hurry for Willie to get well.
Mary had promised him that the
friendship begun last year over the
onion beds should terminate in a
happy wedding, and he had been
scanning intently the house hunters
directory for suitable place to put
his bride Just as soon as she would
consent to become his.
One day Willie made up his mind
to tell Helen when she came again
| just how much he loved her, and she
came in and sat down at his feet and
looked Mt him with her liquid dark
eyes, full of tender solitude, and
asked him how he was, he took her
hand and attempted to speak, but
could not.
"You are weak yet, aren't you,
Mr.. Lee? How angry you ought to be
with me for having been the cause
of all your trouble. But you'll
hurry up and get well by Easter,
won't your" And she chiIdishly laid
her cheek against the hand she held.
''Do you know, / am going to he
married on Easter Monday, and /
want you to come to my wedding"
go to to her wedding! Go to her
weddingI" He said it over to him
self. then the room grew dark and
everything seemed uncertain, and he
tainted.
sit is warm and he is still so
weak, and / suppose talked him to
death, !" she said to Mary, who came
in answer to her alarmed calling.
Mary was quick witted and she knew
pretty nearly what had happened,
and she told "Teddie" all about it
GHdG evening HHu Sdlu Sue iOFeu w IL
lie, OF course. but she thought,he had
treated Rachel badly, and may be
this would be lesson to him.
For several days Willie was too
weak to sit up again in the easy
chair. He seemed helpless and I'M
concerned as to whether he got we'll
or not. Helen had not been to see
him since the night he tainted. She
was busy with her wedding prepara-
tions and just stopped at the gate
one day to ask if he was better and
wondered if Mary thought he could
come to her wedding.
mo. | do not think he can go"
Mary said, and she said it coldly,
and Helen did not come again.
1t was the day of Helen's wedding.
Willie heard the carriages roll past
on the pavement and he turned his
face to the wall and the tears came
into his eyes, that had been strangers
to tears for years. RAJ
chel had brought in bouquet
of Easter flowers and placed them
on his table. There were violets
among them; everything to remind
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