Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15

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ed and - q royal oile-
n -era LBss a. shJuId want
4 On AZ a e r&re, nless one
wssras Is u 80 IS ~ rOzss q the rae
laTsa- An z0SEs. be des sca 70
sF.yw II Ia rroaEL a be wo2It % spin
mts.z b.. fzr adq 2 E II MS colpsti Orsi
kxwew no .sys shat Of Hal For
5u,ssea- be hlt fr nob.er nasfve- He
sslzhifally saw I4az. IL Ted eoald Be tax
en- % ths psruir IN FRIDAY, be would be
s1s-ssti 1 3 an q be ng az home when his
cazapzzioa -t-s o. canvas taken Away.
nd-riasz She nexs dAy aal was less con
cerped fax % Ted rol51g loss and less
zeslEe - em0rxs 70 pre- eat il than his last
nizhEs esergy. ksndlsd anew b. Lucy =
praises, Eziyss seen % warrant, i was solely
seeazse The great race was 50 near. He
sEsa ask his father for . s4n s1nieieut %
pay the Eass@lzlEzlts due, but that gentleman,
wOrrisd, perhaps, Oger business gruGiy re-
fused So regarding the loss Of the organ
KxzEnidzk5e, be Sesistei from further Effort,
ard aeEused ths day 10 preparation for the
rare
He eouIda : sleep when he retired and i
was NOD alone from excited znticipasi0as Of
tsse En1vrp1s' eoatest He was haunted by
khe Disgusting fear that be hadn't done
ensugh 10 keep the organ And why d
his bicycle cone 20 EaC0nfoTrably 70 his
zzznd, whereErr be thought Of the orEani
They Eexgn't associated n any way thai ne
rczla sec And why did his aind dwell
with sarh PAINFUL Fiyidness upoa TED. sit
ting az rke window, unable 70 see The korely
yxuspers il CONN znded, unable 10 rsa1 or %
work oaely AID utterly Ioss without tha
oTgzaf And why did his mind fiy from tins
% his hieycEe, ard wonder IL he would BE- a.
heipless without il As Tel would BE- without
the oryz1 Is Was queer mental freak
the IDEAS vzerc not az al connected Ted >
srEzn hzdnfs anything 10 do with his
bsyeie. He eoal1n's understand il AZ ali
bat the rEE7yieticn, reyerrhe3ess. thrust IL
ssIE nFoo hiEl, thai losing his wheel
xuuld BE- nothing compared 70 Ted's loss u
the ergsn-
On his way 10 Ted-s home, the next morn
ing he met crowd Of his friends, and
when no left thezn, they said; He's weak
euing.H He certainly had lost much Of his
enthusiasm
Ted was 20 absorbed 10 music that Halls
| entrance was unnotlce1, and he sat down
/ azietfy 50 as not 70 interrupt him He was
pszJFnzy his farewell piece, and IL was 80
YraOurnful and manifested so clearly tue IN
/ sgsakabse pain Of parting with the instru-
nsenE. that be cO1Id scarcely restrain the
/ inpulse 70 exeEzin: Ted, il musta't be: |
| E1nss spare you this loss" But presently,
l The bind lad stopped-Fan his fingers Low
1 Fngay over the keys without sounding them
I ftcn, softly, sadly and TesOlutely, he closed
the lid, and with . sigh, arose 70 leave the
/ Epoua-
4 Hal spEanS up, grasped MS hand and ex.
claimed:
Ted I'm 50 sorry but, may Be we can
ave Il yet. I'll try.
no, no Hal" responded Ted '4Nou
must not Let II 20. now. fve-I've made
mp my mind to part from il"
just then Lucy entered. saying i wa
time 10 90 10 the station. and they tendsriS
led Ted from The room. Hal accompanie.
them 70 the train that was to take them Z
tho picnic.
an sit all the afternoon by the road
where the race is to be, aud Lucy will tel
me how far you are ahead Of the others
Hal said Ted, his face lighting up with
pleasant anticipation 4 want you t. wiT
50 much"
/ Laey Looked gratefully at Hal, will
giistcning eyes, as il 70 say: You are 5
kind, 10 provide this PLEASURE then, think
ing be might misunderstood her, said, witt
} blush: ~DOn't fail in the race. Ted ha
set his heart 50 on yoa winning.
And Hal with troubled look on his face
} morriy replied: I'll do my best y and hur
ried away
That afternoon Lucy found pleasant
! shady scat. under a large tree BY the roa
IN the woods, and there she and Ted waite
! Tor the bicycle race. Many others had CONF
? there also. On one side Of the road weF
} Halls admirers: on the other, those Of hi
rival; many biting words and satirical II
! torts shot back and forth, and much feysi
: ish expectancy was apparent.
! Al length the cry, Here they come +!
| arose, and, sure enough. away dow
| inc white road, glimmcring in the sunlight
, was seen cloud Of dust, from which darte
twinkling CLEANS 81 polished steel. Nearc
It came. and the dust ObscuFed the adyanc
rider from the eagerly -peering eyes. Neare
still, ard, like q fash, the first competitO
r whirled by, his bright wheel glittering Xix
= shower Of meteors.
The expected cheer, the signal Of victory
, did not arise. There was surprised silence
for the rider wore the uniform Of the ci I
. club
? But here came another cloud Of dus
} surely gaining on the first.
This must be Goodwin, . murmered Hal
followers
This must be Banks" muttered tn
others
But tho glistening steel few quietly b.
swiftly BIZ, and it was neither.
Then they waited in breathless dread an
; shame for Hal Could he be 50 far behind
What was wrongs But the yellow du,
} slowly settled down on the sultry road, an
he did not como.
where's yer great champion nowi
sBeered Banks friend.
SHE'S fiuhked; the baby" was the sulle
, reply.
: 'He's fallen and hurt himself" gaid Tee
spprehensiyely.
Il hope not, !" said Lucy, and she felt ths
she was pale, aud was half glad for ono
; that Ted couldn't see.
Keenly disappointed at Halls failure, TIE
returned from the picnic, TO take up Ii
. ssF he foff