Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-11-30

/ trbi Inns ipphck TO leafelt.
ms watch IL worth nothing
GU nstonish me very much. . do.
CARED the matchmaker. who from
smiling had grown serious ..yo"
astonlsh me very much. int M IL
was a conditional sale / viii renov
the thousand francs" -
Mr. Barker had prepared himself
Tor g contest, giving To his features
ana his voice the maximum British
rigldlty, but seeing that the honest
dealer offered no objection. he soften
ed and gradually relaxed his Stir.
! ness.
" hen J said your watch Is worth
nothing, ! spoke too strongly. The
truth u That it has not fulfilled the
condition. IL hns varied ten minutes
as you can see for yourself by com.
pairing with the regulator by which
YOU set II eighteen months ago"
Ion arc right, sir, ? said the max
err There is "A variation OF ten min
ntes, verify" he proceeded, as il
speaking 10 himself. lit does aston.
ish me; however, let us look at it,"
| lie opened the watch, whose eases
had not l'een touched. The resist
ance which they opposed his practic.
cd nail leit no doubt ON this score.
". Lnzahi examined the works in de-
tail. Seeing nothing out Of the way
he inspected the watch with Il mag
niiier. Everything was in order. Then
he submitted Il TO the eye Of his prin-
eipal assistant.
This was an old craftsman whose
lair had grown white in the trade.
lie not only knew all the parts OF n
watch by the card, but could Indicate
it, peculiar temperament This
one, said he sometimes 10 his en-.
| pioyer, '.is ii little nervous and will
have tendency 10 gain time; that
one, on the contrary, is lymphatic.
and We must not be surprised " il
should run slow: the other yonder
has eapricious disposition; il will
gain or lose time, or stop. without
appnrrn; cause.
The temperament Of this watch
SEEMED 10 belong to the Inst category.
for tbs old workman did not succeed,
either with the naked eye or with his
| glass. Ia detecting the slightest dam.
ngc
Theemployer. equally dnmiouudcd,
torbore further scrunity aud took a
package 81 hank notes from his cash.
box a. reimburse Mr.. Barker when
AN idea flashed on lis mind.
Excuse mr. sir. do not know
whether my question will appear nd.
missiblr. hut would like TO ask is il
at London or on the Continent that
/ you have rnrried this watch"
There II no inpropriety in your
inquiry. and though IL mny not in
tsr.si sou much. can give exactly
the employment Of my time since we
separated.
"ohI do not ask that much; only
tie locality in general.
"But I can give the whole story.
There IL no secret about il. In Feb.
rnnry. 1856. after purchasing this
watch. embarked FOR the Indies.
"Ahr br.nthed the matchmaker.
THAT il not wonderful for an En-
gllshmnn. With me it u nm old Gus.
tom. Every year / visit Lahore in
the Puninb to inspect silk mnnninc.
tories which | own in the neighbor-
hood Of the city.
"Ah,nh'" repeated the dealer "lou
could not have remained there long.
| presume. The heat il SO fatal to
Europeans.
"Nn, remained there only five
months, and when the heat became
intolcrnbla I retired to a little cot.
tagc which have in the Himalayas.
lin the Himalayns, exclaimed the
astonished matchmaker. Why,
sir, our Mount Blame is only 4SlO
meters high. and yet no one has ever
ycnturcd 10 install himself there ior
a summer residence.
II do not say thatI dwelt on the
C;nnrigankar, which Is $500 meters
hiyh. and which no human foot has
trod. or ever will trend, not even the
foot OF the highest climber among
tho descendants OF your Joseph Bal.
mat the first victor ofMount Blsnc.
MOI my house is situated merely on
onc Of the branches of tho great
chain. not far from Lahore, where
tho English colony hnveerected com,
Portable villages. well sheltered
against the sun and refreshed hycon'
tinunl mountain breeze. There, com
narrative GOODNESS is enjoyed, which
l. delightful after the furnace o. the
plain.
"Ahl nh! NH calculated the
matchmaker, who multiplied his en-
| rlnmntions in proportion MS the
words Of the Englishmuu seemed to
correspond with a prcconceived ldea,
"Ah, nh, nhl how much time dld you
mass in that charming climatef
ooh, scarcely a month. A letter
from my Moscow correspondent,
| chilled me from my desired repose.
comId not hesitate. II announced
the auction sale OF I'M important
stocl az sables, which had the SUR,
| onnortunity Of placing in England
and France. | left the Punlab LOT
Russia. ;. s,,a the