Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-23


Kitty, giving ham sono brandy va gas
and . boite % soda water That won
hurt hius, t.oa "a he will have u knock u
oil aud pull hlfasell together, tor thi* ibid .
& going to look after him, sils aided 70
herself
VERY soon the KaHr came back The
baas he DRINK the bfaaiy and throw dc sofia
al Inc thing him 9ulns inad," hs SAD
rubbing his neal
kitty was not much alarmed; she had
seen a goo deal Of that sort o. thing. hhs
wondered whether 1t would any good, IL
It were pOssioie, TO persuade JAck 10 Dccone
a Good Tclnpiar Sno islt airalI that Il
would not BE- very easy aud that he would
khun the re .oicing there would b. over him
he wanted some one to keep him straight
she thought, and wOtnan-likc, she Oegan "
believe that one OF her sex eould do II
After some tlnle Jack came out Of has room
lie had blank stare on his face and saie
nothing but walked into the street witnuu
his hut ON. lie was evidently queer. very
queer. Kitty thought, she bed him bach
10 his room and then sent her boy Tor tns
doctor
"He Is in for q bad 20 Of fever, rather .
nasty ease-ty phold symptoms, knocked hls
constitution 10 bits with drink, said ths
doctor. lie will want a lot of hooking
aAeShs AAt hHb btetNt Nv ~ Ah~ AoeIststA
free ward-the paying wards afe fuli, aoi
that they would 10 much IN his line II they
were not, he added
Il think he mad better stay here doctor
answered kitty. A will $50 alter nurslns
him, sou AnOw, doctor, nursing Is ratiisi
my forts
The doctor WAS right: IL suraed out
very nasty eass OF fever, and for weeks IL
looscd very black. For the tins ths
%troxen bar lost its popularity. Kitty
WAS hardly ever there, and when she wa
there was very little fun her She wa
always afraid that her customers wout.
make too much noise The old merry, al
most reckless look mad left her and tners
Was more tender and soft expression n
her lace she spen; most of her TINS in
room behind the house-~the coolest Anl bssi
bed-room shs had Its lats tenant, one OF
her most solvent Doarders, had been some
what Disturbed aad good deal aifrontsc
At icing moved out OF It. But Kitty va
determined TO have IL for the sick man
who tor weeks was tossing ON the bed IL
deliIium. Tor IA long time lac did not rec
ogniAs her or know where ho was, and WA
boy at school or a cadet at san Ihursi
again Then the delirium left HIM and he
knew her, though he hardly soensed 10 ask
himself where he or how she came Il
bS tDr NOUN
that poor little Kitty spent nursing him az
he got better were some OF the happiest il
her life Then be was never happy when
she was away from him, and he used K
watch her n sick dog watches its master.
lie SEEMED 70 differs pt 80 much more like
what he had besn once and so unliAe what
he had become on the diamond iieieis
When he grew stronger AMI able 10 tails
about how he became ia, tears came into
his eyes when he thanked her for her kind.
nesS iii IL had not been for yoa | shoaid
have gone 10 old SloeInan's place at thu
West End, and IL 1 had not died there
should have beconle one Of his lot, he said
"how gooi you have been To ma
As he grew stronger shs began TO think
that he knew her secret and thsre was
something more than gratitude Tor her
Then sue hardly ever came near him liz
did not want ANY more nursing, sne thought
ono day tie bad got uF, ami sho nal been
taking 10 him in her Old CHEEKY manner
telling MIN that he could pull himself to
gsther, aud do as well as any one else,
when whas she had been hall expecting
came
-iiers was tho only influence" he said,
switch coul keep him straight lie knew
sue cared for hiiIl II she would marry
him he would be able 10 keep away frol
drink
She told him the truth; she did. care
Tor him she would marry him Ii be
wanted II, ami would care 10 marry her.
but he must show her iirst that he could 70
form Sbo knew that she was no great
shakes, she SAID bat she wasn't going &c
marry man sne could not trust 10 kssp
away from drink.
He PROMISED that he would reform, and
IL was agrerd that They were 10 wait year
anu then they were 10 bs married and eav
the diamond fields, and 40 10 some other
colony. he was NO great prize, tais saat.
tered Invalid, vino was far more likely tlan
not 10 return 10 has Old ways bus KITTY,
Tor all that, had hard struggle with her
seii not To taSS him n he Mas, instead OF
waiting and perhaps losing hin altogether
NO, she would not marry niln there, IL
wouldn't be fair 10 him, she said, she
would Wait tili he was the man he was 10
fore be ever t1o< % drink, AMI IA IA II he
cared To marry her sh would b. tau proud.
est woman IN the word
Then sue talked over a plan she had for
him She had bought soms clniils IN tue
mime, no must work them Tor her. he wa
sure the ground would turn ouI we'll and
q. would make lots OF money
That Is how JacA HOPE, who bad utterly
go.s 10 tue oad IN this opinion oi nost nsn
who kncw nun, got start again
OI course, their Gains ought to have
turned out veil, and they ought To have
foand hig diamond, which would ha 4 g
made their fortune All at once Bnt Kitty =
besief IN claims proved 10 DO rather un
founded, same aeeks they paid expenses,
some they did not Jack Hope ought at
once 10 have become reformed character,
but be did not More THAI once aork was
at a sIantsIlll In their claims for DAYS ami
he had come to Kitty. shanefaceI aud nag.
gard, with "A sad story OF transgreSsioA TO
tell but she persuaded him 70 try again,
aud did hcr bst 10 keep him straight, aud
al last he became stronger aud better. Mon
began 90 think that had some chance, he
had been steady for long TINA Kitty
was going 10 succeed in making something
OF him lie began 10 take SONS pride IN
himself an at the eIld Of twelvy months he
was a better man than lie had been Tor
years
AT that time there was an outbreak OF
katirs and Griquas "a the border of the
province Rnd troops we're RAISED On the dla-
mond iielda There was plenty OF military
enthusiasm Times were hsll, ard tue dia
lnond fields answered to this call for men 70
serve their country at 5 shilinss a day.
Store .keepsEs who could SUPPLY nniierI,S,
and iran port riders aim had wagons aud
Oxen came forward ~ help their county
n is hour OF need at . considerable profis
o themselves For HOPE. the chance Was
ust what he longsd for
Kitty did not try u prevent him from
toing out f1r she thought IL was the best
hing he could do She knew all mis- his
DRY now. How he had got into some