Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-01

After 1cil walked up,p resumed Tim
ieeoiy, nd thcn--wal, 1 waz robbed
roDbed-myhull pile wuz clean gone. nm
~ raised arukus, nd tole the kain-ducter,
nu thar wa greet stir up in the kyar, md
aiey an CRED ter be sarched, fer nobody
neo come liner gone out But hit wern't a
DIT or uset The money wuz gone. md /
como nigh goin' plum crazy over IL /
haan' the nrve 70 go home then, md face
my VIE nfeal, so went back ter Califor.
ny, nd then l knocked eroun' fer a while.
put dldn do no goo somehow Then my
wue' she aed; md my girl md her man.
they died, sleayin' Of thish yer pore child ;
no went lack md TUX Ter away. I'd had
seen bad LUX, every one thar seemed ter be
uoWn on ms nd after that, we'uns took ter
rainpin tTell we met up long o. MIR.
oasden hMr What we done II we
hadn't pulled you outer that shaft, md you
tux US hone, don't know You've ben
-seemiike-the unly reel frien, we've he'd
haint he Annisi-'nd fer her 70 be a
marryin' otyour own only son, in this yer
way, wuz Jet more'n could stan'.r
'Iim,h akcd Gasden 10 q whisper, start,
ing from 3 intensity, ''when-did this
placelb
"Wal. lenme see.n Tim spoke lethargi-
ca'ly, as ttBugh half asleep slit mus hey
BEN eighten-twenty-yes sir. hit wur Jest
twenty-five yur ago mex April
Gasden ELI back with such deep sigh,
tnat Tim seemed surprised. Then he re-
covered, and hung over the injured man
solicitously until the latter slept after
which he ntired TO his own room, seeming.
~ very mu;h depressed. After that watch
ers were Stationed al tho bedside, and the
great h0uss WAS quiet once more.
The mex morning Mr.. Gasden did NOT
come downas usual, and a servant. going 70
his room, fund him seated az his desk stone
dead, with bullet hole In one temple and
an empty dsrriuger upon the floor. He had
shot himself though no one else heard the
report, as his room was distant, and the
walls werethiek.
Two freshly written papers lay before
him, one labeled "My confession" the
other, Mi will.n In tine first he stated
that he himself had robbed old Tim whet
asleep In the cars, and had secreted ths
money ia De lining OF his valise. He hac
then cometo Alabama and had grown ricf
with Timtmoney as a nucleus. George, h'
wrote, WIS not his own son. but a wal
whom he lad adopted 70 cheer has own lone
illness. A iormenting eonscience-whicl
had never slept-was, In the new light o
Tins story, now too burdensome 70 b
borne. IA a kind OF reparaiion, however
he had mdc a viii, which he adiured hi
adopted ssn 70 SEQ fully executed.
In the win itself, everything Gasdei
owned was left 10 Tim. absolutely and lin
condltlondly. As all his wealth had beei
derived fr3m the stolen money, he did no
think eyei George entitled TO a dollar.
There vas q fine state Of confusion for
while, after the true state OF arsirs cam
out OldTim refused 20 touch the property
while George, though much cast down, wa
equally finn Ia determining 10 abide by Ia
terms Of his putatiye fathers will Ami
at last cano TO the rescue.
''Gcorps she siammercd, "I-rll-marr.
sou if-ityou'n have me; then we can al
enjoy tho money!
II am &c same as the son Of thief, . h
said molrnfully,
"Am not tho Rrandchild OF a tramp.
she rctufnod. Eve can neither OF US affor
20 BE- oopunctilious.n
or course it was all settled IN the wa
love dcsinnd IL to be settled. Old Tim N
covered, and 70 this day, for aught know
10 the co1irary, the three are quietly enjoy
ing the goods once so wrongfully proyidet
-Yankcs Blade.