Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-05

NhFh dropped ~ on the floor, being
TOO weak to manage IL. He quickly
hlled the gonrd again and held it for
me while drank. Then he soltened
bread in the milk and gave me. As
soon as my hunger was a little salts
ned, he ran out of the house and
hniloed with all his might. Then he
came in, cut slice of ham and put
" on gridiron to broil in the open
fireplace, where there was no fire.
Then he ran out and halloed again.
Then he come in and threw the grid
iron across the room and grabbed
down his gun from off some hooks,
and went in and shot il of. After
this he built fire and cooked his
ham and made some coffee, and fed
me with them stopping every minute
70 go out and halloa and fire of his
gun. Once in while he would ex-
claim.
"confound theml II / didn't
want anybody there would be doz-
en- poking about.
After had been fed q half dozen
times, and had my face and hands
washed as though ! was n baby, and
had been nearly strangled again with
raw whisky, it occurred to him to
ask me how felt. Itold him / felt
pretty good. only couldn't move.
-" Could you bear to be carried?"
he asked.
Il said ] thought ] could. Then
he filled "a bottle with milk, which he
put in one contpoeket, and in the
other he put a lot of bread and ham.
Then he brought sheet, which he
folded like n shawl, and placing me
on IL tied me up as though | had
been bundle. Then lie put his
head through the loop Of the sheet,
raised me in his arms. locked the
door OF his house, and started TO
carry me the five miles to my home.
II must have been terrible hard
work, for was n stout, heavy
girl for my age, and he was
AN old man who did not look
strong. BY sitting down to rest fire.
quently he bore me along, however,
until we came down the mountain
road 10 where our house could be
seen in the valley. Here he sat down
and called again with all his voice,
but there was no one at our house
10 hear him. and he toiled on with
his burden until he had me at home
and hid on my mothers bed. q
He then, after resting n few min
utes, took the long tin dinner-horn
and blew blast which must have
awoke all the mountain echoes. He
also took inther' gun out and fred
il OF, 10 call home not only my own
folks but the people Of oil the neigh
horhood for miles around, who had
lccn out on the mountain hunting
for me.
They all came rushing home, and
a terrible fuss they made Mother
and aunt promptly washed me allover
! In hot wnte., gave me dose of some
I kind 81 horrible weed tea, crying and
scolding all the time, till they had
me In bed. aud tucked mp in a blank
I ct so tight that | could do nothing
butswcat and they were so busy
over Hog Mackey and something he
seemed TO have done. Everybody
was trying to feed him and give him
drinks all at once, and he seemed not
| TO mind much until Aunt Isabel put
/ her arms around his neck and wnnt-
ed to give him a drink OF my weed
ten. Then he got up and looked a
little scared, as he said, quietly but
firmly:
g" Good folks, YOU all being willing,
| / guess Ill 70 home
Father insisted upon taking him
In the carriage, and at last he con
sented. Before going he said;
I'D like to look at the little girl
who thought might eat her out d
seasou.
"Then he came into mothers
room. and after looking all around
20 see that no one was looking, he
suddenly bent over me and kissed
me. Then saying Don't tell, LITTLE
girl. he went away.
"0i course | was soon about and
as we'll as ever; but had lost great
deal OF my interest in Musconetcon2
Mountain. except so far as John
Mackey was concerned. The first
useful work | ever did was to knit
him some warm wooden stockings and
mittens and take them to him II
was not long before learned all d
his history that was to he learned
He had. il was UNDERSTOOD, been an
officer i'm the Federal army during
thc war of 1912, and at it's close re
turned to his home in Brooklyn. In
1915 he disappeared from his home
which was with brother, who died
| in 1920. In 1917 or 1918 heappear.
cd in Bethlehem on horseback. car
ryinr only n valise containing a few
clothes. Away up on the side OF this
| Atusconetcong Mountain, just after
| the Revolution, n mannamed Croffui
Ind built house upon n section o
Government land which lie patented
| with soldiers right. He cleared
about 30 acres, hut found il
ao stony as to be worthless
fur farm land, and being dis
amounted in not finding the iron h'
eSpected to, lie abandoned the place
because he could not sell it. MackeS