Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-07-12

banrv families we're gathered. Ana
IN nothing seemed real 10 him, anu
3e could scarcely believe that he was
not in a world where all objects were
unsubstantial and lntahslDle.
Everything appeared 70 be heeting
and eyasiye, and he b, gan 70 thlnK
that he himself was but a shadow
and his previous life nothing more
than n dream, the latter part OF
which was an appalling nightmare
There are conditions Of extreme
merrill when the mind Of a sensitive
temperament Is subject 70 aphenom-
enon in which time seems 10 be an
initiated 1t often occurs, We are
told. TO person drowning, who, BE-
inc resuscited, have said that their
lives we're brought before them rs u
condensed in a panorama, as II We're, |
and in the few moments OF strangult-
IN the good and i'll pf their past have
been flashed before them. We all
know from experience that To one
overcome by fatigue, in sleep otone
minute dream has had existence
that called for an hour 10 relate.
This is what happened to Joe while
standing upon the roof Of the ear he
wiitlyapprOaching the dim, huge
form OF the covered bridge that Was
10 be his death. His life came before
his mind as in Il flash Of lightning;
and not only were the events crowd
cd into one horizon Of his views but
those events seemed 20 assume relh-
tions 10 each other that werc not on
ly novel, but instructive % ham,
Cleaning over all was NOT the iight
of sin, but that ofwcakucss and folly,
and. as OF consequence, a power vet
left him ofretrieyins himself tugged az
his will, and urged the abandonment
OF his purpused suicide. He saw how
in his early youth Ne had permitted
himself To become cntaugted III an ar
fair with vulgar. ignorant, and az
h. now believed, vicious girl, how,
in moment oil generous lupulse. he
had made the WrctChrd creature his
wife, and 10, without lifting her from
degradation, had been dragged down
to ahiect misery, Life with her WAS
intolerahlc 70 both. They had ,rpnr.
uted, although liz vet supported her
III wanton extravaganza thnt kept
him in poverty.
! This WINS not sin; IL was folly The
sin came in when h. caught glimpse
OF heaven on earth that NIGH, have
been, and was not IL was grtrY.
Gus wrong to win the affections u il
poor girl liz could never honestly
claim as his own What right had b.
TO leave his work unfinished What
right 10 throw away AN chance 81 n.
trieyiug, in some way. hia Nrptche,l
past? Why not hrayelv live on. and
trust TO tbs good Father u IN tot
the opportaue redemption? I've
parts within himself seemed to con
tend for mastrry-une appealing "a
his pride, tbs other to his hsttsr ma.
ture Pride won, and folding Nj,
arms resoIutcly he awaited thr hOrrt
Die blow.
The train was on an up grade, but
behind time. and the engineer hi,
called for all the speed of which TIL
. locomotive was capable. The long
heavy Cars, flying along nj 80 tutl~
nm hour, yibrnted 80 violently tina
nothing but long practice enable,
the conductor 70 prcseryrhis hulaur
and remain standing. Every secon
brought his death nearer and nearer
He had brared himself for the fna
blow, when suddenly thcshrill Whistl
Of down braScs" rang out, and iii
reversal Of the engine brought suc
an unexpected shock that the cot
, ductor was hurled from the root ,
the car to the road beneath. Fnl
, tunately, he tel in marshy Die,
, OF ground that lined cnch side Of IN
track ne' the river, The aOf
, yielding earth saved him from bein
/, knocked inscnsible; md, IA he II
stinctivcly struggled up, he wa
conscious Of flash.
shock, a crash, and then
, dead silence, followed immedintelyb
/ loud cries, escaping steam, and ngnI
: izing shrieks that seemed 10 piers
through and ride above the awft
! tumult.
, Joe knew only too we'll that n 20
Iision Ind occurred ut the r1uth q,
the very bridge he had selected I
/; dieupon, Dragging himself rom III
mire, he hurried to the wrecked trait
The telescopcd cars were iammed an
smashed into each other. and the nv
, tul tact that they had taken fin
, was but too evident; aud thcwoundc
wretchcs, held to anawful death Will
~, were screaming in agony for relic
, All these had been extricated by N
men and passengers loft unhurt. sny
{ one, a woman whose screams pierre
! the hearts ofall Joe, Selling an n,
cut his wayinto the burning car an
. found the poor sufferer cruelty hnr
, held by n seat. How in the snok
and heat he worked cannot he III
IN words. He would have perishe
, m his attempt but for the waite
poured over him from buckets nm
even hats which the passengers 81,
RED from the river. At Inst no wo,
and gathering the suftereZin his arm
D ne worked his way from the cars.
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