Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-17

sANiAeuil INTO the cabin. There's |
the 'stnilf and he would point with
trembling fingers TO the saffron.col.
ored streak.
Agnes would look through tbe
magnilylng-glass at what, To her in
experienced eyes, seemed a more or.
binary stone than any she had seen.
and yet all the time feel the tuggings
OF hope within her-hOpe that she
dlsapproyed OF Her sad heart was
IKE unto obstinate ears that wish
not To hear, still cannot close them.
selves against the sound of sweet
music. And now the weary woman
ielt that the west was SO full OF little
graves OF hopes that, look which wnv
she would, something called Tor her
tears.
They had sold the blacksmith-shop
and the pretty little home in Maine.
and their price. together with some
money saved, had brought them
west, and WAS supporting them while
Mr.. Hale dug in the hills for gold to
take its place.
lie had 'prospected" the hills over
for months after his arrival, leaving
/ the wife and the little 3-year.Old girl
IN the rough mining camp among
strangers, Now, however, he had
found his mine" IN elf on the
mountain side, not TAR above IA shell
tered canyon Below il, in grove
Of unbrnding frs, he had built log
cabin, and there Agnes and baby
Bess now dWelt. hardly more lonely
than ia the strange camp ten miles
away.
( The cabin contained one room,
with dirt floor. fireplace in one
corner, a bunk.bed in another, aud
table and tNo or three chairs b..
sides. 4 mountain creek ran near
the house. from which the family 80.
cured Il supply OF water, but the
country about vas bleak and bare
uf verdure. beyond ceiars and noun,
tain bushes The altitude was too
high Tor flowers aud garden things
dear on NrW England heart Some
times Bessie would climb up on the
rocks aud gather big, blue colum
bine. or "A cluster Of delicate ferns,
which gracesl the most nustcre places,
aud the child's heart was glnidened
Tor hours. iiut when the mother
iFiedto transplant their roots to ia,
cabin door. yard they always died.
To poor Agnes, there seemed nc
way OF Frightening the house, nns
, SHE - en- shnidsred To realiEe how
tho family substance was iist dimin
ishing. Her work was not bard 4
d.. How could II have been2-ns
floor 10 kecp clean. no pantry 20 pu
: In order. few dishes 90 wash, and 1
bod which only required spreading
up"
Ii was now several weeks since sh
had begun 20 BE- uneasy about Bcs
!, sic. Not TINT the child was rcnli.
. sick. SheRas ont aud IN M the cubii
daor like sunbeam: nov PATTERNS
over the stones 10 the creek, with he
unsteady, baby feet, and noW chat
: tsring 60 the MODELLING columbines Il
a language all her own.
hut. day after dag, Il grew oitene
: that she would sit down AMI rest he
, little face IN her hands, or say, plain
r lively;
Mamma. I'm tied. and ask t
/. b. held
< Agnes began 20 be haunted by
. terribl, dread. from the fact that sh
e was not 50 heavy TO litt ns she ha
e been. aud her cheeks less pink. Bu
!. when the child waa at play agar
u she would say 10 herself:
4 II fear am growing lanciful. Pe'
G hnps Frunk Is right, aud this hom'
sickness is going to my head. II
J. only had work TO do, something I
!. sew. something torcadl To live OF
a tirely in ones self like this Is TO weu
o out. like an old house untenanted-
I wear out heart and body
She leaned her troubled face agains
{, the door.post, and looked away u
= 60 the barren rocks and the unben'
v ing FIR trees TINT sheltered the ca'
"a won. She seemed unable any long'
/ 10 see. even with spiritual eyes, IA
% thcr upward thnn these prison wall
q Her husband came down IN u
evening more tired than usual. \
dnv long he had worked, with no 81
r rotlrnremcnt beyond getting deep'
ir in tho side OF the mountniB
"Of course" he said, ms he satdow
a AZ the rough. uncovered table to q
n evening meal always a late one
z. his account), "these pay-streaG
N don't Law out on the open groun
Every foot 70 in is so muchgalne
and any day may come upon
body OF mineral which will.set us va
up. so | am never discouraged.
long ns / am following the vein
"A Nevertheless, he was more sue
: than usual after supper lie ioFg
:, even TO take Bessie on his knee, o.
80 ant by the fireplace and smoked
~ deep reflection.
nv aud by his wife, thinking y
th might I've a favorable time, SAL
OF pleadingly; -, \
.Oh, Frank, let us go back '
nd would have a little left Il we we
no now. and that little would he eet'
- 80 -, f,,1 ttnrart niuty,