Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-02

Murphy, we're equally intense, the
Chinaman stumbled over his
rice bowl and by pure accident
throwing out his hand, he hit the
boys face smartly. As much from
fright as from pain, the little fellow
burst out crying, and Murphy with
an oath. arasped the flying cue of All
Lee. Whirling him around, he with
whip laid one singing stroke
across the wild brown face. 1t was
a cruel, impuisive blow, and on tie
instanteven rough Murphy regretted
it. A iivid liHe appeared from Il c
corner of one almond eyeto the snub
nose and down to the blunt chin.
Strike the bye, will yez? Yer
scaly leperr yelled Murphy in n
seeming rage, though really ashamed
ed othimself. And he thrust thecow-
ering heather from him.
Sinking like n whipped hound to
the farther corner of the little room,
All Lee with murderous eye surveyed
his enemy.
"You lickee me. alice same me pay
you" he muttered thickly.
Something in thesquat, sullon face,
filed with horrible rage, the snaky
venom in the glittering black eyes,
made Murphy shudder. He went
out rather hastily, with the weeping
Tommie in his wake.
But All Lees reyengeful glare went
with Murphy, and haunted him all
the evening.
Lying unusually wakeful in bed
that night, with Tommie slumbering
peacefully beside him (the boys
mother had been dead a year, and
Murphy was both father and mother
to his only child, he thought I'M
easily.
"Indade I wish I'd not hit the hay
then. He'll loikely lay it up agin me
for revenge. They say he's an ugly
devil whin he's mad. Ii the docther
comes up termorrer I'll tell him II
quit mesilf if the Chinyman stays on
the ranch any longer. That settles
it." and turning over, Murphy was
soon snoring.
But all that night All Lee lay
sleepless, with dry throat and burn
ing eyes, on his hard pallet. In his
seething brain one idea was
alone uppermost, revenge, and the
deadlier the better. 1t was not n
question OF shall, but how, Toward
midnight his bitter hatred was
brought to focus. He had finally
hit upon terrible means of retribu-
ton, and he chung to it tenaciously,
nursing it with a gall till it became
strong and hideous, overpowering
the feeble better impulse which sell
/ dom strove to assert itself.
Tommie, the blue-eyed innocent,
vas his fathers idol, more to him
than life Was it not a sweet and
sure revenge to strike Murphy
through this boy, more than NOR.
\ tai blow?
And All Lee smiled to himselfin the
darkness.
Never did sun rise on sweetel
Sabbath morning, and look forth
over the hills upon fairer valley
A faint silvery fog, like wreathes OF
smoke, curled up the foothills and
fringed the brown mountains base
1t was sunny California plain, shut
=. in by mountain ranges from
the harsh, windy world with
out. Round about for three mile.
between the hills lay the white
ranch buildings, the green or
chards, some of them sheets o
snowy bloom, the budding vine
yards, green wheat and barley fields
with here and there a clump of sturdy
old oaks. An Eden-like picture o
sunshine, peace and plenty.
DIR. Morgan's ranch in the foothill:
caught the first rays of the morning
light. A faint, fitful breeze stirred
the leaves of the oaks near the sta
bles, and lazily turned the windmill'l
wheel about the big water tank
Back of the stables rose the hill OF
whose long, steep, brown side, from
base to summit, acre on acre of warn
fertile earth, was the noted Morgan
vineyard. Row after row in count
less numbers, extended the regular
lines of short stakes, each with ;
budding vine trained to it, and al
straight, trim und'uniform from tn
bottom up, far up to the topmos
heights, like an army OF Lilliputians
those serried ranks covered the grea
hill-slope
To the left of the vineyard n deep
wild gorge concealed the creel;
brGwling its way down from tn
mountains. 1t was from All Lee
cabin but a short walk to this livel,
stream, and sufficiently hiddel
and solitary, it had become his ia
vorite Sunday resort. Here he woul,
| patiently fish in the clear pools hou
after hour, rarely catching SO mucl
as u minnow, but nevertheless wei
pleased with this pre-eminentl
heathenish way ofspending the day
Like his Christian neighbors, how
ever, he generally passed the Garlic
hours of the forenoon in profoun
slumber; and lying awake all tina
night caused him to sleep heavily a
morning came.
1t was afternoon before heemerge
from his cabin, having eaten hi
usual meal of rice and fish. He ha
washed himself with the scrupulou