Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-27

lieve, some time ago.
ayes, | fancied you no longer had
any use for them" | said.
mo, when | am with the Romans
I do as the Romans do" and then we
both laughed, and Ladlslaw saia we
we're like two quarrelsome children
~ expect YOU will be boxing each
others ears next thing.
"No," said the Doctor; 81 always
give a kiss for blow"
But for all that, | couldn help os-
inn u little distant to him alter"ard,
whenever | remembered the yelled
lady at Heidelberg Castle. lie used
TO call me Lady April, was so IN
constant i'm my moods. don't know
how it happened bur after this, where
ever we went, Mr. Finch was sure 10
be there before us, or to follow later.
! The Doctor called him my shadow,
and L.adislaw said he thought M
shadow was the only thing about ~
which the doctor disliked But. Tor
my part, was growing rather tired oil
| Mr.. Finch and his everlasting pratng
about medieval art, and color, and
what not; and | couldn't 80 TO "A pct
ure-gallery unless he attached INN,
self, and explained the pictures loud
enough for all creation to overhear,
while was anxious they should sup
pose that had been familiar wlththe
masterpieces all my days, and was on
I ~ looking at them out OF sincereap
| probation OF the beautiful. I'm AFRAID
| liked better the Doctors method OF
going through picture gallery in ten
minutes, and the scientific air with
which he regarded Rembrandt's
School OF Anatomy" in Amsterdam
| for two minutes, and remarked, pat
ronizingly, that 'the arm ana hand
were well laid open, as II Rembrandt
was Il pupil IN the dissecting-room
But Mrs. Adams said 81 ought 10 DO
| thankful for such nm instructor IN art,
and that probably Mr., Finch was a
nobleman travelling lncognlto."
"lIe lives IN castle ~ the air,
| fancy, | said.
/ But she would 90 on encouraging his
attentions. ana he would 90 on FOL.
| loving us hither and th,ther. Well,we
were in Germany ut Christmas-tlme,
\ and we had a CEristmas-trce all TO
/ ourselves. The Doctor and | went
| out to select II, and it seemed as Il
/ the Black Forest had walked into the
I marEet- places II took good while
to find the right one and we went out
day after day, TIL Luiislaw said u
looked us live we're Whiting foroue TO
grow However, we had it planted in
Ottr own pArlOr, ant! such lovely things
we coaNed into blossom upon Il. Il
was the most wonderful tree III the
whole world, when it was FAIRLY in
blCu hung with Cut papers that re-
semb.cd fine gold chains, dripping with
delicate dew Of silver, dropping
golden pine cones grown IN iutry,luud
AMI ,tlser acorus and waluuts bud
dW- with real ROSES and lilies, IunuO.
He,tc aud Parma Sio,ess. bio 4omjug
into gorgeous cornucupjt5 81 gorgeous
swne.turats. and lighted by hundred
tapers. FhE Doctor took keen
pleasure lu ID as II we were two chll.
dren ! enjoyed /. All oicourse. as Il il
We're q draam--a poem. but the vision
OF the veilt! laay would rise up
anon, and seemed To ask il had Tor
gotten her, although NJ times she had
seemed like the bnseIess fabric 81 d
dream. The Doctor and | we're extju.
gushing the tapcrs, after Mrs Adams
and Lndisluw had gone to thu irroom4
when he stopped hummiug the l.oreIci
and said, turning to me, here Is lie.
tie Hover that Christmas trees some
times bear, which YOU have overlook
ed. The reason was so long in Sc
lecting the tree wns because ! wautet
one that was sure TO bear this Kind %
blossom" and he held in his palm 1
tiny ring box IN which u Circlrt o
pearls cleaned. put ont my hnud
just then the yelled Indy seemed Il
sweep between us, her long veil Amos
obscuring the Doctors face. "Shnll
put it on your finger. mein LicbEu1
for better or worse?" he was asking
withdrew my hand II did no
understand" stammered; lido no
wear rings" And he blew out TIL
last candle as left the room.
The Doctor was preparing to lcav
at this time, having only agreed Il
spend six months with Ladislaw. - IT,
was now restored; but fndisIaw
knowing nothing Of his discomlitur.
, Woul0 nave him stay over the New
Year; and, as the custom is in Gertua
; ny, we lighted our Christmas trp
again on New Years, and talked owe
other dead years, and kept each othe
awake till all the chimes Of the 81
, city pealed midnight with a hundre
mellow tongues; then we opened IN
balcony doors, and listened tn III
weird music and the voices in I'll
9 street calling o Happy New.Year
e from far and near; and presently SON
, one stopped bSeath US, and SANG q
, Abendlied sweet as the murmurina (
: o little brook among the grasses, tel
t der as q lullaby.
l "a happy New-Year, Mr.. Finch"
s cried. "Come up and say good .morl
Y ing"
Then, as / leaned over the Chris
: mas tree to blow out candle tia
D had burned down to theevergreen an
was making n rich, pungent odor
the room, the lace shawl had throw
over my head caught In the flame
: another candle, and in an Instant
y seemed to be standing in the centre
a flame. never knew exactly wht
l. happened, | seem TO renenher seei,