Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-01-11

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,N,lAzl& the best OF times.
10 ~ But But as Is he h. ia, sat
and gloomy study, with a hanging
lamp throwing its light down on his
shock of grizzled hair, and casting
cavernous shadows from his beetling
brows, beneath which those eyes OF
his gave forth n red sparkle, and his
big, irregular nose dividing his Wis
age like il spur of a mountain be-
tween two valleys, and the lips, Of
his great grim mouth working and
puckering rs he sucked mt his black
pipe-as he sat there in his high
backed oaken chair, beside a table
piled up with rare and ancient books
and strange ornaments from China
and India, and with small but fine
ly formed skull carefully mounted
on an ebony stand, and so placed
that it had the air of whispering in
his ear-as he sat there, | say, be
looked less like nm ordinary man
than Ike wizard OF the dark ages,
or even like one oil the demons that
such wizards we're wont to evoke.
OfcOurse, as every one knows. DR..
Hoknagel is nothing OF the kind: for
though he probably knows more
than all the wizards Of antiquity put
together, he is at the same time one
OF the best and kindest. hearted Of
meu-if common report be worth
anything. But that iuiry.like.body
the contrast between ii and the
head is certainly very singular. An
ogre and an elf combined to form n
man-that is how youwould describe
him. His hands are like a woman )
white, small, and beautifully shaped
and he wore on one OF his fingers a
costly sapphire ring, such as a lady
might wear.
We had been discussing the skull.
at is d woman's them" said /.
Yes; and very lovely woman she
was, too, replied DR.. Hoknagel, in his
deep but exquisitely modulated
tones.
Can you judge from the skull OF the
beauty Of the tace?" / exclaimed.
Perhaps not; at any rate, | do
not in this case.
DO you mean to say you actually
knew her?' | demanded, with n chill
of the nerves. Even the most benpy.
olent doctors will sometimes do odd
things that make ordinary persons
flesh creep.
''Well, ut allevents, know she was
a beauty he said. And after pufl.
ing ut his pipe Pwhile he continued:
Its curious story, and YOU might
as well hear it, You remember Day-
entry?"
"Not Dayentry who married Miss
Saltonstall, the heiress, and went
mad?"
That's the man-Edward Dayeu.
try. My speciality is mental diseases
you know, and / signed the order
committing him to the ASYLUM
That was ten years ago. He died
last week"
''Only lest week! | had supposed
him dead for years"
'Denth is a name applied india.
crImlnately to several different pbe.
nomena. Now you knew Dayentrv
who married Miss SaltonstalI: but I
knew him before that event-long
before. And happen to know thnt
MISS Saltonstall was not the first
lady"
"Ah! An earlier romance! Do Let
me here about it"
There Is not much to that. There
was n girl-let us call her Francesca.
her family name does not concern nc
She was lovely creature. Of n etvlo
quite unlike Miss SaltonstaIl Davsn.
try was then barely 20, she. n year
or two younger. She loved him with
oil her heart. He-well, he conceived
passion for her. 1t was undor.
stood-she understood-thot tbny
were to he married. But she tnni
too much for granted, and pranted
too much. You know the way Of tba
world. There are times when tho
woman is as much too blame ns tbo
man. All | will say is that This was
not one of those times. Dnventr ~
was then a young fellow in a conntrv
town, withnoprospectsin particular
An unexpected circumstance gavo
him u good opportunity to entsr
business in New York, and no wont
leaving Francesca behind. We'll 4
had to bel And within year he Ind
the satisfaction, such as ii was y
hearing That she was dead" y
How the doctors eyes did clov,
He looked terrible Mt that monert
FDayentry had, / believe. nlrand,
made the acquaintance Of Miss Salt
onstall, and it was not long hefnr,
| they were openly engaged to bo ma.
ried. There was no ambiguity obcn.