Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-02-01

sna,i, pe correcfF trying to
speak calmly ms the cross elerI
ianced impatlently mt inn. aNo
foois a beastly h,,le, not nc for a IA.
cent man, TO say nothing OF n WON
an. Yet here find IL set dow In ~
two. T-' ior
I Needn't keep II If YOU don't like
y Conld let il TO other parties far
Sou this minute. Centennial rnsh
must De met somehow. Move on
Forty dollars gone, or as good as
gone already, and nothing. or worse
IMAM nothing, TO show for Id And
.ney nad meant to spend week in
the clty! Az the cumulative meditn.
tion the bridegroom paused without
the door OF $50 TO pull his face up
straight. ~
The vision that met him on the
other side Of the diHgy panels made
effort needless.
Martha had planned and executed a
stunning centennial costume. Her
gown OF eream-eolored nuns yelling
WINS draped over "A nayy-blne silR
petucoat, the looping being secured
~ red bows. A blne silk vest was
fastened with coral buttons: about
her chip hat was twisted a red.white-
nnd-blne scarf Furthermore, as her
enraptured spouse told her, she ear
riad the national colors in starry.
blue eyes, pearl-white skin and ROSY.
cheeks. He forgot all but love and
patriotism as lao emerged into the
street, with the new and improved
edition OF the Goddess OF Liberty ON
his arm.
Hurrah for the red. white md
blue" yelled a tipsy fellow mt the
first corner, driven up against them
10y the !swiriing, pushing, boisterous-
~ hilarious river of human beings
that caught the bewiIdered pair.
Neither could speak or think until
the sweep and eddy had borne them
like driftwood 10 the junction OF
Fifth avenue with Broadway. There
the current darted into momen-
tary pause, ns upon "A reef that NJ.
turned Il gradually, a halt made that
all might see the Trinmphnl Arch.
Isn't BIO Just sublime?n uttered
provincial Martha W. ia a shrek
that barely reached her husband
ear. "oh, Genrgel | begin TO feel like
the Eantennialn
The crowd roared and surged reiiu.
entity before squadron oi mounted
police, the vanguard OF the process.
sion, Martha was borne OF her feet
and but for her despairing clutch up
on George VS. aim would have been
troddcn under heel. BuiIeted. swung.
upheay.d, they vet held togetherand
brought up alive IN the angle formed
by a wooden staging with the build.
ing in front ofwhich 4; was erected.
George W. = stalwnrt shoulders kept
on the crowd until he could be sure
that his wife was not crushed.
my feet are trampled 20 jellyW
gnsped the brave little thing. trying
10 smile. This Is serving ones
country, suppose"
She served II there for three NOR
tnl hours. by tip.toeiBg, and max.
ing iittlc springs from time To time,
her hnnds upon George VS. arm.
she caught furtive gIimpses beyond
a foreground oiphnlanxed backs and
hats. ~ tossing plumcs. hayonets
and flags IN the upper middle dis
;aucc: the air billowed and beat with
the blarr III brass hands. The peo-
ple about our couple shoudered one
another. and babbled shrilly, and
Joined Justify as ignorantly in the
cheers that arose from the front.
Now and then. through riffs In the
breathing barricnde. Martha beheld
the cheap ettigy OF his country's
father. projected sharply upon the
blue sky. Men smoked bad tobacco,
children squalled and sobbed, boys
whistled eat calls, peanut shells from
the upper stand ratified upon the
new chip hat. grcniy crumbs be-
Epriukled the Centennial gown.
"O--h-h--l | wish we had never
--neyar-come to this horrid town.
A cane poke from above drew
George W = attention,
"Whnt'llyougive me for my place?
asked q blcar eyed man, in n berry
wheeze. -
"What'll you take for it,
The berry man crossed his fingers.
Desperate George W. nodded. The
beery man dropped to the earth
like q cnt, and held out his hand
like n kitten n news boy scaled the
aldo Of the staging into the vacated
scat When George w. looked up
after putting n $40 bill into the spec
mintor's hand, the lad was calmly
contemplating the procession from
the coveted attitude with interest
the enruged country man could not
divert. The crowd applauded vocN'
erOusly
"a centennial trick said a bystand-
ar "poeket IL, and say nothing.
Can't help you get the lady INTO u
better place."
The tone was so sympathetic tllaV
George w. accepted the offer be
tween the two men Martha was shov-
I'd and dragged edgewise to- the up
nor corner of the street Ihere w. ~.