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

lie WAS IN no mOOu Tor angling 10.
day. but sat sulleny thinking.
Rolling cigarette and lighting it.
he nufied steadily while star NJ
down at the pool in which was mir
rored his snuh Nose, shinjHgtyes ami
ugly, coaee-colorpd face Maybe Il
tairer picture presented Itself and
drove his thoughts swiftly lark to
his boyhood's home on the pain by
the banks OF the giant river IlOAng-
ho. Again he was with his kind
red, no longer mn lshmapiite in Il
strange land. Toll was his birth
right, life mere animal Hkeexistruce.
yet there may have heen memories
OF vanished scenes thnt, like cleans
ing waters wasled from his narrow
mine the blJH.l; evil it contained md
soltele} liz suIlen wrath. For the
shad w lited from his dull face. and
grad lai: tl'' anger alSole,t his back
eyes. BE aliecst smiled MS half
dozen plt 1'ul trout darted out into
the C atei = the pool and seemed to
glance saueily up at him.
just Their ston' came rolling
down he bank behind him, striking
tine rock bounded with Il chug into
the pool The trout and All Lees
smile, like Il fash, disappeared in
stantly. Turning his head he saw
half way down the steep side OF the
gulch, cautiously picking his way
over the loose stones and dead
wood, Murphy's boy
With a gleetul laugh Mt Al Lees
blank astonishment, Tommie sung
out:
''Hullo, I.eel I've run away; been
huntin for YOU all round; thought
You must be here tishin. Caught
anything? DIR. Morgnu's come; he 5
up ter house with dad"
1t WIS u dangerous incline for such
young feet. and All Lee knew it.
Lock out, boy! You lall sure" he
exclaimed, starting TO his feet. But
Tommie kept on, and wassoon dane
ing upon the big rock and shouting
at the roaring creek.
Then it was that, all unbidden. the
banished demon came creeping back
to All Lee. One little push and
Murphy's boy would lie i'm the
clutch OF death. down by the
playful trout. His swarthy cheek
burned anew with the shame OF the
whiplash. His barely smouldering
hatred burst again into fierce flame
But before he could obey the devil
ish prompter, there came shrill lit
| tie scream-and he was alone on. the
rock. Vengeance had come without eff
feet from him. Murphy's boy had,
without any pushing. slipped and fall
len over the rock into the deep pool
All Lee shut his eyes. His yellow
ish brown face grew ashpn. His knees
/ trembled as he half turned to steal
off down the canon and hide in his
cabin as if nothing had happened.
1t was easy enough to do, and he
might have done it but for q gurg-
ling, grasping, pitiful cry Of
Lee! LeeP'
1t was not Murphy's boy but little
Tommie calling to him, and with a
smothered yell, like wild beast in
pain, ALI Lee sprang to the rescue.
Across the rock his thick boots
elattered. Into the ice-cold wa
ter he rushed to the waist,
to the shoulders, deeper yet, to his
snub nose, before his eager brown
hands could grasp the flaxen head
now drowning in the eddies where the
trout had played.
Dragging the body out and giving
one wild glance at the CHASTITY little
face, with the dripping light hair
flung across the tender white fore
head, lie scrambled up over the rock
and, shouldering his limp burden,
started up the bank. If he could get
Tommie to DR.. Morgan belorelife was
utterly extinct-that was his one
thought. Clutching the little wet
form fiercely, he dug his bootheels
and toes into the yielding gravel.
Great masses of sand and rocks
and rotten wood often slid down the
steep gorge, and perhaps because Of
All Lees and Tommies recent de-
scent one OF these avalanches started
slowly from the top as the desperate
Chinaman came staggering swiftly
upward. He saw it instantly and hC
knew his danger, as he was directly
in its way. 1t was useless to turn tC
one side or retreat. He had already
made rapid progress, the landslid,
was as yet barely moving, brust
roots slowly giving way and tn,
whole mass topping before thu
plunge. Gritting his yellow teetl
despairingly, with one mighty effort
All Lee darted upward upon tn,
trembling earth, and threw his small
burden free and clear up over til,
bank on the solid green tnrf.
As he did so n jagged rock sho
out from the slide and losing hi
footing All Lee went down before it
with a hopeless cry like a warrior
slain in battle.
Loud shouts soon echoed through
the canon, but he did not hear them
He was lying half covered with de
bris close by the big gray rock, will
n fearful cash cut deep in his shaver
head. Crushed and senseless he lar
at the bottom, while DR.. Morgan.
kindly-faced old gentleman, wit!
Murphy the foreman and hnIf n do,