Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-20

NlNiNN w hAo tAh1AAANs
Daily she was before him-"so near
and yet so far, for then, when con.
stantly he beheld her leaning on the
arm of an elderly, nne-looking gen.
tleman, he would fully recognize the
gulf between them. Often he would
hear the little Willie calling Papa"
And then he wondered If that woman,
so young and beautiful, could be
content. Happy, he thought, she
could not be with one so very grave
and dignitied. What merry, laugh
ing girl she used to be! And then SO
chunged-such sweet, subdued air
OF matronly dignity she had,
But sometimes Hugh thought, or
fancied, she gazed at him with an in
quiring expression in her beautiful
| eyes. And again he was wild enough
to imagine there came at times the
old, merry, laughing light and he
! thought she remembered those "by-
gone hours" He sought no intro
duction. he felt it would be madness
to benear, to speak to her, and have
her sweet voice lingering on his ear
/ Fido grew very fond OF little Will
+ lie; but neither his mother or nurse
would allow him to approach when
| they were near.
But nevertheless the friends man
aged to steal occasionally a chance
to caress when the watching ones
were absent. Frequently. however,
Fido heard himself called ugly
names, ''horrid dog" terrible
creature" and such like. Seven
days passed thus, when an event
transpired that caused vary mark
ed change in Fido's behalf.
1t was tho dinner hour. Little
Willie was on deck with his nurse;
and she, Selling the opportunity af-
forded by the absence of the parents
and others, of whom she was rather
shy, was having n nice talk with one
CT the hands, and he was telling her
how charming she was and how he
loved her, which was just what she
wanted to hear. Willie was entirely
forgotten. He was having q good
time too, amusing himself without
interruption. He had mounted on
the bulwarks and was playing rid
ing horse when his attention was
called to something in the water.
With shout he threw up his arms,
bent eagerly forWard-in another
instant he fell.
willie is overboardl'
The cry was caught, and echoed
and re-echoed, until it reached the
dinning-room. But ere the terrified
friends had arrived upon deck lone"
was to the rescue.
AS the eager, anxious, fearful eyes
were bent upon the water, Fido rose
above the agitated waves, holding
his precious burden. A triumphant
cry reached mis- cara shout Of JOY
thankfulness and encouragement. A
moment afterward, boat was low
J cred, and the noble fellow placed tbs
. insensible boy in the arms OF tbs
J man waiting to receive him ant
sprang in beside him.
' Brave Fido!' "Noble tellown
/ Faithful dog!" were tho words
: which greeted him as he returned K
i the deck.
# "Well done, my brave fellow" sait
1 Hugh, and Fido was happy.
+ The mother had tainted as soon M
she reached the dock, but in a short
! time both she and her darling wer,
Q doing we'll
! Fido looked anxiously for Willie
t look OF recognition. Before long h
S was rewarded. Willie's arm wa
Y feebly raised to place it around hi
friends neck. The mothers tear
t were forever chased away. With he
Q heart filed with gratitude TO til
r faithful creature, she too, claspe,
0 her arm around him, and Fido said
with his eyes. "Now you know tina
L am not such bad fellow"
e From that hour the child and Fid,
r were almost inseparable.
it The next morning the old gentle
IS man came to Hugh and said he hat
Ie been sent by Willie's mother to tr.
g and induce him to let her have Fido
t. She would give any reasonable sun
It yes, and more to possess him
Of Hugh decidedly refused to part wit
his shaggy favorite.
d could no inducement be offere
e. vou?" asked the gentleman. ~
t, amount Of money!"
m mo, sir-money cannot buy Eide
1t we cannot be separated"
ID .'WeIl, come with Inc. ! will PR
sent you to my daughter, and pei
Il haps she can talk you into feelin
ID more favorably disposed. +"
Is "Your daughterP Hugh wa
TO about to exclaim. But he represse
the words, and followed mechanical
as ~, the old gentleman, and was il
lie troduced. He heard her sweet volt
IS, calling his name, pleading with hin
OF Could he be dreaming? Was it !
!" beside her? Was she smiling as
in days gone by? Where was her hu
,r- band? And then a thought, swil
We and full Of hope came to him. HI
W. black robes-what meant they
* Was she free?
,gl He yielded to the hope, and Ii
gered by her side. Butsh could M
Id, induce him to consent to part vii
I'M Fido.
nd When, after while, lie was alol