Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-06

Ddiufu az IObib ny niShhN9ps anu tath \
the telegraph operator, on duty in
his absence"
"Can you telime," pleaded the sol
itary passenger. "wbere / can get a
nights lodging and something to
eat? Ii is six hours since we left the
supper station. and am just recover
ing from a siege of malarial fever.
Surely there must be some one
around here who could act as my
guide?"
'sThere is no one here but me"
said Miss Barlow, locking the cash
drawer and preparing to extinguish
the one reflector lamp that glowed
above the new arrivals head. But
ifyou choose to go home with me |
dare say my mother will give you
some supper and bed. Our house
is the nearest to this place. And to-
Inorrow'-with somewhat signifi-
cant pause-''you can begin a new
career"
II am awfully obliged to you, "said
the gentleman, jumping up with alac-
rity. But how many careers per
week do these westerners count upon?
I've no objection, for my part, to
the old one continued
Miss Barlow's face remained inexo-
| rably grave. She considered 1T no
part of her duty TO countenance flip
pancy like this. She locked the sta
ton and hung the key on its hooked
nail close within the lattieed case
ment outside. where winds could not
hull it away nor storms disturb 1t,
before she said, quietly, This way,
please. The lantern will light you
sufficiently fyou are little careful;
otheswise YOU will find the way rath-
er steep and narrow down the hill.
You are perhaps unaware that a tel
egram describing your personal ap-
| pearance has Just come in from the
! White Peak Officer
"A telegram By Jove, the whole
thing is out, then?
"Yes," responded the telegraph op
orator, "the whole thing is out. Your
conjecture is quite correct.
"Does-I beg your pardon. but TIN
is a matter of Importance to me
does any one know it besides your
self"
mo"
81 may depend on your" with i'm
ploring emphasis.
Eyes. you may depend on me"
: "Thanks, awfullyr declared tn
I stranger, with fervor You see, j
, makes it very unpleasant to hav
those things talked about. .
I $50 should imagine"
e A brief silence ensued. Eunice wa
8 wondering how her strange compaI
ion could speak so coolly of ''thes
j. things"
y "Was heutterly dead to all shame?
she thought. The strange compal
!. ion. in the meantime. was secret
) maryeling at the ease and lightnes
= with which this extraordinary gi
: stepped out through the snowdrift.
> "a perfect Amazon, !" he said
u himself. land n pretty one, too. VIII
doesn't she keep talking? like tt
Y timbre OF her voice, it's regult
contralto."
z lit seems to me-" observed Il
y Young man. afteranother interval I
!; silence, during which the crunchin
y of their feet in the snow and the pc
u sistent bowling of the wind was q
that broke the spell "that they put
great deal of responsibility on your
ie women in this part OF the world.
"A good deal of it is forced upC
n them, and a good deal they assuu
" themselves. said Eunice Barlo
composedly. 81 am willing to adm
that / have taken heavy respo
sibility on myself tonight. Und'
"a stand" added Miss Barlow, that
Ie- take you home to-nightand shelf
&c you. must have your promises
Ts "The new career question aga
n I'm blessed if | know what all Il
or means, gasped the solitary pass'
y, ger.
OF "Equivocation is entirely useless
NIX said Eunice, severely. You know
fectly well what Imean. lhavegiv
IN YOU a chance for freedom; for what
still better, fame and character.
or to it that this chance does not pa
I'M unimproved,"
s sa "Madr' muttered the stranger
m himself; ''very madl Entirely a no
ny less case, l should say. | wonder
:, there really was a telegram. oriit
~, ~ is merely part of her brain disord
,ue | wonder If I'd better keep on W
W her. nobody knows whittier, or I
~ and run for it, snow storm and al
~ "You have basely absconded W
-, youremployers' money, said Fun
-. " with thefreezing sternuess ofideali
NJ NJ Justice. Gin other words, YOU are
',.,I bank defalcator."
' ooh. come, now; won't you give
~. ~ fellow n chance?" uttered her &C
u Iys panion. "As the school books 5
l ile Strike, but hear. I've nohod
WI money but my own, and none
w.. .e much ofthat. Idon' tknow anyth
.e gu about your banks nor their de
~ Gators. I've been only two weeks
.lle your country and l think it
up the snowiest climate going.
'r .l name is Ernest Tinsallon, and
IIs to have been met at the station
'rh, Col Copley of the 400th cavalry.