Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-04-05

ouhrnlng house, whore he -. !.
Urn pr = oed and a meal, and then Pow az.
down to think. u 'nen sa'
lie must get some work Tho. -.
ceruiln; something too. wbara NJ. wa'
would notask for credentials :. 'n ~
srences. Tor his record wouId not MI M.
MN. So the next day he q nnI Is nel
sns once Of the board ofpublIe work.
-; CIV was set TO mending the srreet.
N company with gang Of Iiaii ""es
anu Irish. They were a rough ins
put good-natured enough ana In,
10y on very well with them. When
~ received his honestly.earned was,as
ne was perhaps happier than hs 5ad
ever been before. He must Laan
honest, he thought In M nooIi
aazed way, and try to hold his head
up again. But the pIague.spot was
On nun. Somehow it leaked ant
Ihat ne hnd been conyict ana
.nen ne ianeied that men loolad ~
MN asgance and whispered Whom IL
approached. As matter OF fact
lhey were none Of them any better
ihhn he WINS aud several of them bad
prison record behind them pnt
twenty years. How can n man who
mas served twenty years ever hold
up mis- head again? He stood II ~
long as he could, then he lett the
gang. ' 'He
The next thing he tried was hod.
carrying on a new building He
thought he should be able TO keen
the place, until one day when a work.
man appeared who turned out 10 bea
fellow he had known in prison Ua
Was malicious. with hardened con.
science aud an even harder heart
nnd turned the laugh on the ..old
laii bird, as he called John. until he
could not stand it and fled again
One day John read in The paper an
advertisement for traintd hands in
a satisfactory. Taking a sudden
resolve be applied iorwork.
Who are you. my man." said the
foreman, 'and where do you come
irum!"
Then John Andrews gaid desper.
ntely: a learned my trade in state
prison, cir. served term OF twen-
" years, but now | want 10 be an
honest man"
I'VE have no useforconyicts here"
said the foreman shortly, and John
turned sadly away.
He thought the world was very
erns,l. II never gaye him chance.
IL shut him up in seli.sieiense, but
was not that enough? When he
came out hefurcly should have '.some
show" lie thought IL all over in
his poor dull way, II was so hard
20 understand. lie thought IL ought
not 20 h.. There must be God
somewhere, he supposed. or thechap.
balm would not pray to him. or the
men he knew swear by him; but IL he
was good and powerful as the chap.
lain said Why did he not make men
kinder, and give poor devil
chanocg John shook his head In per-
plexity. II was too hard a problem
Tor his ignorance and dull under.
standing. II suppose | am too
worthless" he concluded. "The Lord |
has no use for a poor convict"
And yet the thought remained. and
che passionate desire to keep honest /
and 90 hold up his head again that /
had sprung 20 life In some mysteri.
Gus way from the precious seed hid.
den away In the dreary waste Of the
sermons. IL Is pity that I
such men sometimes DRIFT to prisons
where ignorant souls are waiting 70
Ipc touched and softened rs we!l as
stirred"
John Andrews wondered whether
hs could learn more about it in
church. So one morning when the
sun was bright and the crowds Of
people filed the streets,
le looked into one whose doors stood
open on great thoroughiare. He
lad heard somewhere that churches
we're for every one 80 he supposed
hey we're free and went in.
He found II very pleasant. The
atmosphere was warm, which was
grateful on the cool autumn days
ust beginning, and n soft light
trcnmed through n great stained
lass window over white altar.
fbere we're plenty OF comfortable
ookiag seats, with red cushions, so
10 went up a little way and sat down
1 not did seem at all like the prison
hapel where he had always fallen
.sleep. II was so quiet and pleasant
hat he liked it, and thought he might
,arn what he wanted TO there. But
PRESENTLY he felt n touch on his arm,
md looking up he saw the sexton.
Come, move on, said he, "this is
% place for you" i,
So moor John got up and shuiiied
mt again. He supposed the man I
ina right. He was too torlorn LOT [
ueh a beautiful place, but hefelt DIS /
ppointed, too. 49,
fHe had dragged on through the {
ummer, living in q hand-to-mouth
nrt az 4 way. Ii was well enough j
,hiIe The warm weather listed, but /
ba cold came early that year ana Il
,oned 70 wither him. John never Q
new how he got through the winter, :
d picked up stray jobs on the streets y, - {