Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-06-14

Poor Mary had gone hot and cold,
and trembled as her varions delin-
quencies were pointed out to her.
She had wept and shifted, and de-
clared more than once that she would
go and "drownd" herself in the con-
yeniently situated sea; but for all
that she had gone on with her work
until she was dead beat, and. as she
expressed il, "felt regularly sinking
and all over alike"
Cook slept in the basement, and
Mary occupied a little attic all by
herself, so there was no one to call
her a wicked girl for this disorderly
proceeding.
How long Mary had been asleep
she didn't know, but she awoke with
a sudden start, and, sitting up on
the bed, began TO rub her eyes and
wonder where she was. Somebody
was knocking at the door.
Yes" exclaimed Mary, jumping
up, what is it?" "0pen the door,
exclaimed the cooks voice: "sure it's
missus as is took bad, and ye're to
go for the doctor at once. Master
won't lave the misthress; she won't
let him.
Mary was immediately dressed, and
was down stairs, and had her bonnet
and shawl on in a minute. She
thought master might have gone at
such an hour of the night, but she
thought it would be wicked To say so,
so of she sped 10 the doctors.
The doctors house was in dark
ness. She felt very nervous about
ringing him up, but she supposed
doctors didn't mind; so she gave a
gentle pull az tho bell, which, TO her
horror. changed through the house.
| 4 window opened above and head
appeared, and the voice belonging
70 the head asked what was the mat
+ ter.
please, sir, win you come TO mis-.
sus; she's took bad. !"
"And who is your missus?"
"Mrs. Perkins. sin"
can right; I'll be thore directly"
Bang went the window down. and
Mary, delighted 20 think she hadn' t
made any mistake, or been abused
for knocking "A gentleman up in the
middle OF the night, came down of
the doorstcps and made the best oi
her way towards home.
When sha got there she put her
hand in her pocket for the key which
she had brought with her, and 10 her
horror tailed To find is.
She turned everything out OF heI
pocket again and again. She grew
hot and cold.
The key was gone!
She must have dropped It some
where in the road. What should she
do? Knock at the door and explain
that she had lost the key? No; sh,
dnren't do that. IL would upset tn,
missus II she heard oft. Missus wa,
nwiully nervous OF burglars, and al
such time ms the present she musn'i
be upset.
So poor Mary, feeling more wicket
than she had ever felt in her life, went
back the way she had come, peerins
nlong the pavement, looking into
the road, searching every where ioI
the lost latchkey.
On the way she met the doctor
He was walking rapidly. Mary slip
pod aside, so that he should not no
iice her. He would get TO the hous'
first. They would wonder where sh,
was. They would be sure TO wan
her for something.
She walked on rapidly, stopping {,
look at everything that CLEANED OF
glistcncd In the moonlight. Sh
: picked up n hairpin, an old nail, an,
a pnir OF rusty scissors, but the latch
key was nowhere TO be seen.
She reached the doctors house AM
then her heart gave n sudden boun'
for Joy.
Therelying on the side OF the step
was the lntchkey.
She remembered pulling her hand
kerchief out while she was waitin,
,, for the bell TO be answered Sh
, must have dropped the key then.
She seized II eagerly, size felt in
clined to kiss IL and cry over il, bu
she mastered her emotion, an,
!, clutching IL firmly in her hand, wa
preparing 20 take TO her heels an,
run ms hard rs she could, when til
doctors front door opened and
ghost came out,
: Yes, n ghost.
Mary was too Mortified to faint
too paralyzed TO shrek.
A long, tall figure dressed in white
/ came gliding out OF the door an
: passed quite close TO her.
. Mary shrank back against thewa'
/ and held her breath. But as the fig
! ure passed her she saw that til
ghost had n human face-a beautiful
+. face--the face Of u young woman.
0 IL glided across the road, and wen
4 slowly towards the parade.
!. Then Mary suddenly recognized til
/ fact that II was not ghost.
/. IL was young woman dressed |
/ white.
> But what on earth could : youh
/ lady BEGGING on to the parade 70
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