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

never Thought oil the danger TO her-
self, OF the lonely shore and the wide
ocean, and only the stars looked
down upon that death struggle.
She only saw that n woman was
drowning, and she rushed in after
her, rushed in madly, and, just as a
wave OF the incoming tide carried the
floating form nearer her, she seized
the suicide by the dress and shouted
for help, and dragged with all her
might, struggling fercely to keep her
own feet to the ground and her own
head above the waves.
IL all seemed the work of a moment,
aud then she was on the shore-one
desperate tug, and she and the sui
eide lay together side by side on the
beach.
She heard the sound OF voices-she
saw two men leaning over her, she
heard n shout, and she knew no more
until she opened her eyes and found
herself in strange room.
"Where am IL" she said. SO.
A kind voice answered her: "
"You are all right"
She looked up and recognized the
doctor she had been to fetch on the
previous night.
"Oh, dearl" she said, however did
/ come here? Let me go home.
They'll be wondering what has be-
come OF me-"
Then she remembered something
of what had happened. "The young
LADY," she said, twas she drowned"
mo" said the doctor. "you saved
her, but you mustn't talk any more
yet awhile. You shall know all
/ about it presently"
Flows missus?"
"As well as can be expected, and
SOS the baby"
That's all right, I" said Mary. with
n deep sigh, and then the wicked
girl" closed her eyes and dropped off
10 sleep again.
When Mary had quite recovered
from the excitement and terror OF
the nights adventure and was able
10 get up, the doctor told her all
about It,
The young lady she had seen com.
ing out Of his house was a young
lady patient who had been staying
with him and his wife for the benefit
OF her health. She had had love
disappointment and had given way
20 mclancholia.
The night that the doctor was call
ed out the young lady was awakened
by the ringing OF the bell. The nurse
who had been suffering from neu
ralgia, had taken an opiate to MAX,
her sleep, and the young lady must
have opened the door and crept dowr
stairs noiselessly in her night dress
and walked on into the street.
Then she saw the sea, and the idea
OF suicide came into her poor, wan
dering mind.
But for Mary's lost latch key hav
{ ing brought her back TO the spot, thu
young lady's body would probabl,
have been found the next day on thl
beach, or perhaps picked up at sea.
When Mary got back 70 Prospec
Mansion, missus, OF course, was VI
stairs in bed, but cook received he
and tossed her head, and said il wa
nice thing for respectable servan
gals TO 20 a-roaming the street a
: night and jumping into the sea, ant
: she never heard OF such things"
She wanted to call Mary a "wicke'
gal, but she didn't quite see how t,
do it.
Mr.. Perkins seemed very much up
, set, and looked more scared an,
: dazed than usual. The affair ha,
} made great deal OF commotion ii
Hastings, and people called at tn
house to make inquiries about IL
Ii had got into the papers. too, am
! this Mr.. Perkins, on his wiie's behalf
| resented.
Mary went about her work n
though nothing had happened. simr
ly grateful that she hadn't been dis
: charged for her carelessness in losini
? the latch key and her wickedness il
! rescuing young women from the oceal
instead of hurrying home to wait Of
: her missus.
But instead OF being punished 70
l her wickedness she was rewarded.
3 few days after she had resumed he
! domestic duties, and just as she wa
Q settling down into her old wicke
A habits ofleaving the bucket on til
stairs and the dustpan on the draw
ing-room sofa, and answering tn
: front door with a dirty apron or
and stopping the gravy from th
!, Joint on the stair carpet, the docto
/ arrived with an old gentleman an
requested to see Mary Jones.
1 Mary came up into the hall, COO
: listened at the top of the kitche
g stairs, the missus had the bedroom
| door wide open to catch what sll
could, and master hung so far owe
I the banisters on the drawing roor
floor that he was in imminent DANCE
Q once or twice of falling bodily int
the hall below.
n And this is what they heard: TIL
old gentleman was the father OF I'll
2 young lady. To show his gratitud
r for Mary Jones bravery, in plunl
inc into the sen TO save the life I