Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13

Though his eyes were now blazing
with madness his demeanor was
formally. even afiectedly polite.
My wife never came back: natur.
ally, sir-for she is dead"
lie shifted little on the bowlder,
slipped the snuff-box back into his |
waistcoat pocket, then. crossing his |
leg and claspiDg his hand over one !
Knee, bent forward and regarded me
! iiXedly.
u murdered her" he said slowly,
and nodded.
A pause followed that seemed to
last an hour. The stone which he
had strapped in my mouth with his
handana was giving me acute pain;
II obstructed, too, what little breath
ing my emotion left me; and / dared
not take my eyes off his. The strain
on my nerves grew so tense that
felt myself fainting when his voice
recalled me.
II wonder now he asked as fit
were riddle-"I wonder il you can
guess why the body was never
J found?"
Again there was an intolerable ST.
lence before he went on.
Lydia was dear creature in
many respects she made me an adj
, mirable vie. Her affection for me
was canine-positiyely But she was
: fat, sir; her face n Jelly hershoulders
! mountainous. Moreover, her voicel
Z lit was my NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
I ~. regularly, desperately voluble.
= II she talked Of archangels they be-
= came insignificant, and her themes
;, IN ordinary, We're of the prettiest.
Her waist, sir, and my arm had once
? been commensurate; now not three
y of Homer heroes could embrace her
g Her voice could once touch my heart
= strings into music; IL irayed them
e now between the millstones OF the
i commoa place. Figure to yourself d
= man Of my sensibility condemned tc
: live on these terms"
!, lie paused, frightened his grasp oil
/" his knee, and pursued:
:, You remember sir, the story o
4. the baker in Langius? He narrate
y that certain woman conceived ;
violent desire to bite the naked shout
, tiers of baker who used to pass un
dernenth her window with his wares
" So imperative did this longing bC
" come that az length the woman al
pealed TO her husband, who, being
- guod-natured man and unwilling {
= disoblige her, hired the baker for
70 certain price 70 come and be bitter
''c The man allowed her two bites. bu
" denied third, being unable TO col
"a, tain himself for pain. The authC
goes on 10 relate that for want ,
~ this third bite she bore one dead chill
~ and two living. Ms own ease, col
.1nn iinued the Rev. William, was som
w what similar. Lydia's unrelievc
- bnhblo reacted upon her bulk, an
awokc in me nm absorbing, fascina
M ing desire 10 strike her longed
70 SO her culver. fought against Il
pc feeling. stified il, trod it down;
h' awukc again. 1t filed my thought
W, my dreams. ii gnawed me like a vi
ca ture. A hundred times while she 81
lus complacently turning her insat
or periods had TO hug my fist to II
-he breast lest il should leap out al
strike her senseless. DO ! weary 20
let me proceed.
me "Thnt Sunday evening we sat, o
md on each side of the hearth, IN 1
ed yicarnge drawing-room. She W
the tnlking-talking; and sat whisp,
nd ing to myself: You are too Il
nd. lydia: YOU are too fat. Her ia
re- ran ON the two sermons had preaC
Ter. Cd thnt lay, the dresses OF the &C
ry. rrpgation, the expense OF living, {
his parish ailments-inexhaustible, {
OF vini, relentless. Suddenly shelook
I'm and our eyes met. Her vo
my trniled off and dropped il
IN. n bird wounded in full fig
uld She stood up and took st
son toward me. rs anything thematt
the William" she asked, solicitous
n n "You are too fat, my dear, l |
I il swered. laughing, and struck her
spi. in the face with my fist.
my "She did not culver much-r
dly half onough-but dropped like a hi
full snck onto the carpet. | caul
bed up a candle and examined her.
was quiet dead.
fou The mailman skipped up from
hen howlder and looked at me with IN
ie- scrinble cunning.
Of Il am so glad, sir, he said, III
I of YOU did not bleed when ] struck "
IL was great mercy. The sight
urh blood affects me-ahl' he broke
noes with subtle quiverand drew lo
de. breath. "Do you know the sal
ned by Woeful Ness, the Twin Brothers
but he asked,
sup knew that dreary headland W
e for For half n mile beyond the q
had church and vicurage OF Bleaklrk
on's extends, forming the northern q
had of the small fishing-bay and prot
alb inr Il from the full set of the tic
to Toward its end it breaks av
sharply and terminates in don
no ridre of slate-colored rock that r
nv ont for some 200 feet between
linr. sands we call the Twin Brothers,
=. - 4Lo4 ~ thn sputh and ins