Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-08

then told him what | have already
related about my arrest, and also re-
peated much of what was said at the
Gibson House when called 10 see them
there. and spoke of the baby
The mention of the baby trapstixed
HINT echpsed all thought Of every
other person. told him that the child
looked like him, for all the ladies said
that it looked like me.
cannot take time TO give all the de-
tails; his story was this;
His Aunt Susan and he were all that
were left Of their family. Neither had
another relative upon the face Of the
earth. She was well of. and he had
taken to roaming when a boy and had
not seen her for many years. She lived
in little town called Angelica, in west
ern New York
In 1870 he went to see her and was
deluged with affectionate attentions.
His aunt's most intimate friend was
Mrs. Seymour. who had a pretty daugh-
ter, Fanny-and the two old ladies ham
died the matter so adroitly that almost
before he knew it he married the girl
Then Mrs. Seymour broke up her
house and they all set up together at
Aunt Sues.
The ladies had between them an album
dance of money. He did nothing but
idle the time away; and they did moth
ing but pet him. They all made small
god of him. and he soon felt himself
being suifocated with an excess Of affec-
ton. He neither went out nor came in,
never coughed or sneezed, without
putting all three ladies into more or less
excitement. They pampered him with
food, fused over his linen and other
garments, satiated him with petty pet
tings, until his life was a burden. After
two months of it. he had to go to Harris
burg on business, and this little sniff of
freedom brought back the charms Of
Bohemian life and he did not return
He wrote them from different places,
but never waited to hear from them,
and now over two years had passed sincs
he had written at all.
suggested that he go back to them,
and he at once asserted with great We
hemence that il that baby was boy he
bstCAt ~ ~ was - EAAA lAJ NbhAA
go right away to China or India, and
never allow them to hear of him again.
In Mr.. Murray's opinion a household
made up Of three women and one man
/ was too uneven. He was too much in 4
minority. He said that he seemed to be
cut of from conpanionship, and wanted
nothing in the world so much as a male
friend and the society of gentlemen.
4 He said if that child was a boy he
would not feel so much alone and 80
K lonesorne; the women could not smother
him entirely; that he and the boy would
soon conspire and confederate for mutual
comfort and protection.
( Unfortunately could not tell him the
sex of the child, but promised. without
disclosing the fact that had met him.
to get the baby's gender, and let him
know. When took leave he said that
he understood that he had been charged
with theft Of bonds and money. "YOu
tell Aunt Sue, said he, "that the stuff
is in Mr.. Lockharts safe in his store
where she told me to leave it. may
have omitted to mention this to her."
wrote TO Miss Undertake when re-
turned home, and the baby proved to be
a boy, which fact ! communicated to
Mr.. Myers at Puckaway. He replied,
giving me leave to write again to Aunt
Sue to say that he was coming home;
and in my letter to her ventured To
hint that if she and Mrs. Seymour would
expend tho wealth Of their affections 10
one house, on each other, and let Mr..
and Mrs. Murray and the boy occupy a
mansion to themselves, there would be
no further separations. ! knew that
Murray would soon make genteel Bo.
hemian out Of the boy, and the two
would make mp working majority.
In 1880 got the "oil fever and in.
vested some money Of my own and more
for other people in petroleum in Penn
sylvania. | spent some time in going
over the field from Bradford, Pa, Il
Rlchburg, NJ Y, and at Duke Center
Pa, had quite extensive operations.
One day at the little tavern in Duke
Center who should come swinging in but
Murray, alias Myers. He had grown Sc
much stouter that he was not mistaken
for me, nor for him: but he knew me
instantly, and when | asked, How Ii
Aunt Sueg and how is the boyy' the fel.
low smiled to his full capacity. He as.
sured me that Aunt Sue was sound Ia
the core; that the boy was ''gusher, >
and 80 was his little brother.
"Then," said |, you are no longer in
hopeless minority"
mo, sir" answered he, with the en-.
phasis of a driller; Aunt Sue and Mother
Seymour don't count. and we are three
TO one now"
"Do you never reflect" asked, ''that
that second boy may not Just as well
have been mine? When was taken "a
be the father Of the first one, was "a
footloose as a cowboy, and could have
gone right into the house and been its
hero. as long as did not expose my left
side, and perhaps should have been
there yet"
"What ails your left slider" he asked.
Nothing" said. "Only that have
no mark there, and you have-that