Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-07
SUSY KEMP'S ROMANCE.
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at the time our story opens, Susy
Kemp was plump little widow of
about thirty five, As a girl she had
been very beautiful in face and figure,
very artless and romantic in her dis
position, and so was very easily
aptivated by a penniless adven-
turer and persuaded into a clan
destine marriage. The marriage
it is needless to say proved a very
unhappy one, but Susy faithful
to her marriage VOWS, struggled
bravely to make the best of things,
trying to train up her children
Alright andre drunken husband.
A hopeless task she found the latter
as many another has before her.
Beauty faded, health failed still
she struggled on till death came to he
release, taking her unworthy hus-
band in a fit of drunkenness.
The husband was scarcely buried
when her two children, bright man
ly boy of ten and a lovely girl of
eight, sickened and died with that
dread disease, Diphtheria.
Susy stunned and bewildered was
stricken with Brain Fever, and lay
for many days unconscious. cared Tor
by kind friends. By the Providence
ofGod her life was spared and lay
came slowly back to health and
strength.
Life looked very dreary to poor
Susy, as she faced it after having re-
gained enough strength to think OF
the future. Plans were soon formed
however; renting single room taking
the little furniture needed to furnish it,
the rest was sold and applied to some
of the numerous debts of which she
found herself the possessor, for dur.
ing the sickness of he rselfand children
bills had accumulated till she found
herself owing not only the doctor
and undertaken, but the butcher the
baker and the candle-stick maker, az
well. Securing position in a print
ing office as type setter, she set out
bravely to earn her daily bread anC
pay her debts; feeling as she cheerful
~ said, that even that was better
than to be without any object in life
Bysteady work and much seli-denia
Susy found that she could support
herselfcomfortably and lay by a small
sum every month, which was careful
1y and conscienciously divided among
the many creditors. while mucI
TO her satisfaction she soon fount
the many to be growing few.
The doctors bill was the larges
and Susy found herself looking for
ward with much pleasure to her peri
odical visits to my DOCTOR" as sh
called him to herself.
DIR. Warner, the physician who haC
attended Susy and her children il
their sickness, was a single man O
about forty, very silent and reserved
very kind and courteous; a MAJ
whom every one liked as physician
yet whom few called friend.
A comparative stranger in tn
place, yet so singularly successful il
his practice that he was as on
might say, upon the topmost wav
vi popularity anu SuCceSs.
He had been much interested in Mrs
Kemp's case, a few words let fal
by n neighbor awakening his inter
est at first, and as he watched he
daily life as she came back to health
saw how patient and cheerful she was
how quiet and unassuming, yet hoy
firm in her determination to be indie
pendent of charity, he was filed witt
admiration and respect.
One memorable evening as Sus,
called at his office she said, as sh
handed him a roll of money, CDR
Warner, think l am the happies
woman in this city tonight. 1 hav
accomplished the object which | Sc
before me, and now so far as know
/ owe no one cent"
He smiled as he filled a receipt 70
the money, and said, "It is Il gran
thing to have carried out one
plans and to have made n
failure, heartily congratulate you,
"but" he added, ''dO you not fin
your pleasure in different channel
than most people; that is usual
considered of so small moment, tina
IL scarcely enters into the account {
things TO be thankful for, at least
appears so to me"
"Well. said Susy' sit certainly
q great thing to me and am going t
celebrate the event by taking a week
holiday" After little more desu
tory conversation Susy left, and I'll
usually busy doctor sat for an hon
thinking of Susy, her words her Ii
and her changed appearance, for
regaining health, she had alsoregail
ed much of her former beauty; eve