Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-03-07


ly, II have good news for YOU
She hardly turned her head, but
answered YEARLY: "There is no good
news for me until the ties broken here
are made whole again in Heaven"
Ives there is, said her father. "A
dear friend who went into the army
and was reported killed, was only /
wounded and is still alive. Can you /
guess who he is?"
Kate looked straight into her faith
er's eyes for n moment, and then said |
slowly; Father, the only one Hove
could not return We're he alive. You
made him commit crime which
banished him from his home, and
you threatened him and twice Mt
tempted to take his life. 1t is well
for me that he is dead. do not care
for the return OF anyone else"
These words and the sadness of his
daughters tone pierced the old Cap
tain's heart. Falling on his knees
beside her, with bitter anguish lie
cried
Kate, my darling daughter, for
give your poor old father for the
misery he has caused you and yours.
He sees the error he made by his own
stubborness, and truly he has suE
/ fered much more than he can express.
He is now ready to do all in his pow
er to make you happy once moro"
/ He did not wait for her answer, but
Selling her in his arms, ne pressed her
| to his heart, now almost bursting
with his emotions, and hurriedly lett
the room.
In the solitude OF his own room
| the old Captain prayed; he who had
never prayed before begged for for
givness from his God for the wrong
he had done and the unhappiness he
had caused. He rose with purer
heart and determination in the
future to make his daughters hap
piness his first consideration and the
aim of his remaining years. ''Ah, :"
he thought, IF only Charlie is really
alive"
Kate felt that the wrong done her
by her father was not sanctioned by
his true nature; that the acts had
been the result OF his impetuous ma
ture. Forgive him? Yes, he was her
father, and she loved him in spite OF
the unhappiness he had caused her.
Jennie meanwhile had written the
young man about his wife, also OF
, the interview with the Captain, tell
ing him how much she had revealed
in regard to him. Already Charlie
began to show the results of his cor
, respondenee in his looks and de-
meanor. He frightened consider
, ably, and no longer went about with
listless and melancholy air. Father
! Eddy and | studied our next move,
: and how we should bring him even
tually to what would mean his great
! est happiness.
: We wanted him to reach that point
where he would be willing to claim
the respect and confidence of his old
! friends. He had assumed another
: name after he had attempted to kill
: the Captain, and this fact might in,
Z terfere with his military record. The
! confusion arising from the change o.
name would have to be explained
!. away, and this would involve a re
\ cital of the difficulty with the Cap
= tain, and the cause OF his flight
]; which weighed against Charlie, not
: withstanding the high opinion in
J which he was now held by his com
! rades of the army.
The improvement in Hates ap
pearance and health was not unno
= ticed by her father. He was ready
Z to do anything for her comfort now
= and was ever asking Charles sistei
= if she had any more definite new
= concerning the missing one. At las
p d she told him that her brother wa
- really alive and where he was, anr
:, the old man went to Kate with tn
- good news. Kate sought her room
y and remained there long while, bu
= when she reappeared there was |
= glad light in hereyes that told much
y Some correspondence then passed
~ between the Captain and Father Ed
dy, through the medium OF Charlie
= sister. and this plan developed:
~ Kate continued to improve, an,
- was strong enough to travel, IL wa
= decided that she and the Captain an
e Jennie were to make the trip t,
- Burdside Barracks in two weeks fror
~ that time, arriving there Christina
~ day. A supper was to be given b
~ !. the writer to some Of the hospita
- attendants, the Assistant Surgeon
~ and the ladies Of the post, includin
x Charlie, Father Eddy and Charlie
~ Captain, that night. and the meetin
=. between long separated ones was t
~ ~ take place.
!" We had sufficiently revealed GU
90 intentions to Charlie to aid him, an
at he had accepted our proffers offrient
ship in most appreciatiye manne
r.. We had assured him that we woul
IN clear him of the suspicious againf
rd him in the minds of the people 9
in home, and restore him to the esteel
m of his friends there: Also, that if /
he wanted to resign we would arranl
70, that, and there should be no diff
~ y Guilty about the alias he had adop
X ed.
IT. The night Of the supper arrive