Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-10-10

use troubling the British ASSOCIATION /
on the subject until We have settled
that's it?'
Twas half disposed to laugh at him
when he said this. But the mysteri |
Gus and quiet unusual kind ofearnest- |
ness in his expression while he was |
speaking not only deferred me,
but even again made me feel un-
easy about him. "Iou are not |
serious, Hammond?" / said, "And |
besides, old fellow, it's very wrong OF
you to run away in this fashion. Mo-
to speak of the fright you gave ma
you'll catch chill, and we 81 .aIl h.,
that fever business all o. er ae.,;p
Fever business! whab do Won
! mean?"
Wy, you know You have been i'll,
/ aid you're not well yet; and so come
right along to aed again y
He said nothing to this, but allowed
the boy and me to take care OF him. |
must say he looked u strange object
wrapped up in the blue blanket which
| had seized for the purpose when we
Went after him, and especially when
the moon shone upon him through the
teak trees of the forest. The scurry
ing among the branches overhead
seemed to imply that the monkeys
also found him a spectacle too strong
Tor their nerves.
He was better i'll the afternoon, and
talked OF the service and other mat
tiers in q perfectly rational manner.
1t seems he had written to Pekin, beg
ging to be removed from Annoy; and
he discussed the chances ola favorable
reply tOhis letter nationally enough,
though with a disregard for the be-
reavement chat III that case should
suffer puzzled me. For he was natur-
ally the most unseltish OF men and he
had over and over again said he would
never leave Annoy without me, and
that he would never be lett in it ii Twas
appointed vice-consu elsewhere.
Toward sunset he became excited. |
did not like the metallic glitter in his
eye. 1t recalled to me in an ugly man
ner certain visit | had paid to a
Chinese madhouse q little time pre-
viously. He was irritable, moreover,
and would not let me touch his pulse.
When | wanted him to come into the
hut for me night. he objected.
NO, Randolph" he said, mot till
the moon there also goes TO bed in the
antipodes. particularly mean TO be
awake tonight"
Why" | asked.
Because | am rs sure rs stand
here that | saw one last night. and ii
was when the moon was high reckon
it went at about the rate of a yard a
minute. | mean to secure it; and
should very much like to photograph
it before nabbing it.
What are you talking about, old
chap" | asked again, with the dis
NAL fear at my heart that the fever OF
sunstroke had affected his brain.
, The creeping plant, Randolph. il
. was as well as | could guess Mt il
. nine feet long, with flowers all tn,
way along 1.-THE calyX a bright blue
! / never saw anything so odd since
: was born. Do you know, | almost
; lost my senses in sort OF excitement
: over it; and | suppose 1t got away il
the mean time, for when | tried K
: find it again, Couldn't
: | could only stare at him in Devil
4 derment. He was certainly not joking
:. and yet the idea OF a plant OF Thu
: description was to my unObservan
!, intelligence, perfectly ridiculous
2 But poor Hammond did not Xix
i my incredulous look. "You don
4 believe me. / see!" he exclaimed pet
tishly. That's ever the way Will
. you practical fellows. am Thankful
{ I'm not practical. Anyhow, too,
q mean to get it this night alive o
. dead-that's clear thing"
r "No, no; please don't think OF it..
i / entreated "Wait till you're bi
q stronger, and then il you like, Wen d.
{ nothing else but hunt this crawlin
,e beanstalk, or whatever it is"
II am as strong as ever was, ii
!. may Judge by my feelings, and 50 yo
r may as well make up your mind t
q my going. Remember, Randolph
q that I'm your senior in the service
,e and / won't put up with dictatio
d from you or any other man OF you
e. time OF life"
e could only shrug my shoulders
q and suggested to him as casually a
q possible that of course had no RICH
a to interfere with his movements, bu
that for his own sake he ought not t
o. 60 off in 'byiamas' again, as he di
N before.
a Eyes, that was indiscreet, J" the dea
le old fellow observed with a smile.
/ We humored him for the rest Of I'll
le evening, and at length he fell asleep j
&c his bamboo couch-chair, and we CO..
is cred him lightly and arranged ii
d. mosquito curtains to protect him Q
I'd much as possible.
Sc But had no intention of going {
id bed. Somehow or other, fancied |
IN would wake and start off into Il
ur woods, Just as he had done befor
At the back OF my mind confess, to,
is, there was a thin phantom OF curiosit
ed about the shape nine feet long, wit
We flowers upon it, which had fitted s
lie well with Hammond's ideal of cree
I'd ing plant.
Ike Accordingly lit my pipe and req
as the North China Herald until bega
ld to feel drowsy. The paper had dro
he ped from my hands, and | was pom