Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-05-16


walked to the bed, held It close 70 the
face of the CHASTITY form that lay there,
and ouietiy observed. He's as dead
~ ever he will bel Then turning to
hiscompa Mon, he added, Let's take
him down" !,
NO, no." cried the startled wife,
throwing herself before them; ~ tell
YOU he Is living, and will soon be welil
10: he is not a subject you! Come
tomorrow, ii you will, and witness
the truth OF my words--but touch him
not tonight -.
"She raves, poor woman! said the
spokesman; but we've got TO do our
duty"
"Backi" screamed the almost fran
tic wife; you shall not touch him!
Back, and do no murder here, or the
curse OF heaven will hight upon your
The two men whispered together a
/ few moments; and then the spokes,
man reioined, Well leave him be q
| halfhour, till We come again; but 4
Ne we're TO leave him 70 eternity, you'd
find no life there
! With this, they slowly withdrew
| and as that selt-sacriiicing wife heard
7 their heavy descending steps, she
threw herself upon her knees, thanked
heaven Tor the brief respite, and pray.
"a ior strength and power TO deliver
her companion from the already yawn'
ing grave,
Strange prayer Was this to follow the
other. in which she had Askedthe for
strength and resignation to bear this
earthly parting Wherefore the change
Why did she believe him living, who
reason told her was dead
There he lay CHASTITY and cold. with,
out motion without breath, without
life Onehali.hour-on brief halt-honr
-and they whose duty il was to
quickly con.igu the dead to dust,
that the awful contagion might not
spread through mortal decay, would
again bc there 20 claim THAI beloved
form
There MAS not 4 moment 10 be lost
And with an invocation 20 heaven for
assistance, that trembling wife began
the seemingly hopeless task II rrstor-
ing her dear partner 20 ltir- shs chat,
"a his temple his body hts limbs rolled
him 10 and fro on the bed, and called
upon him liz the most endraring
, terms
She was thus engaged, using almost
superhumnu cxertions, when again shs
heard. with i chill OF despair, the
distant rumble 81 the vehicle 81 this
grave, and the appalling Try 81 'Bgtng
out your dcad"
Nearer and nearer IL comes louder
and louder sound those awful tonrs r
still more actively and painfully shs
lnbor=, and yet no signs Of lti.-ths
same cold, CHASTITY. tnAnimate form
Hhrk' there ARE steps along tbs nal
there n thc same measured, heavy
!, tread npou the -tairs--thr door ones
D more slowly opens, and With q sup
pressed shrek ot agony the almost
frantic wife once more turns and b.
. holds those same grim, unsyinpathix
= ing visagrz before her.
= We've cone again for your dead
said one. a. both advanced towards
the bed
Back shriekei the wife. there !
no irnd Tor you hers"
Z Tho man still advanced. Rad cam
: up 20 the corpse
Il This here perfect folly" said To-
! spokesman. "it's our duty to tax
7 away dead bodies wherever we lin,
!, en-. it's the only chance there il 1,
4 keep down this horrible disease. AM
u 80 stand aside, good woman, aud IL
q ~ take the body quietly Don't tax
+. on So it's got 20 hr done. you can
q keep il with YOU. and the longer IL ~
y mains here the less chance you'll has
e ot escaping the same fate yourself =
y But my husband is not dead
~ cried the wife, wringing her hands. nm
'e keeping her place between the bod
and those who had come for H.
= We can sec, good woman and OF
p eyes tell NJ better, was the somewha
=. gruH reply Come stand aside an
- yield 10 what you can't avoid"
q oh no, mo- never. He i4not deac
y tell you-and you shall not tnue
y him
GOOD woman, we've got to do ou
y duty, pursued the man, more pos
~ lively, attempting to put her aside
~ For heavens sake, spare us" 81
shriekesi. dropplngdown on her knee
~ clasping her hands and looking II
~ implurIngly. spare Us, beacec
y you See. am knecling TO you'll al
- praying to you, For the love
y, heaven. spare us q little longer, &
- will soon revive, He only sleeps"
~ The men, preceiving that the on
~ chance OF getting ut the corpse won
w. be by n fOrciblc removal Of its qua
~ dian angel. again conferred togethe
. mud again agreed 10 give her anoth
~ half-hour.
Az soon as the friendless wife aqn
RIO heard the welcome sound Of the d
Ise par:ingiootstcps OF her dreadful visi
nj, ors, she again renewed her efforts
~ resuscitate that which to reason n
cd pearpd hopelessly dead. She took
nv uew course She raised his head,
nv most sat him up in bed; heated fla
lly nelsand rolled them around isIimf
~ placed hot onions upon his feet: ri
,re thus worked with thewill and streug
OF love and hope united with dcspa
ma But in vain were all her efforts. !
IA. llie-no signs Of life Yet the tir
Inc was swiftly rolling on; and VIII
700 seemed to that nearly distracted wo