Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-05
WILLIE LEE.

boir vas what h'i9l' "e '.''ie" q
~ DI lite his eyes were pale and with
EblOe w." .,.siou. and lac was altogether q
pD' eA lain person He and his sister
EFer! ad = little house in the outskirts
pal' .,tr near the car barns. His close
'p ',jty to the barns doubtless was
Fo '' led him to think he would become
7H'' anductor. At any rate, he did
car one and Mary, as she used to
pecOl aoding in her little garden beside
" Greet would look up and see him
~ y, ' and say to herself'
pr So " don't he just look fine with
r,'o clothes and brass buttons!'
kfl0 o.. oister's eyes could not see that the
lll' hne of the clothes painfully
Pr ',bt out the sickly pallor of his face
PfO"1 s,ade his sleepy eyes DINNER. To
1sl' n nas handsome and the uniform
" him handsomer Mary was partial
Uniforms. There was policeman IN
wv" 'nhrrb for whom she had the great
i'' .a,,orJ and in the evening when she
r. N On out to watch for Willie's car
SvuI bT on its last trip the policeman
U~ at to come and hang over the gate and
~ 's wonl tell him what IL good boy Will
le was, ~,
L about Willie lie never met at
" 1ir gatherings in the Office and stables
' I s1no and danced and joked as the
Moro did Half of them did not know
y. name but the time keeper said his
mos always on time and the nickels
r,,ned over were always right in
Faumber -,
!. iher They said be opened and left
4 non the door in winter and shut it III
#to heat of summer He made them sit
4 .loee on the seats, and gravest offense of
4 be would make the men go inside the
& .ar when there was room instead of
4 ,tonding on the rear platform in crowd.
E.IItbis served to make him unpopular,
!. I'M he never violated rule of the com
Fn,ny. and the keenest "spotter' could
,pver have reported him for single mis-
kdemeanor.
h Willie did not like girls. He used to
E,sy to Mary, Girls are a nuisance. |
FvouIdn't let odc,i them get on my car
1 N could help it," There was no use
Etrying to get up Irritation with Willie,
I'm was adamant. A neighbor, rosy
Eebeeked Rachel Moore, had loved Willie
Eeyer since they were children and played
I'M the dust of the road before the city
Mad moved down to them. Willie liked
too. after a fashion, very much
Ess he loved Mary, but he never thought
In marrying her or any one else. Mary
used to say to him, Willie, suppose [
Eshould die, what would you do for :.
Elousekeeper:' Mary didn't think OIL
Edving she was thinking of the police
|man. and Willie would answer, Don't
Etalk about such absurd things, Mary"
EThat was all the satisfaction she ever re-
Eceyed
n Yet ii was through girl that Willie's
liie was changed How these women do
our lives, some in one way and
some in another! Willie was supersti-
lie said he was unlucky every
thine he ran on car No. lib. A man
1 bad shot himself in it once, and another
had falleno OIL the front platform and bro
ben his leg and Willie was always hay
hg trouble when he was on it.
Il One February day car ll3 started from
Eihe barn at its usual hour with Willie
Zee as conductor Everything went on
well all day and Willie was flattering
himself that he was going to escape i'll
luck for once, but she turks around us
when we are least conscious of her pres
ence. 1t was nearly night and rain set
ln rain that froze to everything and
made the track very slippery. A young
lady who often went down on Willie's
Gar asked TO be left off at the avenue and
willie rang the bell
She stepped off, but as fate woulC
have 1t another car was coming from
lhe opposite direction, the track was
slippery, new driver was managing
lhe brake, and instead of stopping, as il
lle usual etiquette in such a case, the
| Gar came on Willie standing on the
pep took in the situation at a glance
tnd though he was always slow he mad,
PMS the exception. He jumped from thu
Gar and almost threw the girl from tn,
Track Just IN time to save her, but h,
spped and fell and was ground unde
the horses feet and the cruel wheels
lhen the car stopped and the passen
gers crowded out and around him.
NJ Is he dead, o. is he dead?" cried tn,
girl whom he had saved, and she knel
Go@n beside him, took Off his cap ant
brushed the damp hair back from hi
forehead.
No he is not dead, said policeman
~ary Policeman, who happened 70
Unceto be where he was needed. HI
a'es Just below here We will carr,
a'n 10 the house" They picked him u
uua carried him gently into the littl,
tO'ase Mary was overcome wit
nISnt aud would have tainted had no
ieudle been there to assure her tina
" alle was all right, "only hurt a bit.
r, Inc next day the young lady WHOM
uIe mad saved came down in her can
.'aSe TO see how he was. SHE swept i
through Mary's little kitchen like
Il queen, and Rachel, who was sitting o
.ne step Of the back door, looked at he
~ anazement; at the long sealsLin cloa
"Iu inc diamonds in her ears. M
1N She grand;' she said to herself. -
/ "ouQer If Willie knew her before?
~ %oluer II he would have jumped rigl
~ front of two great big horses and
"a, "a, Il ! had been in her placer" Jealou
i''e RACHEL OF course lie would hay
, roue II gust the same had the person bee
"i9 e lowest of the lowly.
Gay after day Helen Carpenter cam