Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-01-03

# Al Is green thcA ing
n chair holding IA
w q hsr checked gingham apron
streaming eyes. Il reckon the
= ,Assr rm d settin' Ia n have 20
n 10 I'll h turned out with moth J.
lcs ths clothes on my hack.
H l,sH. slender girl. about l6 years
B vho had been knecling by her
y rsslno,hsr's chair vainly trying
scnog, the old lady. ross and
q ~Oh. no. grandmother. don {
AT i wili b. as bad as that, !
Il II ne 10 il that your old chair and
rsslpas are not sold. You can
na o., such things as you care for
NJ, bat you know that wo shalt
Il a assd halt OF the things In tho two
h1s rooms that we're going 70 live
hhiAs village
Two little rooms In the village Y
rsl lhs oll lady. throwing up both
4 h.b with q fresh burst oi tears.
n ~ I've got 10 como down TO two
u h;s rooms, uith my big closets and
h sg, and good dry cellar. and mics
h rlfss. and all that, o Dutty. what
sga your Grandpa Pickett have
l@a tbinkin 81 TO DO so kecrlcss'
n bar me- dear mel
-is diiu't know, grandmother,
Ssas Of ns could know that bed h
Il ala away rs hg was, replied tbs
~ Der nwn eyes filling with tears
Il drand'ather Pickett had heeu kill
y -stantly by a fall from his hay.
n nsE tao mouths before. lie has
- Kind and good man. but un
t1ly ecputric in some respects,
40 b had always made IL "a rule <
y 10 one not even his wife, OF his
sasnsss atiaira.
Women hnu't no head for busi
'aH their capacity lays in thoil
H Y'rss, had been ono OF GRANDPA
T Plcketts sayings. So his wiz
iaibevgr bccu taken into his conti
go and at tho time OF his dcntl
knew almost nothing about hi
n ''ira,e affairs.
Some truths she soon discovered
u asf sorrow. One Of them cams
u' to her with stunning and crue
n si~ tyednys after the funeral. whei
4 man Parks. q money lender liyini
Y NE village, came TO tell her, u
v 4 cold, busIncss-like way. that tn
aTigage he had held for ten year
= NE Pickett farm and never bee
lAa, and that a settlement mus
~ e mnde. lie had besides n not
u n 5000 given him by Grandfathe
n esett at the time the latter hn
n guy bis now barn and added th
w twenty acres TO his farm. O
n ls note nothing but the iutcres
ili been paid.
n roor dunfounded Mrs. Picket
v ssl not even known OF the existcnC
h oithese notes
AMI my husband never paid yo
ll'nlng on the note nor tho NOR
u pgei she asked Parks.
n NO, maam, nothing but tho II
s'est; That was paid up regula
.sough lie often said he could pa
,sle on them both, IL he'd q min
h put he'd rather whit and pay
NV, gaoa m lump. supposed froi
lo uas that he'd money Ia the bank
ssued ont so IL was bringing moi
4 pt than no was paying me-"
puut q careful search among NJ
ddssetts papers did not give eS
aee that any one owed him n dc
M IN, ana a visit to the bank at q
,image proved that he had no mon'
!. ne never would put any mon'
a T. tne bank" said Mrs. Picket
l, tsat was one OF his oddsideas, III
nv y y never pay for anything in pm
M In1h's' Tic always wanted TO pay
N u q lump. But lalwuys thong
az p. mortgage must be bout pa
W. and It can't be that we've liv
all We've got out OF the farm
s A. 1I Y years, with us sellin' SO
I,, l S4OO worth of stock at n tin
Ii1a had only told me more 'bo
s Y. ,allairs. Now I've got 60 med'
6 ssaa business, whether I've got q
may S Tor IL or not. Dear mel de
all her lamentations ended wi