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

81 ~ ~ sio"Hl as ne stumbled in out
Yes, ! have, and that's more th,,
ly. "'"'''u' gfuh
Didn't RATS folks Gomez
no they didn't. and | don't ses
what iolks want to be writing "a mar
iolks traipse round after Them I'D
the mailgn '''''ioi
mo, but a mans been here 10 buv
the old gray, and he said he guessed
seeing that neither you nor tie borss
Was here, he'd back down
"Jiminetty! II | didn't FORGET "a
set the day! There's the last Chance
gone 10 get rid OF Bob. tell Won
SHINY, those Perkinses ought IA nav
me Tor this, III be out nigh three All.
lars before | get through with that
mnsei business he groaned. and
all because they didn't eomeup to their
Next day, after the Squire had dis.
tubnted the mail, Jacob Perkins en-.
tered thestore.
Hello, squire, What's the matter
with Uncle Sam this weskYn
Uncle SAINT" the squire asked som.
what agitated Did Perkins know
anything about that postalY"
fes, he's powerfully behind time
didn't know but Uncle Billy'd Ind
the apoplexy On his hOrse'd got cbok.
ed by an extra Oat, and government
bed stopped aeeOrdin'ly. ! ought 10
have had postal from nephew Raj
last Monday"
Perhaps it got delayed. Lots OF
new men IA the service. aud Darby out
IA the country Maybe that's il
lie handed out the card with an Il.
fort az ufroncrrned indifference.
! should Say lwas-and the day
after ;heiair ifidg0t il when ought.
he wouldn't We had 10 got livery
aud eKpness-aAgon TO bring en-
all up, and their trunks
Hey. Raj Gomez the Squire ex-
claimed
BAG aud baggage, Tuesday. just a
he wrote he would
Tuesday You sure Il was Tues
day"
The squire surprisehad got III bet
Ter ot hte discretion
,ser for yourself. rs plain as day.
light
Mhy isn't that an b in ihere!'
The Squirr pointed 10 the word, as he
yirUed ], through his glasses,
No. sir You ain, 10 used 10 Rats
writing as No are
Perkins laughed knowing the
I squirvh curiosity. As Was saying,
Il IA have knouu Il il time. I'd have
soi you 10 80 after emil was work,
! ing - like beaver. and the roads art
bad. iou might a. well have had
. that ten dollars Raj threw away on
, the livery icllers--an' better. too. ]
I told him 40
"sliny'"
why, what's the matter. Dan'l'''
E his wife asked la rising accents o.
7 alarm. M BE- put hts head in al the
Z door q icw moments after Perkins 4
departure. Woc.hegone expression
( on his iacc "nnc olyour aiiackscom'
ipg on
"slny. the PcFkinscs have como
/ ihr Hholc family
Land sakca." She bounced up ia.
I dignnnily. Whengn
Z Tuesday. be- answered. slowly and
s0lrnnly Just what that postal
Z said. TOO. Here NC both 81 Us had
Y that thing here since Monday. and
read Il Thursday every time. And
Il ia been attending 20 my own bust
mess I'd a made ton dollars. As It's
/ Ian out 81 pocket instead OF IN.
IT'S a mortal shame she cxclaim'
I Ell. sympathrtically Folks ought
"a stop writing cards 4 they can
write EN- PLAIN enough 70 be read
I straight
We'll. can tell you what's RICH,
now. lie sai doWn imprcsslycly on
tho nearest nail.kcg "lt this govern
mcnt expects I'm going 70 spend my
time making out It's postalcards tc
got ncws. Il e going 20 find itself much
mistaken. that all +" j,
lie went back to the post.otiice witt
his new determination and DETECTED
I air. His pcrQnisiie had lost its value
aud suah open communications "
] L nEtr sam NlAll WIZ Aitt.t 49, - -
srd by unnoticcd When his lesscned
atock Of information became q mattel
Of comment. ne occurred very soon
\ h. Ind hut one explanation,
News" he declared, isn't to b
depended on .r..
But 10 Shiny be remarked. II
/ losing business attending to other
folks affairs without being askes' !.
soit il question whether his DIS
aatroup speculation ever forced upoi
him a conviction OF the truth IN Jak'
| Perkins, opinion, delivered to ia
| with knowing chucklc;
"Thp Squire haint got as much Of
nose for news rs he had lore ne go
/ his contemporaries. reckon he /,
learned that his 'pcrkisites' pay oes'
when they're taken on the square
I Youth Companion.
BAD Effects OF Tight Collars
A chapter might be written on th,
I 1.t,...,,,,ta effects of tight collars, anu