Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-01-09

ielt that it knew but little Joy, often
have looked for il IN crowded places,
but never lid see the face OF my Wis,
ions until the day when | saw you,
Euphemia, sitting alone 10y the road
side
The tears rolled from Euphemia' 5
eyes aud fell upon his hair. She dared
not try to speak for lear She would
burst into an agony OF weeping lie
closed his eyes again and lay IN her
arms, so still and white she thought
his breathing had ceased She held
her own breath and bent her ear to
his chest.
"Euphemia, he said family,
My love--do not lie and leave me,
she whispered
Kiss me, Euphemia.
She pressed her lips 10 his
lit is hard To die, beloved, lust When
have found YOU, but though may
not stay with you in the flesh | swear
to return to you, ii it be that the
souls OF the dead ever return TO earth.
As you have come TO me in visions,
So sleeping or waking, shall be ever
at your side. Come closer yet, Euphe-
mia; | cannot see you Let me hear
your voice as go Tell me again you
love me
And with her cold cheek pressed
against his colder one, her lips muir.
muring love words, broken by sobs,
into his ear, she held him thus long
after his soul had passed And when
they tried TO take the bod from her
arms she resisted ut first, until she
knew that he was dead, when she fell
unconscious ON the ground.
For many years atterward the
wreck OF a woman, strangely attlret,
wandered up and down the highway
between the village and the scene OF
the disaster She always paused az II
wooden trough by the roadside and
the farmers who stopped there
10 water their hOrsrs became
accustomed to her tall figure.
sitting motluulrss, except that her
lips moved a. though Sine were com.
mIuiratiug with herself sometimes
the children playing near would
Overhear fragments OF her tlik, and
these words were SO strange that She
came TO be known among them as
"Crazy Miss Phemiu Strangers
coming 10 the town grew to know her
by this name, ana III after years.
when her father MAS dead aud thr ii.-
tie village rode on the waves OF pros.
perity which swept over the new
South, people forgot that she had any
other name.
The village grew to be tlourl-uug
town The country road was lined
on both side, With houses and tue old
watertrough disappeared II was
fifteen years after the time oi the
wreck that the hollow where &c occur
ed was filed mp preparatory to
the opening oi ncw road.
Oue morning when the labOrrgS
We're busy -hOye,Hg 10 he uew earth
which had been carried TO he place, q
tall woman wrapped u faded gray
shaw appeared on Ellie track above
them She descended the bank SLOW.
I Is, with eyes east down and murmir
lng softly 20 herself The busy m.n
had scarcely noticed her when they
were startled by 4 piercing sIriek
The spot she cried iuu has,
I covered over the spot lly IS watln.
Tor me here, and you have covered
I him with earth
She went dom on Arr knee, uud be-
I gln to dig IN the loose soil with hcr
fingers, moaning ptteOusly They lift.
ed her gently and tried 70 persuade
! her togo away; but she refused. and
fingered about until ugttiaIl, when
she disappeared
But in tho morning they found nor
there She had scooped out with hei
4 hands deep hollow, ana had doubt.
less worked until she had fallen cN
hausted On the spot where fifteen
years before she had found and lost
her lover, crazy MIS- phcmia had lul
"A grave, in whirh sh" was lying dcnd
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