Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17
THE SECOND COURTSHIP.

The soft hazy glow OF early sum.
mer was in the air; the white lilliea
OF the big. old-fashioned garden al
Mordaunt Grange tossed their royal
heads In tho scented gale. and the
Wild Strawberries were beginning TO
crimson all the slopes A square an
tiqne old house with rod brick gables
and sheets Of glistening. green ivy.
araplng every point and angle II
seemed capaeious enough for host
yet all the dweller il contained was
neorge Melford.
lac solitary squire OF Mordaunt
Grange was walking on his lawn.
under tho feRthery shadow OF the
dropping elms his cigar leaving a
blue trail Of scent aud yapor where.
ever he passed
Ito was past thirty tall and we'll
moulded with bronze. brown hair.
hazel eyeA and a square.cut kindly
iaee--not handsome--yet very pleas
ant 10 look upon.
Al an early age he had been left
utterly dependent upon his own re.
sources At twenty. he had commit
ted the usual folly OF youth-in fail
Ing mndly in love with dark. eyed
girl who had come TO his native
village brimiul OF New York airs
and graees visiting some school
friend-and bad been seorulnlly rs.
!ecled; and al twenty-oae he had
gone - India TO hew out his own
fortunes
Fortune however forcsialled him;
and when old George Mordaunt OF
Mordnunt Grange dod. and left all
his estates and wealth - his young
enusiR Me4iord found the labor Of his
lie completed. almost without an el-
fort on his part.
lie was muslng over all these things
hs he walked on the daisy pangled
lawn nj Mordannt Grange q rich man
aud solitary man. and likewise q
rnAn afflicted with dire visitation OF
eanuL
i suppose he thought Il must
marry and settle doKn. IS other coun-
!; Try gentlemen do and build mp n
home and hopes and aspirations for
myself | wonder and a dreamy.
hali.sad smile came over his face.
what has become OF Sophy Knee
land pretty sophy with tho spark.
ling gray eyes and pink. satin chcckA
and hair that always would twist e.
self into curls! was very much in
| love with Sophy oncc. Well so runs
Tho world away! WAS poor aud
obscure then and ain rich now. with
tho prestige o. Mordaunt Grange sur
rounding mo; aud Sophy Is married TO
. some stock broker and wears her
, diamonds aud cashmere shawls"
! Ict there was an unwonted soltness
! 81 eye and face rs be remembered tho
!, light Of those marvellous gray eyes
! which had been his beacon stars for
so long.
II think he pondered. ''Sophy
, Kneolapd did fancy mo after u certain
: fashion; bat she was a coquctte both
| by nature and education. She was .
city belle. was nothing but raw
country youth We should meet on
moro ovcn grounds now, IT,"
And then Mr.. George Medford sud
4 denly became aware that In the earn,
i esincsa OF his reverio he had allowed
/ his cigar 10 so out
As he stood there leaning agalns,
l the moss. covered trunk OF huge
4 cedar tree. older By half centur!
than himself with the picturesqu,
4 gables OF the porters lodge rising
4 out OF miniature thicket OF dense
growing cvorgreena just beyond, I
4 savage growl OF Loo, the huge New
: ioundland dog sounded ominously OF
tho air and child's cry OF appre
hensIon echoed II. Mcdford steppe,
forward.
Down Leo . he said. laying hi
hand on the dogs collar and per
ceiving ut the same instant au eliin
like child. with great gray eyes an,
hair blown all about her face, Will
upon ono arm she carried Il covero
basket
! Are you tho gentleman OF thi
place9 she asked still cycling lie,
rather dubiously. as II she was no
quite certain whether he might no
Vet break away from his restrainin
chain.
Yea l am" Modford answered
Ibid you wish TO see me2"
She came frankly and freely towar
him
e please buy some OF my shells
y she said. My uncle brought thci
y from Madagascar We had them
n cabinet before papa lost all h
. money and diod; and people used I
y say how pretty they we're WIN yo
I. bay someP'
q; 10 Medford this was novel way
ct soliciting patronage. She sat dow
ed ON the sloping bank.
", ns let inc look at them, said he.
y You're sure tho dog won't run
81 mo nrainp" she asked. somewhat !
~ resolutely
Not while am here
n As II reassured by this she came
! him. and, knooliug on the sof. gree
IN al his feet began TO seek out her u
II az, stnolx In trade and arrange 1t to I'll