Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-01-16


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John was very hungry, and could
not refuse such an invitation. Jnd"a
Rangoon laughed in his sleeve oSS
made up his mind TO give such a sbal'
ing up 10 johns idea OF things tbnt i
would be the making OF him.
Well; in We'll 80 to Jackson's.n
And TO Jackson's they went. Il wa
/ the best place in the city, and Juda'
| Rangoou Was one OF the piIlass
OF the establishment, The dinner NJ
| gave John was indeed q masterns;ea
We do not give the menu, lest Va
should make our readers mouth Ma.
| ter,
We must mention only that undo,
| the preteNt OF Civilization" nnJ
Progress he made Johndrink aeon.
| siderable amount OF wine, and .Iohn
! who had never heard oi chamDagns
! before, found this "civllized and pro.
| gresslye" beverage so good that 81
/ desert time he Was nroclaimips al
most rs loudly As Rangoon thai
| civilization was great and PRO.
\ gTes., too.
They walked out ot the restaurants
/ John III least did with that unceF.
tain gait which is the corollary OF a
I good dinner just opposite Jackson's
| people mere crowding into the Biion
/ Theater Tor matinee An Internal
\ idea passed through Tie Judges
4 mind John must see the ballet girls
I And always Civilization and apro.
\ gress going on Tickets we're pur.
/ chased and they found themselves
comfortably seated ia tile pal.
| qugt
II was not a play, 1t was only
/ show Ii John had been sober have
no doubt that lis would have been
! greatly shocked bat he MAS beyond
\ that now, and lie shricked himself
/ hoarse 10 show his appreciation Of
\ tile scenery and oi tile actresses
7 These particularly impressed him, and
/ he ruphutically declared that they
wrre 10 lar the most wonderful pro.
/ duets OF Civilization and Prog.
rr-s he had SGT byheid
Raugoou lid nos let bis friend 70
I Immediately After tile thratrr they
walked through the city and made
several stations III different places ia
admire still. better tho wonderful re-
suits ~ Progress ANA Csiliza
ton
a he evening came near. however,
this thought ~ irHulrrauir into Johns
: mind. and Immediately he turned lis
steps hoWrwari knngoon saw him
safely u The eAr-. made him promise
rs eomn again coon, and waved his
handkerchief 20 him while BE- Nas
wHirrl away ~ electricity. and
shouted back "tivlisationan and Prog
rts-.
Jrnutr found THAT evening that John
hal qurcr .aok on his iacc. and vas
f. quite ElGsmad when b. refused 10 say
anything, and said be- was tired and
wanted 10 60 to bed she asked him
Il tic ir,t sick. H. said lie dii not.
md changing the subject abruptly
asked her 4 thr knees anything about
I Progress ana Civilization
i, be- getting c-akyg' thought tie
poor woman almost trembling alth
fear aui vhr put nan 10 bed with the
watss bottle to hts fest.
John tlup, soualIy, and when iie
woke up uryt morning Il was quite
hard e. r.,u.irr, what hud happened
lie day before After some hard
tuuklug however. ha remembered
THREE thing. First. that he had not
done ,n tho city what he bad gone 20
do. second Kaugnou had gwen him
highly cts ilizcd aud progressive dinner.
third. he flgurra 81 ~. ballet girls
And, above all there was. for him the
clean consciousness that "tiyili5a-
ton was great. aud Progress, too.
/ Tint day was spent by him ~ o
metlitHtgve aud silcut mood. Two OF
three times Jennie mentioned to him
the nrphnungc This subject generally
WA aIWuya interesting To hin, but u
did not seem 10 have any more eliect
( upon him The TACT IL that Johns
mind wac not Ia solitude Nature
had lost lis chnrm for him, and
Civilization and Progress were
cNrrtng upon him d powerful tascina-
ton
next day he took the cars TO the
city Then the dny after
then the next. aud so or
every day. Jennie never aHid word.
She tglt thpt % great trial had come
upon him, aud She bowed her head
under IT, John went inster and faster
on tho brond highway Of Progress
md Civilization
ono morning Jennie, who had hardly
seen John for j fortnight ne least.
asked him il lac had answered the
letter Of tile people from the orphan.
age. She looked very pale and worn.
She had grown 80 thin she appeared
only like a shadow TO herself.
They seem 10 need the money very
much, John, she pleaded.
"And II have not got III"
"And why have you not got It.
Her piercing glance with all the intei
sity pf pain and OF long patient SUI
fering went deep into his heart. 4
tear, the frat she had shed before him.
trembled on her cyelids.
"Jcnnie,i
"JohnW
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