Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

me horrible mental iWeakS Tor what
IL was pleased 10 call my double
facednesR ] being practically engaged
TO two men at the same time. But
what excuse could / give my father
ior breaking of my engagement to
Gilbert Ii would not have been the
slightest use to plead that / didn't
love him or TO find fault with his
mental or bodily features; while to
confess that was in love with Fred
would have resulted in obtaining that
penniless youth his congo from Darien
Hall
Fred in the happy go lucky way
which is one OF his failings- No I'm
not is here interposed in the manu-.
script which | gave my husband TO
correct--Hred. / repeat with
MicEwber-like trust IN the future. in
sisted that something would turn up
sooner or later and that we had bet.
Ter wait till that sooner or LATER and
spend our time meanwhile in making
the best o. it. which we did so efTectu-
ally that even the long-sufTering Gill
bert suddenly took it into his head 10
demonstrate with me on my manner
to that fellow HaliwelL
One morning during breakfast Fred
bestowed upon me series of mysteri-
Gus mods and winks which evidently
meant that he had something important
10 tell me. He aroused my curiosity
By whispering in my ear as he passed
me cup OF coffee: Il ha found out
why he never leaves home.
After breakfast dispatched Gilbert
10 look for pair OF gloves which |
happened to have in my pocket and
followed Fred into the garden Lead
ing me out OF sight OF the house, he
delivered himself OF the following
oraculur and unintelligible remark:
He has epileptic fits.
Good gracious! How did you find
out?',
Well said Fred who was radiant
with Joy OF his discovery. "Ill tell
you. You know | went up early to
roost last night and when / got into
my room my candle blew out
couldn't lind the matches anywhere;
so went Oft 10 Gilbert's room, glad
OF an opportunity 10 see the inside of
II, for he keeps fellow out o il as
carefully as II it were a Bluebeard's
cupboard with dead wives all hang
ing about. There was no one there:
so ! walked straight in. saw a
luminous box OF matches. struck
light and looked around. The walls
were all paddedi Fred paused in
triumph.
ale ,bat al1ou 7 c,.a5
"All indeed! Why don't you see?
Its us clear as daylight He's sub.
.ect 10 fits and throws himself over
the place and the walls are padded
so that he can hurt himself
kred's argument seemed plausible
enough; and If his conjecture was cor
rect here was splendid manner OF
convincing my father OF the lmpossi-
biliiy OF my marriage with Gilbert
Why. it's clear case OF lust
cause and impeachment cried Fred.
s.veu four thousand pounds per an
mum can't make up for those fits.
Why he might bite you in one of
them and give you hydrophobia. and
;hen thered be the fat in the lire with
a vengeance"
But IL he was sub iect 20 fits WHY
had he never had them during the
time we had been in the house? he
had never failed as we knew to our
cost TO put in an appearance in what
happened 10 be going on each day
and usually behaved. as Fred rcluc.
family allowed like a christian
finally, in our ignorance OF matters
medical in general and fits in partl-
culaE we decided that he only had
them by night and that this was the
reason why he never slept away from
home.
After much consideration we de.
termined with reluctance that the
only way TO discover the true state OF
affairs was for Fred TO conceal him.
self in Gilberts room and find out ii
our conjecture was correct
! scarcely slept wink on the night
on which Fred had settled to put his
project into execution expecting
every minute TO hear piercing shrieks
rom the remote quarter OF the house
in which they slept However. moth.
ing occurred To disturb me: and
meeting Fred before breakfast us we
had arranged; in the garden. over
whelmed him with flood OF questions.
ID he frighten you much2 How did
you manage 10 hide2 Is he very VIC.
lent9 Does he foam at the mouth? ?"
After u tantalizing and 10 me mex.
plicable lit of laughter Fred told me
what had happened. Il managed to
h de myself in a wardrobe in his room.
and after what seemed fearful time
Gilbert came up and began TO un.
dress. God heavens gu should
see the way that fellow ogles himself
in the glass; why he's nearly as bad
as you--as girl mean, Well
was in an awful funk that he'd open
the wardrobe, but he didn't; and at
last he got into bed without having
shown the slightest symptoms Of hav-
ing fit ! can tell you was disap-
pointed and determined to wait till
he was asleep and thea leave the
room must have do2ed off. for