Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-21

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saying anything else Gooz-zi-ht.
and Ivis0n closed TIE 65or zot--y Be
hind him
Tie other Ez- stood still anvil =
heard him PASS OFT into Ire street
Then with q grozn. he SANK 5zt0 u.
chair and b1r5ed his head or his arm
FROM his earliest boyhoo5 II had
been 3 sensitive. painstaEizz c-e4-
tures careful and Constellation q
sueh 3 degree that he became . By
word in MS own family 81 high.
strung and intensely 1ervo1s o-gz1t-
zatiOz. ard with temperament as
eha-geabse a. the weather and cfieu
Affected b. il He was 10. a hand
some man he was lzl-- and thin and
STOPPING his eyes. deep and LolloE.
we're always feyerishIy bright. his
chin vas pointed and his lips thla-
giving one the idea q = cruel streak
II tic man which ne n EOwz=e poS-
sessel
All hss life he had had % 6gzt his
way Slowly from ore position 70 an
Otaer-sO slowly that ere. he became
inpatient a. tines All wnez Ivisoa.
taxing pity On him one daT A. he
Bent OYER the books a. his fathers Of
Zee, recommended him for al easier
place and q larger sala-y, th= go5r
fellow vas 30 overcome TIA: he quite
lost his head and nearly fa-1ta1
where he sat With zst0nlsh-eat A.
nervous and a. given 20 details a. a
sick woman ne magnidei every
small thing that CAM 70 hin ard
jumped a. conclusions win a rapidly
that you'd have put 70 shane any
member q the opposite sex Blt IN
. moment Of fo-getfuiness he had
spoken: and IN two minutes ne had
ruined the life 81 almost his only
friend
For q while az Ee lay t1ers after
Iri-On had gone. he could hardly
understand il all. bal gradually
through the distorted .e1ss, 81 his
scrupalOus nature be sag what he
had done and ne wondered dimly
how God would punish him No. for
q moment did he think Of blaming
IvisOn Or asking himself Why the
man had not made his life p1rer, 50
that be would have had nothing 70
disclose 10 her father. with char
acteristic unselfishness. ne told him
self the fault was entirely his. and
that the sin he had com n.tted was
unpardonable; and hardly knowing
what he was doing, he pulled the
little bible which lay before him
under the light and turned 20 the
commandments 20 see if il was there.
But before he found the place. he
came 70 a passage which seemed 70
burn itself into his brain: ..An ere
for an ere. a tooth for tooth. a life
for a life" A life for a life. He
started to his feet as If some one had
spoken MS name, and turned 20 his
desk There he drew a sheet Of
paper - him and wrote:
what told yoa 0: Ivisoa yesterday ls a
lie from oeglnltny 20 end hld q purpose
then ia Dezrlus f4lse witleBs sza.as. aiu fJr
I 1--we y5u- daughter and. Il no1sEt % Tl-d
hope that might win heF, SD what I DID
Il Is q lie, ! repeat. the man Is - pure as
yourself and his record as free from
sfain That yO1 take him hack again a: once
f the pr2yer-ths COMMANDED the mza Who
tried 20 run his life SHOW this 70 aim. ana
remember that these are the last T1rIs D: one
who. before yOa red thsm shall 5e szpia;laz
his crime ia the other World
To this strange note he signed his
name and put it in an envelope.
lit will convince him; il must. .
he said, turning TO q small drawer
and opening it '.Iyison shall be re-
stored, but ="
He took from the drawer a tiny.
pearl-handled revolver, and, going to
the Fireplace again, stood looking
thOughtfully into the blaze.
II have lied, he whispered 70 him
self-'lied about her. "A life for a
life. a life for lie"
Then he pulled the hammer Of the
revolver slowly back and cooked il.
AS Iyison started home from the
theater that night, he hcsitated at
the corner Of the street. and then
turned back and walked slowly
toward the other mans rooms 4
curious feeling had come over him
while he sat watching the playa
feeling as if he had done something
terribly wrong and something for
which he could never make repara-
ton. As the performance went on,
the feeling became stronger, until he
found himself restless and dis
tracted and wishing he were out Of
the place, in the cool night air.
Why he should feel 50. be could not
think, and he stopped trying to,
after few minutes Of mental inquiry.
When he had got through the crowd
and into the street, the strange SEN
sation left him somewhat; but when
he reached the corner. instead Of go
ing home or to the club, as he had
intended doing, he found himself
hurrying toward the other mans
little bachelor apartments, with no
plausible reason. Perhaps ii was
curiosity to see him once more be-
fore he left the city; perhaps only