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

0t4lEE 41u eyes El4E sou
knew exactly what yOg we're
doing bEt ! say again. thar :
no excuse f0E yOa We have been
friends 3C1g ea0agh 70 warrant your
taking sides with ne IN almost any
thing- zud even tO-eTea 20 lying for
me il IL Eere necessary
The other man shifted his position
little ard vet his lips With his
tongue
You did not remember. ID ron. =
IEis0n EeEe q. gripping ard uugrip-
ping the rack 81 the chair behind
which he vas standing. THAT Il was
who PIT yg1 On y0gr feet. zOs only
this last tine. bat once or twice be
fOTes ] an going 20 teiiere yO1 for
got this-.orgot that 70 ne you ore
even what little you have. for I don't
want % think Of yOu a. an migrate
ful mar. No yOu are not u1grateful.
you are simply fool You say that
when he asked you, you we're tzkea
b. surprise that yoa could only ack-
nOwledge ! had been Eillfui- and
wild and mi1ei up il one o. two az
fairs not greatly 10 M credit a.
gentleman And yet ron ought 20
have known and remembered that
your words we're nv death-wa-rant
With her father. YOu did know il,
but you didn't remember it, What
have yOa 20 say for yoz-sclfs''
The other man swallowed once CT
twice, ba. he did not speak wi
son. growing paler every moment.
turned the chair aside and moved
toward the door.
Il am going he said, because
] do not care 10 trust myself with
you longer II / did. might for
get. and If forgot, would try
70 Kill you When you get your
senses again. yOu will see and under
stand just what you have done for
me You have ruined my life. and
hers. for she loved me through il
all-and ! am the man who made
you am going South tonight.
and il viii probably be for a long
time. Ny only wish i that, in the
years 70 cOme-until you are dead
you viii think at least once a day
that i vas you who wrecked the
happiness Of two peopIe-who broke
her heart and brought the old he'll
back into mine; and IL is you who
viii pay for Il in the end.
At last the other man found his
tongue.
My God. Ivison,:7 be cried.
bOarsely. don't leave NE now-Iet
me think. let me think. I-I-how
could know what he wanted2 He
only asked me if you had been wild
years ago. AMI ! said passing his
hand quickly over his eyes-..what
did ] say Il could not have been
much. for he was here but minute.
But ! can fix il, IyisOn-I can fix il
some way. How could know It vas
her fathersn
'.YOu couldE't know" answered
JyisOB. in the same clear, even tones,
though the other man knew that
back Of this forced calmness the
devil himself ragged in the others
soul because, as / told you, you
were fool Until then you had
been passably sane. and It would
seem that you ought to know enough
TO keep your mouth shut. but you
didn't On the contrary you told
him more than he asked for. You
told him that / was a friend of yours.
bat you thought no, you knew
had gown my wild oats-and then
you told him what they were and
what kind Ola crop they we're Yield
ing. You told Of the other woman,
and and all the rest. Could any
man alive have given his daughter
70 me hearing that And yet ali the
time you were talking. you knew
had changed; that had buried the
past in straight, upright present
and had kept it in its grave for years.
But you wern't content to let ID re-
main there; you dragged IL out and
showed it to him-enioyed doing it,
doubtless. And / made you
The other man looked straight be-
fore him, but he did not speak again.
Ivison took up his hat, drew his
gloves from his pocket. and began
slowly putting them on.
81 did not come here to preach to
you" he said, presently, ''for / am
not good at that sort of thing.
came for your own good. as we'll
as to tell you just what
thought OF you have done that,
and now ] say to you, never want
to set eyes on you again. / have
kept mi hands off your miserable
body tonight because l am not a
rough; but warn you now that il
] ever sec You again, it may he
different; for it is in my heart to
kill you-to kill you, do you hear?n
why don't you do it them" said
the other man, suddenly. turning his
sunken eyes upon his scourger. his
voice still hoarse with emotion; II
wouldn't stop you. l know all you
say, and more, is true-that you
made me, and that / have ruined
you. You couldn't possibly think
any less of me than | 10 of myself
If putting an end to my unhappy life
will make PREPARATION for what have
done, say do it! Don't stand there