Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-19
A oRAssHopPER STORY.


sob" startled tho Congregation.
.'Pop," said little Frankly Billtops.
"tell me a story"
We'll, Frankly" said Mr.. Bill
tops, 'onee there was little boy
whose name was Freddy. His real.
full name was Frederick Timby. but
everybody always called him just
Freddy, quotes the New York sun
FREDDY lived In the city, but every
summer he used to go 70 see his aunt.
who lived In the country in "A little
old village. There was an old church
In this village, aud every Sunday
morning Freddy used TO 90 there.
Generally his father and mother and
some OF the other folks from tho
house used 70 90, too; but one Sun,
day. Just Freddy and his aunt went
alone.
III was a warm day and the win
dows OF the church were pulled down
an around at the top 70 let in the air,
Freddy looked out through these open
windows and saw tho sunshine aud
saw the branches Of the trees swsy
ing aal heard the rustling Of tho
leaves. and somehow L all made him
very sleepy. and the first thing, you
know. ho was fast asleep But Fred
dy's aunt knew that children
90 10 sleep Ia church some
times and she was looking
out for him all .ns time. ana when
She saw him 10 aad nod and nod she
liked il 50 that when he nodded eleaa
over his head Tell against her. whore
he was al. safe.
After a while Freddy woke up
suddenly. ~ folks do sometimes With
out knowing Just what wakes them.
aud he looked along tho vacant part
~ the pew 10 which he Was sitting,
You knOW there were only Freddy
and his aunt in lhe pew and they sat
al ono end 81 t. 50 thero was long
vacant space between them and tho
utherend Right square IN tho center
Of this space Freddy saw a big gra8s.
hopper; be- wa. sitting there perfectly
still with his heal pointed toward
the pulpit Freddy didn't know
whether the grAsshop5 cc MAS asleep.
or what, but BE- kspt on looklng a.
Hlu, ana pretty soon hD knew
tho gras.bupper wasn't asleep.
ioy hc saw h!m rub his right log up
and dowu against hls sidr. and then
he saW him rub his lott leg up aud
down that side then ,ho grasshoppor
stood pcr+ec,,y sim again Then ha
turned hal. around right where no
stood and faced toward Freddy. and
just stood there very still. bat all Of
. sudden ,ha grssshappcr made q
ircmendoa. jump and landed right
on Freddys shoulder Freddy said
OH
"!t was onty yrry small word.
With only two letter, 60 it. bat 10
startled tap whole congregation and
made tho minister stop preaching.
Every body lapsod around toward
Freddy aud his auat Boz Frcddy'a
aunt ~ uaa 81 thusr pcpplu who
always seem u SNOW just bat q do
when anything happens The girnt
thing she diI was % plt hcr arm
around Frrddy and draw him up naar-
rr u hcr ana sort ~ fnrn hia face
toward her. for she know that IL
Freddy should sgr alt the people
looking @: him tn that way Il would
make him tcc bad AMI when shr had
done this she jus. looked straight
ahead ~ though nothing had hap.
pcncd. rs though She had never heard
oianythlns happening. and ~ though
she didn't expect anything vas going
70 happen for tho ucxt lUJ years
The minister had seen right
away that nothing wonderful had
happened AMI bc hal gone right on
preaching again When the people
saw Freddy aunt lpoking ahead In
that way they tururd around again
and faced toward tho pulpit onco
more. aud everything went on just
as before
What became oi the grasshoppor.
popo' asked Frankly.
But that was something that Mr..
Billtops could not answer