Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-09

E q AaL4ALlAt a. 49, t%-A -
+ she meant 70 lszre M her little
Z ezgitsl in c0ns0ls. and ! cutie eE-
I pscta3 70 grow up iuto a. old maid.
I ard I've IN Lodgings and 20 about In
q bath chair by the seaside inst ike
Amt Belinda ara / felt e1it= happy
al TIE Sane
1T was q Nargate pier that we
first saw grsnQpapA- az1 the l1s
oreezes OF the sea had given 3 more
than usually brilliant glow 70 his
CHEEKS. He looked ike Apollo IN the
eo.ored print il ay Old BOOK Of myth
ology.
The Ei1d tha. day vas simply
boister0as II bleE ny hat rignt OF
mr. head. and il blew the little tract
that Aunt Belinda was carrying for
re 70 read 70 her Oat Of her ha-5.
ana i blew M hair al about my
face and IN Ey eyes 30 that ! e01ldn't
see either where the tract or nv hat
were gone ard il blew Aunt Bellnda's
white lace vel straight Up In the air.
Long. handsome wells were worn
then that came down below ones
hlgh above dear aunt's head. and she
struggling ana struggling 70 get Il
down. AMI not able - help her one
bit
Then dear grandpapa came gal
lantiy - the rescue. He brought me
a1nt's tract ana ny hat which hs had
picked 1D; and he brought down the
veil that was tapping about Ike an
uuruly sail. and took pin from the
inside o. his coat collar and fastened
the veil 50 carefully and respectfully
under Aunt Belinda's chin that she
was wonderfully impressed vita his
attention and cleyernesz
The pin. she said afterward. spoke
volumes, telling What a provident.
thoughtful yOung man dear grand
papa was. 30 different from Others.
For even in those days there we're
very few young men sensible enough
70 carry q pincushioa about with
them. Or. what was better still. make
z pincasniCn Of their coat collars
Then grandpapa esco ted a. OF
the pier and saw Aunt Belinda into
her bath chair which was waiting
for her. and took Of his hat with
such an elegant air az We went away.
Aunt Belinda said she had never. seen
90 nice young man In her whole
/ life.
AFTER that we were always meet
+ Ing him, and he always took OF his
/ hat 10 Us. smiling 80 sweetly and 50
modestly.
1--WE found out that he was curats
at ST. Peters. near B-oadstairs, and
Aunt Belinda said she was sure that
! his sermons must be beautiful and
+ practical, too, and she would take
sittings at St. Peters instead Of in
Broadstairs church; 'twasn't much
/ farther TO go. and she could easily
manage it in bath chair
directly the sittings were taken,
/ grandpapa called upou Us, and was
4 forever thinking Of some little thing
or another that he could do for Aunt
Belinda's comfort. Just as IL he were
a son--a nephew. | should say. fof
Aunt Belinda was never married.
well, then, when winter came he
was frequently dropping in about
tea-tims to tell Aunt Belinda bit o.
news about ship in distress OF the
+ Goodwin, he had such kind heart,
or about the lifebOat or some such
humane thing; knowing Aunt Belinda
must BE- dull in dark evenings with
only young girl like me to talk to.
1--WE used TO have crumpets 70,
tea. or ea-cakes-sally-lun they
were called. Aunt Belinda was very
fond Of sally-lunns, so was grand
papa. used TO toast them By the
parlor fire, for Aunt Belinda said
they were always better toasted il
the parlor than in the kitchen.
But when grandpapa, dear unselt
ish man, saw how the fire scorcheC
my face, he persisted in undertaking
the toasting himself. A Christian
minister. he said, ought to give al
his strength and care 20 the weakes
and tenderest lamb in his flock
That sounded, thought, quite apos
tolic; just the sort Of thing st. Pau
might have said.
$50 grandpapa toasted and but
tered, and didn't spare the butter
dear, can assure you.
"Oh, how we laughed over tn,
toasting and buttering! And how de
licious the sally-lunns were with jus
a sprinkling Of salt from Aunt BE
lihda's pretty little silver mu'fineer
after tea grandpapa got into tn
habit Of staying on to read to Aun
. Belinda, so as to leave me free t
I pick up the stitches in her knitting
, which dear auntie was always drop
ping. And one eyening-oh, no,
| the thought Of John Ladbrook ha
brought II all back to me-grandpap
, stayed on later than usual, becaus
the reading was so interesting, AM
Aunt Belinda dropped, not only he
stitches, but her knitting, to; an
! also-would you believe it. dear?-
/ dropped of to sleep. And more tina
that, she actually snored! Hos
, shocked / was. And, being so young
: / felt quite awkward, thinking
I wasn't exactly polite TO grandpap
, and his reading. 1 fancied he Woul