Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-28

twO.weekss she had given him her fail
I faith and i0ves ard. In turn. she had
crep4 into his heart and Elsea Il 50
thoroughly that ali ths combined
charms Ct the ladies q the e0-pzny
eolld not hare uzurp=5 a corner o. i
IA fact they sogn became aware Of
The calm self-pos sesss5 Markham
loved little Katherine IS Il she we're
his OWL daughter
.sShe reminds hin OF soma ore.
said the advance. one evening during
thu performances. when he had re-
turned from q trip with she road
company which Mr.. Phillips sent our
the first 81 the season. ard Il Is
either that his laiv-l0Ts married
some other fellow and this Is the
child. or else his sister ran away and
went on the stage and deserted her
yOungstsr. That Is ny opinion. IN
derssznd; never could have got zny-
thing cut o. Inn Never szE s1ch a
clOse-uOuthed man in ny life; but.
loriy. amt be fond Of the kid, Why.
its a fact that when tie plays earl 70
her little lord. ana she pats her arms
around his neck I've seen hin tren-
Die, from here-gimme a match.
jim.
Then as the Easily Young man
lighted his cigar. he continued. be-
tween puts:
'.I'll bet he's way up In 6. too.
when he's home Saw some OF his
clothes t'other day; and. b. thunder
they hal one Of these here-what-
yOa-eall-'em s-crests or coat-oF-arns
on 'em-old family. you know. He's
been blood. yOu hear me whisper
ing. And Katie's a. good as a gold
cure for him; Id II he'll take a
drink Of ginger-ale. now Whereat
the speaker laughed delightedIy, and
nndged his friend between tia ribs
a. Markham passed them On his way
70 the stage
A month passed. and closer and
dearer TO each other grew the
strangely matched pair. they took
long walks about the city; they vent
to the LOO together; they even ha.h
a drive in a beautiful carriage with
two horses. and the driver clad in
some ones cast-OF livery. nov and
then: and they were very, very happy.
The tail, handsome young man and
the smiling, sweet-faced little girl
were very fond Of each other, and
the company wondered why-and
took it out in wondering.
Matters came to q crisis one after
noon soon after Dorothy took her
peremptory departure. The manager
was in anything but good temper,
owing partly 70 that affair and part
IL to the new play now being gone
over. and which seemed determined
70 90 wrong from the first The
cast had started out being slow, and
when he stormed. as he ALWAYS did
when angry. they became sullen and
indifferent Markham was late-off
on one Of his Summing tours, said
the leading man-and when. to cap
the climax. Katherine forgot her
lines completely. and could not re-
member them when angrily prompted
BY the manager. Mr. Phillips lost
control Of himself entirely. and,
plunging at her. he struck the
troubled. patient little face a cruel
blow with his open hand
Take that, you little fooi,n he
cried, with curse, while the others
stood staring at him in incredulous
astonishment; lyon haven't brains
enough TO live! Get of the stage,
tell you. and don't you come back
till you can say those lines from first
to last, do y understand? And II
catch you"
He stopped suddenly, and his un-
pleasant face grew fairly liyid; stand
ing in the wing was the towering
form of Barry Markham looking at
the manager in such a way as to
make him SILVER.
With little cry Of love and trust,
between her sobs Of pain, Katherine
ran to him with outstretched hands,
and, STOPPING, he gathered her into
his strong arms and held her closely
to him. She laid one soft cheek,
still red with the mark OF the mana
gers heavy hand. upon his breast.
and began kissing the hand she loved
SO much and which held her tightly
now. One of the women pressed her
handkerchief to her eyes quickly
and looked away. For a minute
Markham held the loving baby to
him. and then he put her gently
down upon pile Of grass-mats in the
wing. Then he shook OF the big
top-coat he always wore, stripped his
gloves quietly from his hands, and,
laying them all down beside Kath-
crime, crossed the stage to where the
manager stood. For the first time
he spoke. and his voice, though low
and calm, fell upon Mr. Phillips ears
like the ring Of cold steel
"Put up your hands"
The manager turned shade paler
and started to speak.
"Put up your handsr' said Markham
little louder, doing so himself. The
manager, hardly knowing what he
was doing, doubled his fists and held
them in front of him. The next mo
ment he was staggering across the