Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-09-15

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beaver if it rained, and valise con-
tanning the proverbial change of linen.
fremont was reached just before
nightfall, and at the depot he found
his Uncle Jack and young lady
awaiting him.
Shades of Venus, That young lady
was the fairest feminine creature he
had ever seen. Her waterfall and
round-top hat were magnificent. And
her face was such concentration of
roses and lilies and violets and all
set in the gilt frame of golden hair
why, Augustus head whirled and he
felt weak in the knees, like one who
has taken a dose of tartar emetic.
He rode to his Aunt Mercy's beside
Helen. feeling very much like one IN a
blissful dream. Like the boy we have
all heard of-he didn't care whether
school kept or not.
Helen had such a voiee-and such
hand-and wore such charming bal
moral boots, laced with scarlet.
Aunt Mercy was real princess
fairy god mother fully equal TO Gin
derella's S, he thought, and he gave the
old lady such hug round the neck
that her collar-bone felt twisted for
two hours afterward.
For three whole days matters went
on swimmingly. Helen and Augustus
walked, and rode, and played chess,
and wound stocking yarn for Aunt
Mercy, and pulled the cats ears,
after the manner of young people
from time immemorial.
of course Augustus fell in love, and
of course Helen thought him little
the incest young man she had seen;
and Uncle Jack and Aunt Mercy
looked on apprOvingly.
On the fourth day of his stay there
was a picnic in Maple Elm. lovely
/ grove by the side of Swift river
Augustus drove Helen over He
/ looked at her pink cheeks and at the
/ pink ribbons in her hat. and
/ at her braided skirt over
\ which her buff chambray dress
i was looped-and his resolution
was taken. Before they returned
home, he meant TO know his fate. In
+ consequence Of making this decision
+ he was nervous all the morning. He
tied his horse by the handle Of a din
ner basket, put the blanket over a
/ stump instead of over Dobbin, and
said yes, sir, to Helen whenever She
/ addressed him.
But 4 man who is conscious OF
standing upon the brink of fate may
be excused for making mistakes in
gender.
| Augustus and Helen sat down lit
tie apart from the others on a messy
hillock-close by the bank of the
river The young man touched her
hand, which lay on her lap.
my dear Helen" he began, 1T i.
needless to disguise the truth. Con,
cealments are" he had proceeded
thus far when gust of wind lifted
Helen's hat, with the pink ribbons
and sent it dancing off in the direction
of the river.
Augustus sprang up suddenly anC
gave chase. He thought he head ;
strange sound, but he was too inten
in saving the hat to stop for mer,
sounds. He stopped and caught il
just as it was going over the bank
and began to retrace his steps.
"Oh, Mr.. Bunker cried Miss Aler
rill-the most delicately modest of al
old maids, and little near-sighted-
''You are losing your pocket-handker
chief. Goodness gracious" cried she
taking a better look; lit is not ;
pocket handkerchief. Oh, my sou
and body
Augustus looked at himself and fel
inclined to say oh, my soul and body
himself-for he came to the knowl
edge with one glance, that thoss
pantaloons which were such "a SPLEEN
did fit" had burst up like the boile
of Mississippi steamboat, and his rec
flannel drawers were stripping him of
like the red paint on BARRIERS pole
''The d-dickens." cried he, TAX
ing a step backward, with some sort
of a vague idea of escaping some
where. That step was fatal-he wa
so near the brink of the river tina
nothing could save him, 50 he wen
in. Fortunately he could swim, ant
not stopping to deliberate he mad
for the opposite bank, which h
reached in safety. He looked back
and oh, horrible! There on the oppo
site shore stood Helen, and three o
four other girls-and they were al
giggling.
This was drop too much. Return
he could not, and at the top Of hi
speed he made for the woods. Towar,
night he came upon an old farmhouse
and to the mistress he related hi
melancholy adventures, and receive,
from her loan Of her ''old mans
bark-colored unwhispcrables in which
to return to the city.
Augustus received a letter of con
dolence from his Aunt Mercy. an,
Helen sent her love, and hoped h
would come to fremont in season TO
the blueberries-bu Augustus CAV,
vent to a hard word that looks bad o.
paper, and burnt the letter
A year afterwards he married
red-haired widow with FIVE children
and it is our opinion that the presen