Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-11-02

grave.
How she had hated him.
Ana then a golden thread twined
INTO the web OF her tangled young life.
one, In the midst OF the ignorant and
the careless, understood that she WIS
N the prison house OF despair, and
suyed awhile outside the grating OF
ner cell to whisper of comfort. The
dew fell upon the poor, parcbed flow
or, anu she opened her petals to re-
ceive u. But so secretly, so secretly.
surely. no one else knew. Outside the
garden room. in the dark. he came
when all was quiet The taller WAS
away. lie came. and he came again,
ana he taught her to see the stars
through the grating of her cell. and he
told her Of the rising of the moon.
Ana when he came II seemed TO her
that The nightingales were always
singing.
Ana now the jailer had gone away
forever The prison doors were open.
She stepped out into the starlight and
the moonlight. He lay dead in the
room below her. She had not seen
him dead. She must go down into
that silent place where be lay In ri.
lenee. She thought only of MIN. Her
small face was very white as she
walked softly down the stairs. She
saw the merry notes dancing In the
clouds OF gold dust that the sun had
shed obliquely through the loaded lat
tices OF the hail. and she turned her
eyes away from them and wished the
sun would 20 down. With the dark
hRF ~ Ra0 tns nj I,,.
might fade away. She longed TO feel
more NATURAL. She passed through the
door very quietly. and closed il behind
her and locked II. lie had been lain
upon the wide couch where she sat
sometimes at eyentide alone. A white
covering shrouded the great form that
her girls flesh had shuddered nj and
shrank from so often. A ray OF dying
light Tinted whore the head was.
When she drew back the covering. the
ray shone upon the gray. swollen face,
Into which she gazed for long while.
The upper lip was drawn back from
the strong white teeth The mouth
seemed to grin callously. She could
fancy that the flown soul OF the dead
man was laughing somewhere. afar
on. and the body. which in life had so
often obcyed the spirit. with the weak
ness Of custom. still mechanically
bowed 10 It's will. still revealed out
wardly that which was no longer prls-
oned within. Yes. as she looked AT
mans soul was laughing
She wondered why, and as she stood
wondering. over the smooth-shayed
lawn, past the sun-dial and the leap
Ing silver OF the fountain, one came TO
the garden room--the man who under.
stood her and had striven 10 comfort
her.
lie did moi know yet He stole so
softly because he believed her husband
WAS living and not because he knew
he was dead.
lie stood Mt the window and wills.
pered her name, and as he spoke a
rush OF JOY swelled through her heart.
she left the dead face uncovered aud
crossed TO him
els he gone r he asked.
''lie II gone" she answered. kiss
me
He caught her passlonately and
pressed his lips 90 hers.
'iIow I love your he murmured
How ! love you
As he safyi the words she turned
round from him and looked back in,u
the slowly darkcned room.
when will you give yourself to
me-" her lover whispered II !lav,
waited SO long. Come. leave Won,
prison house. Let the jailer find tls
cell door open when he returns. III,
prisoner escaped"
4 strange, horrible fancy seized her
She thought she heard the dead man
laugh.
She answered him.
"lIc Will never return 10 find me"
He held her closer 10 his heart.
You have resolved to dare all. then
to dare all for my sake
4 wild triumph shone in her whit,
girls face. wild triumph thrilled IL
her sweet girls voice. as she replied:
THE prison house has crumhled e
the dust. The prisoner IL free
lie strained her yielding body il
his arms.
You mean that you will come, tina
you will leave him TO long for you
You will forsake himl love you"
! ttuI size SUIdUk ITbiu nun dEtil tHs
trembled. She looked behind her int,
that still. shadowy room. The warn
blood In her young body seemed e
freeze. Surely she heard the dca,
man laugh again in the gaihcrln,
darkness,
You will leave him; You vii
Gomez"
There Is no need. she said,
He kept her I'm his arms. His kissc
never left her face. lie whispered:
Why
"llc is dead"
I lie loosened his arms from abou
her. His mouth left hers.
She pointed backward into the room
which was now quite dark. "fle i
there. lying dead. And you love inc
and am free"
4 She lifted her face to his. and he
eyes were full of happy tears. Blu
\ he looked nj her and muttered a ours,
between his teeth. The love died from
his face aud left II hard and viii,
with impotent disappointment aud de
spair.
Then he turned away. He turnet
away and went nut into the twilight
across the smooth-shaved lawn. pas
the suneial and the lcaping silver o
the fountain, and beyond into tn
IL.