Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-03-02
A WOMAN'S HISTORY.


When see her pnss ia her carriage
in the park, wrapped IN her furs opu-
lent, naughty. cold, inytiticrahle, beau
tiful. the woman's history comes PACK
10 me ever and again, point for point
step for step.
Her brow has the same marble
smoothness; her shoulders, when she
sits In the blaze Of her opera boz,
diamonds that would grace a queen
shllnmering ON their Wilderness, are as
! uncomfortable as ever they We're,
Time and again her calm, inscrntAble
ewes meet, with fieeting glance, her
husbands. They quietly undeihoh'
| onstratiyely despise each other, THESE
two. But, again who would kho" II
rhus Il astOnLshes no one that both
go their several ways. As for liam
moud, he does not wear as Well as the
beautiful Adrienne Once, before his
face took on that shadow OF hlodtrd'
n, ~ his neck that bovine character,
ne was handsome enough
But that was trn years ago. The
outward circumstances were different
then ON d moist, foggy afternoon 10
January a young man, with a keen, 80,
determined cnnntenauce and eyes breol'
in.. calculating. summing up, comoin,
ing ~ he went along the crowded
streets. was aecOsted by another man
81 about the same age. who was hast
eplLg though somewhat mure leisutciy,
in the opposite direction
"Huno, Hammond.
Hammond half wheeled round aud
stopped
III you've nothing else on hand
come ami make that call with me "
night said Sss,rlr,
Hammond was conscious ~ no sprs@al
eAgerness Hut Ssurir was rather
good friend of his The hent D. hal.
That was, perhaps not saying nheh.
for Hammonds friends wrrr few he
had come rrOu rural distrlct Ia thr
great tlEy. rsJlutr upon making Ms
way How be- lived be best hiutsrI
knew for a few years.
There were times whrn the struggle
was fought az such close quarters that
his board bills often remained unpaid
Hut al the darkest the dDssrd deter
minaIiun Ia him newer raitrrrd ~
used now atld then % walk up thr
fashionable streets AZ might and l0iirr
4 moment lost Ia thu crowd " street
Arabs u small and large growth, AZ the
hD,lsi. " we'll known prtner ~
tlnanee, over whusr front stsgs an
awning extended IL ihe cprb
The uolselcrsly opsnius and shutting
door al ths head ~ ths steps gave
gilmpsrs ot Al interior 81 light ami
warmth To thu curb there drove up
long, slowly moving mass u liYrsteNi
carriages. dlsgOrging their cUnIrugA On
tho carpeted way Hammond would
stand there an instant Or twO. otaHrN.
ant o. the 4cvne
Some day, yoter within him
would shy, II shall op-n my doors ~
this fashion Or drive Mp q this very
door as these people d. now
Searle was but lnsufilcisnily cpgut+
xant u thFsw characteristics ~ hia
friend Hr liked him, DID him a gU1d
turn when hr could. and unbpaDmed
himself a. him "a thr more prosperous
man win occasionally 10 70 thr conn
daht whose fortunes are not ~ rHCrlt
lent IA his pwu
The excrllruct ~ Searira fortunes
was a uuttr- ~ r.lAtlye estimates
S.arls himself frlt that h. was "a
lucky A. any mnu nred wish 70 b.
Hammond had h. heyu asked ~ give
lls opinion. wutiid have remarked mat
TO b. the manager ~ 4 bank Oh a
sainry ~ ten thousand dollars a year
was a brgSarly anrt ~ thing unIcaa
uan expected d KIT up higher
Here lay the difference bgtwevn The
two men SyarIr supposed hs might
gs't up higher some day but ~ dill upt
taluk much about n Hammond
thought ~ nothing rt4r
The call the friends mnds tpgethrr
that evening was On . young gtTi aud
4 her mother The mother ram,, srsapul
Saarie had brru infatuated fpr Nylur
time Now they we're engaged m"
I young lady could scarcely W. said 20
D" IN society and she wHa Ouiy ia
moderate circumstances HAT Srnrlr
was so happy That ~ eagerly wished
every 1ue ~ hts friends "a ssp Miss
Eastlakc and appreciate his good fort
uue
Dtd Hammond think her sufficiently
/ handsome Senrlp. with masculine
faulty asked himself the question s"y
cral times In the course ~ the evening
Hammonds face was under an cir
rumstanCrs. nun-cOmmittai Hut on the
other hand. not 10 acknowledge tho
beauty ~ Adriennc Enstlakc was i'm
possible
Hammond. pleading another appoint.
mcut. left enrly. Sr1ric fingered br.
hind half an hour later
What do you think Of Hammond X
he asked. looking down NJ The girl M
she sat before him In a low chair. her
head thrown back
n have only seen him once she
said, cyaslvely Her manner to the
man she was going ID marry was cool.
calm, elusive But. unronsctntlsIy.
blinded hy his own engrossing passion.
Searlc invested II With a reflected fcr
ypr.
oh, Hammond Il bound 20 strike
luck some day. Let me tell you about
him"
And Searle dlscourscd Tor some min.
guidly.
Egad" he cried. with n sudden
laugh. III he had only start, with
little capital say ton thousand dollars
Something like the chance one or two
fellows ] know would have II thay
were aware Of certain inside fact /
could communicate 10 them!''
Searle was rather weak man. and