Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-02-15

the pit some day yet
But, lads, when he gaed cot he
gied yon thraw o. his nose over his
shOoder at me, where was standing
like useless lump In the corner.
saw he wanted me 10 speak at the
door, an my heart gaed down like
lead.
Rob, he said. layin' his hand upon
my arm, better let Archie get what
ne wants. He will no want /. lang
An, lads. | was near the greetin', |
dinna need to tell We hoo near, for ye
ken.
But Archie wanted naething. only
to be letten alane. Sac In the after
hume his mither said to hom. .Airchic,
lad, we had better kcii-ye are gnun TO
leave us, AirchietO leave your faith.
er an your mither. Is there ocilt that
We wad like dunes'
But Archie lay still and made ME
MAR sign, than II she had telled him
to gang to 'hush-a.by' when he was
BARN. But In while he said, NTH
er, IL mann dee. wad like awsome
well to see the chap in the white Coon,
that preached when | was wi Auntie
Marget.
But we talked to him an argufIed
W httht W pr Nun 10y the UpItOU, say
In that the man was some great
Englisher and besides a. that. II was
an awfu' lang road off. And Ii wasna
to be expected that he could leave hls
wark an come ava to see collier
lad here In Scotland. Sac we asked
him gin the minister here wadua do
for he was decent man and weel
liked.
sspnt AIrohfn
mind, and he said, 4 ken It's no to be
expected, but II | Gamma hae the chan
In the white COON TO speak to me. /
want naebody,' says he.
Sac as | was writing to his auntie
to tell ABBOTT the accident at ony rate.
put in a ABBOTT what Airchie had said
never thinkin' but that ii wad iuIst
pleasure her to ken that Archie mind.
ed the preachin', wi nae thocht ava o.
ony thing marie.
But Marget was ever, az We ken,
forritsome woman. | think ID maun
hae been wi companyin' 80 muckle WI
thae EngliShers, for II wasna o. her
kind o folk. Sac as soon as she got
the letter what does the daft woman
do but pits on her bonnet an ava to
the graund hO0se whaur Master Cox
Noble lfor that was the name o. the
enapb leeved. But hc wasna In. He
was ava on his holidays that vera
ntornin', ava in Cornwall where the
Methody miners comes frap. He was
fair dune wi workinf ut his reviyalin'.
the hoosekeeper said.
hut, says she. We micht fell mo
what yc cam ABBOTT, Ii it's no secret.
For the master likes to hear when he
comes hame Then Marget teIled her
ABBOTT the puir lad that had been
hurt ava In the north. | jaIoose she
was glad to haze somebody to tell And
sac she gaed her ways back name.
but the woman naun hae sent the
preacher word on the instant. For ii
was the very next mornin' that we had
a TELEGRAPH to speer hoo Archie was.
an hoo lang the doctor thocht bc wad
last. 1t said forbye that NJ. Cox No
BILE was just afr u lang journey aud
vera tired, but to let him ken III ease
o. need.
$50 as the doctor was in at the time
on his rounds he said that he wad send
q message. But what he said never
kenned, for he has his ways. the doe
tor, and Is no easy man to speet at.
we were a sittin' up WI Archie
that night and ! could see he wadna
NC idns. ~ WIS IHF over In the
fornin'--o the back o. twa, that there
cam chaplin at the door The laddic's
mlther gaed to It, tbInkin' 1t was
aibllns n neebour coined to speer hoo
Archie was. But when she opened II.
there on t1le step wi wee bag in his
hand. was the Englishy parson. an
the sheet he had preached In, wi the
cen o. him fair sunk In his head WI
travel and waut NJ ataan Sax t,,,,l..,,
mile he had come to zee my wee Air.
chile. We couldna speak to him. we
war that pitten ABBOTT.
so he cam ben. and We should hae
seen the iaddie's face AZ pleased like