Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-05
WAITING FOR A BANG.

aimlessly about. MAUI anu
hand--Maud is my sister. by the way
and newly narricd processing 10 oe
.,nost as much sgone ON" the scene
rs as they really We're ON eaei o'iisn.
80 You can easily guess VIVA. .na'
meant for posr me until George Joiheu
us.
The chief, nay. the only difficulty
wos george. He did not quite eaten
on" He was very agreeable ana very
nice. but apparently quite satisnca y
enjoy himself with MS, ana tiien ~
hack 10 work, us he playfuliy pht1'sea
Il "a giant refreshed" and eouid h"s
~ cot ~ see thai there was anything
more serious in life than asuiiessis
frlyolln. about -.
w. rad dome Snowden. ana reaiiy
uhat with the electric light ana tue
crowd. and all that, he Was mol ha.,
had Quite cheerful. you know, anu
eIyIlIzed Indeed, never should nave
gone without
Amer that, think yes, y was
ca,,r,e st,prestad our going To Bethes-
da. NOT that any ot Ms were ~ aii y
| terested III states or anarries. ohiy
was somewhere 10 90 aud an excuse
for drive.
George ordered the carriage and
made an the arm ngemcnts. tie n1d
hean there before, 40 knew all about
the show" ~ he said, aud We He'll
rythlDg to him.
| Altog.thes il was SO stupid aud 50
/ duh that. but for what Maud ealiesi
/ tho ..off chance u George. ! never
| could have sto0d Il rs long as ! 1id'
Though even that began 10 look DTS
perate. Even Maud began 70 i"ss
| heart.
And vet, l don't know how u Is.
| You are booking Your best, and she
eyed me critically, '.and' he seems
quite fond Of you in his way"
But there Was the hitch. His WAY
was not ours Apparently be- was No
fonder OF Ire than Of any other siri, "
OF Maud herself
We saw tlie men lay down theft
tools, and. as Though they had been 80
many rabbits. disappear Into ihslF
holes, aud after few minutes NJ stis
t,ense. there Wee sevcrnl loud cxplss'
slnus. and we were told that the DIS
Mantle had done Us level beat. or rs
hest, to level the piaee. crd wc wufr
warned most sotcmnly that o:ce We
were inside the works we had nult
been on tho outer edge then v brn.S'
cr the whistle sounded We ~ ust get
into the nearcst shelter and not come
out on any account until after We had
heard the bang
II was highly exciting ut the tirst.
but by repetition even danger grew
monotOnouS and began 10 pail. and wc
strollcd on. George and !, and left the
foreman 30 look after the others ~
best he could.
Maud and Fred seem very much at,
tached. don't yon Think aaid George,
Ms we looked back just hctorr passing
round n curve and caught sight Of
them with their aims around each 9th
er's waists. ostcnsibly listening 20 tbs
foreman's improving discourse. but
really. as we knew from experience
far far away
They arp. indeed answered. with
n sigh. That might have meant any.
thing from envy 10 despair. realized
with a blush. according 10 tie later
prefer aud the Interpretation
J And we strUlled on nsain Ia q part 81
the workings rather screened by that
pyramid left standing in the middle,
II suppose II II not possible to gel
lost ourselycsf" began. presently
'BlcSs me. no SOU mean with this
Observation-Disclosures arrangement oli. dear
no. One has only 10 pop out and got
,,an see all over the show. hnt stop II
and-but there's that infcri meat
that blessed thing again. I auptoa,
we Ind better
"Oh, yes. We must really 60 In. Al
the men are off already. and II they Il,
II, who are used 10 II and know, W,
should be- very foolish to risk see
there's refuge here Aud We wen
inside.
"After MI It's rather Jolly IL her,
out Of the sun. Bcastly hot outside
dn't Won think? Sightseeing npd nj
that il gets to be tathcr ratl"r
~ bore. you u eapf" intcrpase,I
"IArean't that .l"peHdt"
"oh. Of course. aud don't think
meant you see. It's this way" An,
, he TT cigar Its the having 10 se
things that's the bore. Take You m,
me for instance. We could have bcct
, Just rs jolly and far more comforta
bic over there In the Inn. or. IN fact
, anywhere"
Are you drcadfully rpcomfortabl
, ncrc:" ] asked. dlsmally.
. By no means Quite otherwise.
assure you-yau 'lon't mind ny smuk
ing. ] know I've often though,
, that by far the h"st way 10 10 slgl,,
> seeing woul he to leave the sight
. alone"
but does not much depend ,u,oi
orcs-@cf comtaniohf" I asked. 10
more doubtfully than felt. we -tlIa
is. yuiIs"
= u see what you mean. t'crtainI,
We should be thrown back very muc
a on each other. btIt that's all right. yo
I know. with people who are propcrI
e eIdmmy"
J. DO YOU mean
= NO. not Maud and Fred They mr.
a almost toe much 40. They miss ncarl
r al that's going on. and 80 don't get IN
!. best out Of u; whereas. you and M
/ derstand each other. and can get alon
II splenIidly without-witho,It %,
q lonndcdly long time the bnug mi
time, Isn't II Wonder II II ever nlsae
y nref How would you care for IN
: like thisf'' y va
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