Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-07

pS''hh ioF moment and ltppPpd M
,he ann name written across II. snil
lng tolerantly as the wear and taste,
VI earlier days come back 10 his mind
Nhiie the woman In the arm chat,
watched him with tired eyes. Tht
nea'y breathing and the regular blow
ihg OF The lips changed suddenly TO a
gulck, c0nyulsiye struggle. aud In an
instant both We're by the bedside To
seiher they watched and waited I'M
me Dflef agony was stiIled.
VIII send YOU up the laundress, .
=" noctor said, "and then Won had
METER 20 home. II Ii no use stoppine
h'Ie ] Know his solicitors. and viii
Nrlle To them, that they may comm.
n ~, with his relatives, IL he has any.
iieS can see me about the arrange.
heills they want 10 make
SIe nodded without speaking and
he ieft with n CHEEKY "Good.by." fell.
ihg her to he certain that the door was
h"ked ere she left. As he went down
S'alfs he said TO himself she was
working too hard and needed q
chahge. and made a mental VOW IA
80. her win his next patient ordered
he seaside. She remained al the
iett 81 the bed until the heavy ap-
~ aFn 81 ihe lanndress reused her.
hl,h she Went shuddering 10 the Chair.
Mh'ie she SAT shadirg her face, while
'he Nniian laid out the body. after Inc
usient fashion Of our people. When
sue hhh gone she locked the door.
lheh she pressed her hands over h.g
esss ana lrembled slightly, remaining
SUI ana sorrowing for some minutes.
PRESENTLY she went TO the bed. and.
nh'nfering the face, began 10 smooth
,he hair from the forehead. speaking.
IN q low mnrmur:
Harry, dear she whispered. "the
world could not divide us at the last
though u Is so big. We are together.
You and j. as we used 10 be In the be-
ginning. DO You mind now that Won
knew that WINS with you? Yon are
not angry. dear. because after all
these years God has let me see YOU
again, and call you by your name. and
oh YES
She bent 10 kiss him. but shook her
head sadly instead, and knelt by his
side.
Lei me tnIk TO you just as IL Il were
ihe SHINE again, and as II nothing had
unopened, and we were boy and girl
once more. ! won't say anything about
h"r 10 make You angry. | won't re-
member II, aud you must forget II.
too, Can you forget. ] wonder DO
,ou forget nowi You forgot me white
ven were alive: are you forgetting me
now Won are deadg'
The Tears gathered into her eyes.
aud she sohl,ed softly. She looked IN.
In he a. n
"Bui won't ask you 10 forget. liar.
y. J won't ask IL: II isn't mine TO ask.
IL was all mistake. dear. and we
have both suffered: perhaps she has
suffered too. II was hard you were
not happy: you were 50 good. and
loved so much. We have both loved
much. have we mott Where have YOU
been all these years ! wonder IL you
ever thought of me rs have thought
Of you. and remembered the old days.
II you had met me. | wonder II you
would have taken me In your arms
and kissed me as you did In the mead
ows nj I.ansly. | would have let you.
Harry. as ! did then: you know
would. Were you too proud TO come
hack 10 met oh, my dear, would
have lain at your feet. had you wished
IL, and begged you TO look down and
smile at me. But it's too late now:
there's no hope for either of us. felt
that there could not be after the day
you wrote me: but would have faced
everything and dared everything IL
ynn had come hack Never mind. dear.
II Is good Ia look back upon and think
Of aud love and nobody can take IL
away from us Don't think OF IL II II
makes you angry; but cant help re-
membcring: and now I'm telling you.
with no one else 70 hear"
The bright sun beat through the
window blinds. and filed the room
with u radiance thick and hot. She
bowed her head ON the bed and re-
manned kneeling with her arms
stretched across the body Presently
She arose and began to move softly
about the room. touching his books
and little treasures. The white figure
on the cross hung. In its infinite pa.
ihos. over the bed. She took II from
It's place and was about TO lay II on
his breast With quick gesture she
stopped aud replaced IL on the wall
Then she turned 10 his writing table.
and took up the faded photograph In
the bNiuFu tfHHle.
"You were his then" she said. In
gentle. even voice, ard you are his
still. You have the right; have none.
Perhaps you. living In your great
world to-day. have quite forgotten.
hut | know he has remembered, and"
her voice shook little-"hc would
wish IT,"
She laid the photograph on the body
where she had turned back the sheet
and smoothed the creases away from
II. Her hands claspcd before her, she
stood looking at the strange pair--the
dead man. with his peaceful face, and
the picture. with its saucy eyes and
nntiauaied fineries. The wicked orbs
seemed mockingly to tell her OF n bar
rlcr she must not pass. a right of pos
session she dare not dispute. She
sighed. as II submisslvely, and turned
10 the window. fitting n corner of the
blind Ia sean the weil-nigh deserted
A coster passed with
os cowslips. and she remem-
bered morning In Langly mead.
pws, where Harry made a wreath aud
her his queen OF the cowslips.
Going to the door. she called Hannah,
and. giving her some pennies. sent her
10 p,y bunch of the flowers. She
tonk thrn hack to the room and began