Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-02-29

finemspt and sadly furnished charac-
ter. nd the bride? Well. there are
many free and blameless men who
would have been glad 10 win her. Her
name was Mrs. Mary Davis and she was
widow. She is as plump as a par
fridge and has violet eyes and q red,
resolute mouth She Is the daughter OF
prominent resident OF Montgomery.
W. Va. and is only twenty-one years
old.
Yes. II must be admitted that Jerry
Smith is handsome, In bucolic way.
His cheeks, now hidden by soft, tawny
growth OF beard. are as red as apples:
his eyes are blue and bright. and he is
big enough and strong enough to tuck
his little bride under his arm and carry
her up TO the top Of a church steeple
without pausIng for breath.
Jerry Smith was arrested nearly a
year ago for forging the name OF
William Thompson. of Lincoln County.
10 4 check for small sum He behaved
himself well in jail. and after time
was made a rnsty. Hence. when Mrs.
Davis paid her visit TO the establish
ment he was deputed TO act as cicerone
10 her and her female companion.
Smith was not wholly uneducated,
and he has winning smile and a per-
suasiye gift OF speech. Before the little
widow left the prison the pair were
chatting gaily. like old friends. and ex-
changing eloquent glances
Mrs. Davis called again and yet again.
Each time she and the handsome trusty
engaged in earnest conversation. Dur
ing the intervals they exchanged let
,ers Then came Smiths trial. He
was convicted OF forgery and term In
the penitentiary stared him in the face.
That prospect did not dismay the Wild
ow. On the contrary It served only to
precipitate the matrimonial crisis that
many shrewd observers had already
foreseen.
Indeed. neither of them attempted
any longer TO conceal their mutual in
fatuation. And one day, when Mrs.
Davis paid what babe fair to be her last
visit TO the stalwart prisoner, now no
longer a trusty, he asked her IL she
would marry him. The widow did not
hesitate for an instant. On the con-
trary. she threw herself into Jerry's
arms with the glad cry;
"of course will''
All the necessary preliminaries de-
yolved upon her. First she went to the
County Recorders office. and. with
many bushes, procured and paid for
marriage license.
The marriage day was set but 1t was
postponed because doubt was raised
as 10 whether convicted prisoner
would be allowed to take wife unto
himself under the circumstances. Later
all doubt was dissipated, and hasty
preparations were made for the cere-
mony.
The warden's wife entered heartily
into the spirit OF the occasion and with
her own plump hands wreathed the re-
oeptioh room OF the Jail with flowers
and ferns. Even orange blossoms were
not wanting. Everything that tended
to suggest prison was thus graciously
concealed, and when the bridal couple
entered--he from confinement and she
from freedom--the room looked re-
cheerful.
There were guests a-plenty. The
bride brought many friends with her,
and the groom was attended by several
OF his fellow-prisoners, who will share
his confinement when he is sent to the
state penitentiary. But the most dis
person present was the trial
Judge. who wore white camelia In his
The Rev. Mr.. Briscoe read the mar
riage service with all the solemnity
that ne would have employed at the
altar of his own church, and at its con-
clusion the united pair clasped each