Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

which expressed a world OF tende
meaning.
AT the weeks end Katie Ffeldins
who always came home OF q Saturda
afternoon. to keep her Aunt Huldal
company until Monday morning. ral
into the buttery. where the old lad.
was screwing down her patent Jars o
canned b~lackberries.
why. Aunt Huldahr' she cried. ros.
and ~breathless, who on earth Is tina
old loafer smoking his pipe in the hacl
garden? ! never was so startled II
my life as when I saw himr'
odd loafer. indeed.' cried Aunt HUI
dab. bristling up. I'm sure, Catherin,
Fielding, ] don't know who you coult
ha' SEEN The gentleman as smoke;
once In a while out there is Mr.. Hi
ram Pearson. the rich merchant. as Il
Just settin' up business al Cranch's
Corners-you've heard Of the Forty,
Nine Cent Store there. haven't you;
All Z country's a-talkin' about II
It's a-gcin' to revolutionixe commerce
and Mr.. Hiram Pearson's a-goin' &C
be your uncle."
"Whatr cried Katie. with wide-oper
blue eyes. You never near to tel
me. Aunt Huldah. that"
Yes" said Aunt Huldah, I'm goin
10 De married. Why shouldn't II Miss
Burdett Coutts got married, and I'm
a good ten years younger than she Is
And he's loved me faithfully this thir.
ty-odd years-and I'm to be a lady and
keep a PLAINLY and a hired gal and Q
canary bridal Of my own."
Katie knew not what to say. She
stood gazing at her aunt In breathless
surprise and dismay.
Dear Aunt Huldah." said she, "dc
let me understand. Are you really In
earnest? Have you actually made uy
your mind to this important step In
life during the one week in which ]
have been absent from your"
Yes. I have" said Aunt Huldah,
giving a screw to the last jar Of black
berries which cracked It half way down
the side. $50 there!"
And then she related the whole story
OF Mr.. Parsons long and constant
love, his financial successes. ami the
great enterprise now in process Of com.
pletion at Cranch's Corners.
And. Of course" added unsus2ect-
Ing Miss Huldah. Il considered II a
very great privilege to be able to In
vest my little savings In a business
Ike that. as is sure to return at least
! hundred per cent. And I told Hiram
hat you had some money in Tie saw
.ngs bank at only four per cent that
would be glad to place with him
Not II I know itt' cried Katie. with
'pirit. Dear Aunt Huldah, stop and
The very looks OF this man
proclaim him to be a swindler! Has
given you any security for all this
money!"
Security" cried Aunt Huldah.
What security do I need? Amt we
o be married Just as soon as I can get
ny wedding dress nader"
But you v have given him your
money!
why shouldn't II" said Aunt Hui.
lab. Yes. I have. And I'm to have
ent-per-cent interest for II, once the
Cent Store gets well under
say. But II amt that SO much" she
.dded. with elderly b~ashfulness. .as n
8 that we love each other-me and
Hiram. You II like him. Katie. when
nee you get acquainted with him. He
mt no Insignificant whifet like
Ibram Holley. your young mani Make
Iaste and help me to get out the best
aoie-tloth-he's to take tea here to-
But you'll let me consult Abram
iolley abou: the matter, Aunty."
loaded Katie. Hes a lawyer. you
now; he'll understand"
i don't consult nobody but myself"
aid Miss Pettibone. loftily. .I.m /,
h~renologer. and a physIognomer and
judge OF peoples character. And
We knowed Hiram Pearson more
ears than you've been born: so ius,
ish up the apple-sauce, and leave oH
liking. while ! g put and call Hiram
, teal"
Dear, dear" said Katie sadly To her.
as she poured the stewed swee,
into the ~blue-edged bowl which
ould have crazed a yotary of the
art. What a fool Aunt HuI.
m Is! To think Of getting married AZ +,
err age,," T,
But Aunt Huldah called and called +,
only echo replied.
How provoking" said Miss Petit. /,
He must be zone to the post.
fice." :
II he had. however, the postofice was :
long way of. for Mr.. Hiram Pearson
came back. Neither did Amt 7
uldah's coupon bonds, her little bas I,
gold eagles. nor her FIVE one hundred /,
'llar bank notes. which he had "a
ndly offered to invest. And. upon In. ,
Try being made at Cranch's Corners =
e Forty-nine Cent Store was found
be but a vision of Hiram paaraon,