Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-01-22


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TAs Gray FxAraa wsx welcomed bach
wsxh szzkzza&<m- He lodged his srs-
senzeN relatives with Ea scrxs1zsxze~.
an& wens NJ cs-~ 10 ais Cd e1HsL Nor-
wtxAxza~&4nx she 2hssrve1c~ he fx1r Gag
the s@zFAzenzs whscA aaw rezxrex ers-
axS4&zs there. he felt tk2x ft wAz VI
tally necessary fcr kfz GO seen % par
szczz4te In rA<z. and scc~reinxiy he
delivered 90 gs&z enc e< kis sAd hs-
1zgz@M &0zswA2t disappo&attng
EAez- 90 be SIRE. vita the moderation
q HIS stewx
Having thzs established himself safe
fro- E1ssRezoa. he proceeded 10 look
~ httss pScs Of ground ana small cot
taxs. a. n safe distance fron the city.
&a9 thisher he conveyed his frtends.
A little x&rtea gave e&sensthls en-
paoyneat 70 Jules. ana his fair com
psntca made up soaqusts. and sent
Ssez 20 the city regularly BIZ 4 peas
ant hoy. VIE was the uneoasciszs bear
sr Of dispatches betweea Emile and
ais ciaxuised wards: for bouquet. es-
pecsaliy marked. Was seat twice q week
e EEiis. and It's fragrant blossoms
scnoesled a guarded statement Of pres
eat security.
And thus amidst the frfghtfal car
sxgs gslng On almost within sound OF
their vsices. the pair dwslt In peace
ful security. They had almost ceased
10 fear meiestation, and Lady Feiicie.
growing quite accustomed 70 the light
tasks watch devoived upoa her. had
lInest put axay tho old ideatity. and
Believed herssR the humble chlotiIde
Of the cottage. when sudtsnly and
hnrnhly came 20 her the reminder Of
ass former existence.
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FALL or a FOREST MoNARcn.
s.waas ps~a . os.ss Pi.s Tree N sAs
Mn.assss@ weeA@-
7 had my eye On 4 grand old pine
standing . little way from any OF his
fellows. q monarch In the forest IL
must have been a hundred and forty
feet. perhaps more. from the topmost
+ point In It's glossy green eoronai down
( 10 the dead goldearod In the snow at
its base. IL ssz about three feet in
diameter At the ground. 80 tall. so
strong. 90 straight. q noble tree in
/ deed, In very truth q king OF the for
est Il was the result OF the life
which dwslt in the tiny black. winged
seed which was lost TO view more than
q century and a half before. While
was sdmiring the splendid proper
tons OF the tree three man came to-
ward me. One was a bright-eyed fell
low. short Of stature and swarthy OF
/ skin, looking like one OF the Chippewa
| Indians whose home this forest had
been nobody knows how many eentu-
ries- He looked the tree over sharply.
stepping 70 this side and to that, eyed
Il critically from various points OF
view. and then with q small. sharp
az cut keen cash In the trunk about
a foot above the top OF the dead gold
enrod In the snow. He was an under
cutter, a man whose business II is 70
cut into the tree on the side on which
Il should fall, 90 that It may not Dc
broken in the fall. or lodge In ths
crotch of another tree. The cut on the
side OF the tree is the guide for the
sawyers> The other men. bearing
big saw, began cutting down the pine
saving steadily and powerfully
through the fragrant yellowish-whits
trunk. Now and then the undercutte'
would step up TO them 20 see nov
they were progressing. When then
saw had passed the heart Of the pint
he placed a small bright steel wedg'
I'm sac path OF the saw and drove
In. Look out there. now! came tn
call OF the undercutter as he looked II
my direction. / made quick scram
! bic through the deep snow, neari.
tumbling over a hidden log. and grab
bling my camera as / went had n
intention OF staying in the immediat
; vicinity. for I had seen trees like TIL
fall before, and / knew 1t was risk
thing to stand hard by. The best di
rected tree will sometimes veer III
: tie in is fall, and woe TO the one VIII
. stands below II. Many an experience
. woodman has been killed in just sue
a place; many one has been caugf
and pinioned. perhaps to escape wit
only broken legs or ribs In secon
more the noble pine came crashin
down through the branches OF th
other trees, falling upon the froze
earth with noise which drowned a
, the other noises of the forest--a ros
which echoed and re-echoed throus
the long, dim aisles of the forest I'LL
|. the booming Of some mighty cannon
ade.--W. 8. HARDWOOD In st. Nichola
: Boston Parrot an Heir.
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