Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-07-07

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would excuse her, perhaps she ma
grow stronger with rest and care, an
! then
| oh. very welin' said Mr.. Hall
turning upon his heel. When she Il
feeling better Will do as we'll, only m,
wife thought she might help her 4 lit
tie with some ncedlework and such
things; but II her eyes are 80 bad
They are not so bad as all that,
haynes remarked hurriedly-"only
sometimes. am sure she will be hap
ny TO undertake any needlework Mrs
Hall wants doing. She is not quick,
but she Is very clever with her needle
II ] might go up to the house and
fetch the things she will set to work
at once"
Z Thine enough for that when she is
well enough to see Mrs. Hail." re-
turned the squatter Women like to
chat together over that sort Of busI-
mesa, always find"
There Ii something very odd about
that young chap. with his soft voice
and his shy manner" Mr.. Hall thought
~ he walked on to the shed His
wife suffers from bad eyes. too. yet
she can do needlework-has nervous
complaint. and evidently is not anx-
ious to be invaded wonder what
Pshaw--it's only my fancy, SUPPOSE
A few weeks passed by, and shear
Ing was thing Of the past. The sta
ton hands had settled down into their
ordinary routine of work, and the ex-
ira men who had been employed dur
Ing the busy season had passed on to
find similar jobs elsewhere.
1T is very strange remarked Mr..
Hall one day to his wife, that one
never sees Mrs. Baynes. What can
really be the matter with her? He
tells me that her eye-sight Is SO bad
that she cannot bear the light"
That Is odd replied bis wife. 'for.
u her eyesight is so bad. how In the
world does she manage to hem these
so beautifully? l never
saw better work In my life
Well, that is curious!" interposes
lack Hall. And shutting herself up
90 80 persistently In Baynes' hut
makes no end OF gossip on the station.
fellow asked me yesterday when I
vas over at Bumberra whether It was
rue that we had maniac shut up
'ere. II gossip OF that sort is the talk
i place fifty miles away. we shall
Don be getting fine name for our
elves here at Redmount."
"Oh, AZ for gossip, you'll md that
very where!" remarked his father.
And. after all. Tom Baynes Is the
martest cook I've had for many day,
nd pleasant enough fellow, too. now
e's got over that shy sort Of manner
hitch he had when he first came up
Perhaps he is Jealous OF the other
len. father" suggested Mary slyly,
and does not Hike them to look at
er." ~.
That's possible" replied Mr.. Hall.
remember man on board ship once
no kept his wife locked up in her
bin for three months. and carried all
n meals In to her himself
What a brute!" cried Mary. do
u mean to say he never let her out
all?"
Only at nighttime In fine weather,
d then he marched her up and down
Q deck for only an hour or two.
zen on these nocturnal occasions she
Is SO thickly yelled that nobody
uld get a glimpse OF her features.
" Perhaps she was a 'plg-faced lady
At he had married for her dollars"
ID Jack: ''or she might have commit
some crime. and he was helping 8
r to escape. A murder perhaps
cd gracious. Baynes. how you made y
jump M q
CHAPTER vi. a
Ia Jack Hall was speaking, Tom
ynes happened to be passing the a
"a door with an armfs,l OF plates u
dishes, and these he suddenly let u
with crash upon the ground. al
Dear me" cried Mrs. Hall, how &C
adfuly careless OF you. Tom! How Il
We to replaces them? What could
have been thinking abouts" al
am SO very sorry, maam." he re- ~
Il. II must have slipped on some ~
,gI really don't know how" and ~
leaned up against the veranda- -
ding MS thoagh but for that support :,
would have fallen down. ~
Well. there d>,u't look so scared. ~,
II" said Mr. Hall d-naturedly.
TX up the pieces why. the lad
q quite frightened There are IN
se accidents than that at sea--ay.