Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-07-07

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had not moved nor uttered . word. bit
| shs turned the instant looked at hss.
and, coming toward me. said:
J ''You are all right now. can ~
'you are Do you think you can come 70
the campf You really AhouiAu;t wan-
dsr from Il when you feel the fever
coming on. It's not safA Just think u
what occurred the other day. Come
the frank impulsive nature Of The g3s1
Wa reaasersing issslf-''givs me yoax
. hsnds" She stretched out both of haes
; And pulled me 10 my feet.
The attack OF fcver had passod. s 1
was beginning 70 feel myself again.
Don Z toll me that you've besn ~
. ting here al this time waiting for mel"
, exclaimed. conscience stricken.
She laughed lightly. ~Remembee tAs
Old saying. AK no rqusstions AlA
you 'u-suffer from NO pssvossaon q
! the truth. Do You know, Mr.. Parkef.
. that there's little Of the Quack about
mo. ! believe can produce cure for
this fever. It's one the blacks used up
ON she Bardekin''.
"I'm skeptical about fever cufee
ebnt TIL try yours. ! said. but. by
the way, you must have thought me
awfully stupid few minutes ago. The
fact Il. had q curious dream ahouts
snake. and the law Of association q Q
queer thing.
"You are complimentary" WIKI
show of dignity--''so much 20 that
, 1t suggests good deal Of highland su-
, -perstition. OF courss you re limiting q
| the highland myth about the princes
/ who was Turned into snake lcv-
, you don't think that I'm snake euya-
, u into y princess
"Why press 4 man 10 hardr pro-
I tested, with u miserable attempt to say
a something cheerful "In ina present
care circimstantiHl evidence scesps to
prove that the woman grew ont of tia
snake. Anyhow, u l were certain OF
III, I'd never kiln another ono w long -
lived
!. She langl,cd ns II she rather enjoyed
!. the dubious compliment.
= "And they say a Scota,nnn seldom
!. makes pretty speeches shc exclaimed.
"But wait minute Hero ID Mother
! Natures cure Cor the fever Strange.
- isn't II. that there Ia never a netsis
y without'a dockcn growing alongside" :"
We were passing small. shrublike
I, tree on which grew round. yellow
4 berry. q little larger than n cherry.
II Shc stopped and pulled some. '1'uttS6e
"A them into n small bag she carried by
y her side. bit the rind Of one. She
"a watched mo taste II. but OF all the bit
n ter tastes ever experienced that was
= the quintcssence
4 lyon mustnt judgs os my medicine
by that berry" she insisted. smiling IT
- my wrY face. "lll prepare them To-
I night and give you drink Gmorrow
>. morning. That will be something "a
look forward to-"
\. And all this time I was thinking Of
\, for tho trouble she had taken with lie,
a but felt that II l did anything Of tho
.t kind il wonld simply be the means oi
silencing her cheerful talk and driving
n. her away THE, cf course. I did moi
want TO do We Walked -siowly thronef
"a the bush. and from time -te time she
\. wonld stop and look nj so',sesbing -,
NJ other in n way that for all the world
a. although the associate was inconEru
"a ous-put me in mind of the movements
VI \ blnck'f~s'ow. Onee she stooY,4d
IN and. pointing 70 tho ground. showed
r. me some tracks, 'Sofnebody must hav,
n. been here with bullc:xs within the las,
~. three dayA she remarked "I.ook. they
NJ have gone In pnirs--their neck yoke
m have never been off. - Then she showet
~ me the marks on \ tree whove ON th,
4, 'previous evening a poesum had stuol
nj his sharp claws. She named tho rex
n passion flower and the yellow ipomr
he that climbed the trunks Of trees tn,
he pink and scarlet cpacris. and. pointing
- toa cssuarins. remarked IL was di6
"A cult 10 believe that that tree ras tn
nj survival of still more remarkable typ
,st Of Australian fora. She showed me
N. tiny nest glued 70 the undcrside Of q,
X insignificant lenf and some other thing
90 which l thought only . black fellow
N. .sould have noticed.
r mnst have expressed some sorpris
hs IT her powers Of observation. far she r.
marked careleesly: "Oh. don't "a
he that any credit attaches 10 noticing
~. such things. When one IL brought u]
M. in the bush. one learns to read fron
nd natures book. II seems 10 ms the.
oo miss all the interesting thiuga out o
=. the ether ones T'vc'lcarned nofSsron
-. an Cd black FELLOW about this wonder
~. full world in half an hour than ever
lar did from all the books rny-gather has IN
>, sist~i ON my reading. OF course In
cl not such silly ~ 10 ignore hooks
=. though am very ignorant.
Il II did not dawn uponshy -du0cd fie
uities until lay on my blanket think
N, ing that night that she simply stoppe
sv Snd showed me these things 20 that
4, might take my time and rest myself &C
:, ing To the camp without Der tenal dsra
nd tion being apparent Let . woman sl6n
! for managing such things with subfl
as. delicacy. and let mau alone for &C
cnnfinse Ahes,a nth - auhlinas eos,nnlaj