Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-22
IA FELLOWS LOVE.
by HENRY ". NESFIELD.

yards told that the men had not yet
ceased from their iabors.
Mary" Mrs. Hall called out pres
entity. as she heard some one moving
about inside the house. lis that you.
dear?"
Yes. mother" replied tall 1.-the
looking girl as she stepped out through
a French window on to the veranda.
Poor dear mother. you must be quite
knocked up"
am tired. darling" admitted Mrs.
Hall. Has Jack come up from the
shed YETI"
No. not yet" answered the girl;
but supper Is quite ready. and he
won't be long now. ! expect"
do hope that your father viii
come home tonight He said he would
be ten days perhaps. 1t Is now fort
night since he left
Il wonder whether he will have
managed to get cook" said Mary.
as she sat on the edge OF the yeranda
at her mothers feet. "All this cook
Ing is quite wearing you out. You
ought not TO have TO do H."
Il shall be all right after a good
night's rest. and II only your father
would come back, Can you see moth
ing OF him. Mary"
No. not a sign" said the girl. "but
here is Jack. sooner than ] expected.
Now let us 20 into supper. and begin. .
A siaiwart sunburnt youth strobe
up the garden path. and tossing his
cabbage-tree hat upon a chair. threw
himself al full length upon the grass
| plat.
i We'll. Polly" he exclaimed. I'm
tuGt baked. | can tell you' | wish the
governor would hurry home. Leay-
Ing me all the shearing 10 look after
"a no eaieh' All this brolling after
noon I've been drafting out strangers.
and working jus, like a niger"
Mothers been working hard. too.
said Mary reproachfully. And she
doesn't srumhle. like you DO"
mo. by love; but then the mater'i
an ANGER he answered. springing tc
his feet and throwing his arms arount
HIS mothers neck. Il bet no ange
ever cooked dinner for seventy men
with the Thermometer at a hundred an,
ten In the shade. without q murmur
Oh. I'm no, to Be irreversnt. mother
Well. ! won't. TO please YOU: but upol
my word II was a shame OF that brut
Johnson 20 go OF at a moments no
iice. Just at the very busiest time"
Never mind. Jack" interrupts
Mrs. Hall. as she leaned her head bAc
over the rail on the lounEe-chair an
clasped her hands behind her neck
. Don't talk so much. but look out wit
your young eycc and see II your fathe
r Ia no, coming In the distance"
"or. in other words" said Jacl
laughing" Sister Ann. sister AMI
do you see some one coming7' N,
mother. no one--neither Bluebeard nc
, the governor. Talking OF blue. wor
, der what our new Gordon bleu will /
, like. Drink like a fsh and swear liz
> a trooper. suppose. as they all do"
= Perhaps father won't have got or
at ALL" observed Mary: land. II q
, I pity you all. for I'm going to Il
/ my hand at cooking. I stood with m
nose cloee to the meat safe today
a break myself into the smell OF ra
meat. which always make me feel mo-
;. or less Ill"
/, "Pshaw--you might rs we'll be Z
= English grill" said Jack scornfull
. IF you were anything like a trun
. you'd kill as we'll a. cook-Jenn
n Smith does"
A Never mind; We don't want Ma
= to be quite such a masculine person
a Jennie" interposed Mrs. Hall; viii,
/, brought forth a rejoinder from ia,
: that Miss Smith was no end OF
q good fellow" after which he sudden
a remembered that he was hungry, al
= added hurriedly--
But I'm ready for supper, II ,,
are. I'll Just run In and wash of sor
. OF this dust. and be with you in a Il
y moments" and Mr.. Jack swung hi.
a self through the veranda and disa
peared within the house.