The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-06-10

the men who were patiently drawn nj
In Indian flc, she made that simple &C
a medium Of privileged but limited con
versation on special or general topics
gay or serious as the case might be-
or the temperament Of the man sug
gested That Il was almost always O
complimentary character on theil
part, may be readily imagined; but 4
was invariably characterized by an ele
mcnt of refined restraint, and, whether
from some implied understanding or In
dividual sense Of honor-it never passed
the bounds of conventionality or a GER
tain delicacy Of respect The delivery
was, consequently, more or less pro.
tracted, but when each man had ex.
changed his three or four minutes con.
versation with the fair postmistress--
conversation at times impeded by bash.
fulness or timidity, ON his part solely,
or restricted often to vague smiling-he
rcsignedly made way for the next. II
was a formal levee, rnitigated by the in.
for1nality of rustic tact, great good
A'-'a1 = -! infinite patience, and would
have been amusing had it not always
been terribly In earnest and at. times
touching. For il was peculiar to the
place and the epoch, and, Indeed, i'm
piled the whole history Of Mrs. Baker.
She was the wife Of John Baker,
foreman Of "The Last Chance,r now
for year lying dead under half mile
OF crushed and beaten-in tunnel at
Burnt Ridge. There had been n sud-
den cutlery from the depths at high,
hot noontide one day, and John had
rushed from his cabin, his young,
: foolish, flirting vic eliaging to him,
to answer that despairing cry. But
she rose suddenly with pale face and
slid: Go John; will wait for you
here" He went; the men were freed
but she had waited for him ever since.
Yet in the shock 81 the calamity and
ih'the after struggles Of that poverty
which had come TO the"Fuined camp
she had scarcely changed But the
mon had, Although she was to all
appearances the same giddy, pretty
Betsy Baker who had been so disturb
ing to the younger members, they
seemed no longer to be disturbed by
her. A certain subdhcd awe and re.
spect, as If the martyred spirit of John
,Eamad 't - L noio n.s urn AROUND her'
fhoI, S III, ~ ., naye zone upon them an
o.So - w ~: y. S9ta u inns pretty
scor,oJ ~ 20 !. ~ .noSiulLle h'lo not
&c. U,a'SS,, I.leo' l,er.'SIcerIulness or
fore them. lut she stood by, her cabin
and the camp-the only woman in a
,i,rI,ost - - l lne s. the
49,; -, ~ g. uours % Ineir fortune help
istsrino o. Ill, I, ~ quo coon an" nam.
sonctit1 ~ Lo. !; $500 leeus. = ne
1vars 10, ~" Ss.J.S was however, al
boen his tonh ny r'o.no'e ~ = II naa
vbv for i, ,aifS;3r,5 sIc.'y nhew
NY Ior " was s, oGngj ". taelt instinct;
scrubbed IN s,ys,,,5 - ~, ~ a1I llos
during John pSlo,,S ne. 49,. 49, 80.
even s,,r,0ostjo,, - In
.bs ,yor,nn ,,,Iass i1, = x, coward
would ,';yafifor him. ~ '1.,s' s:'o
Whom b,;,,lyo,.. 49,.
,ett,sTns,t IL AZ. - s.'salQe ana the
lsnailics o,l $3.50 ,,.s $3.50 w '91s OF, TWO
,,,,a.iod ~, * NY I.aa; oeen
ansrgoreJ esSs h. " 9 sun %.
PSr3t I3i;,c,o s.,,Ss.sJl5,9P wealth. OF
6nnItv ma sha' ~ III. " H. I9s com.
IobT Il, 80 800 ~ sne WiuoW OF
,,iG n,n,t..,. ~. u sotu " Po4itl-
.a,,sfI rt,n st.es 1osg ounce OF
- j ,IS,'ol, ~. $3.50 expressly Tor
S,iiat,- ~ J. .It partlel'ated' IN the
r; s,cec az, substantial!
,nnrs1 pra tLa I9 oG onild4ng IN
NJ 5,.ost m ns ss,DI n inc aust OF
5s s,a t'.uy ", gati niue from
Esjie5 a.. .o.t "a. nete sue was In
III .ioa,,Jst - ouis Q! tne DAY, for
~ ,,S S0uiHf nos.ce prevailed nPea 70
II tLe adSaI. 1- : Ssoin. aaa herc' with
!, c.lS 1850 -, eye % e public
&c., Sl' was ass. a secure IN her
~
IuS ene Glina devotion OF Laurel Run
1 ,al Dakers reliet did not stop here.
~ aehsv19 assure = the government
su..U ls.ss % me necessity Of +a+post-
u.,S ana l2 secure permanent com.
sleney 70 bhe posit.mlnistress, there was -
= ue q ~, 8 extPSaSag9 Ours
= 'Ne nrst week the sale 81 stamps at
!, 1uEei iSun stothce was pnprecedent,
g tns annals OF the department.
No g. IL.