Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-07

offered before It's too late" Here
Jennie interposed. HE IL right, Aunt
Martha, and ! glory In his strength.
Her voice broke and she turned away
sobbing. Then, for moment the man
shook of the trammels of the priest,
and holding her close he kissed her
brow and lips. Help me to bear 1t;
pray for me-" he murmured, then went
out with never backward look. An
other week passed and neither woman
went to meeting. But one night the
| girl begged, Go tonight, auntie, and
| II you see him tell him | did pray and
am going to help him in the only way
/ know how" AS Miss Martha passed
me on her way out heard her mutter,
''I'll bring him home with me, Or
the threat was lost in the bang OF the
door. By this time | knew that Hiss
Martha was wroth with the preacher
"the crank who has turned every
body's head"-she said once. but her
listener pious soul, rolled up her
eyes. Hes OF the stuff of the blessed
martyrs" she said devoutly. This
night her aunt had no sooner gone
than Jennie took her Bible and went
, upstairs. In an hour she returned,
carrying a small bottle and glass.
These she placed upon table In
| front Of me. | watched her as she
, crept softly to Miss Martha's own low
. chair and rested her cheek against its
t cushioned arm. Then she knelt and
: prayed aloud: 1.-TWO in the field. the
: one shall be taken and the other left
9 yes, the other left, to do thy work;
}, to do it alone to thine honor and
e glory. Amen" She rose and came
q steadily to the table. | heard the clink
o of the tiny dark bottle against the
It glass. She placed the vial again on
T. the table. l saw the glass raised to
IS her lips, and then-the crash evidently
aroused the neighbors. for there was
excited talk in the street. Then the
sound Of key in the lock and Brother
Judson's voice outside. wait a mo,
ment, friends. We will find out what
has happened" Prone where l hat
fallen, / could see nothing, but heart
Miss Martha's voice in lamentation
MY little girl-my Janey, and tn
preachers commands. place tn
cushions lower, so. Now bring M
some water. There, she is revivini
now She has only tainted" VIVA
could have happened? She was wei
when | left" Then Miss Martha LITE
me to an upright position, and as sh
did SO shrieked and pointed shakin
finger at the atoms of shivered glas
and the tiny brown pool on the foo
Then she burst into hysterical weeI
ing. 81 see it ALL and she would hav
%, you blessed old model! To thin
you fell in the nick of time! My dear
my lamb, how could your" and ST
crouched by the side of the now col
scious girl. The mans head W;
bowed and his lips moved in praye
Then he rose, the light of joy tran
figuring his face. Il have been bin
blind. Do you remember what yt
said, sister, about every man havir
his price? This precious life saved
mine" And Jennie opened her ey
and met the triumphant CLEAN oil h
"The Lord gives you to me, believe
AS in the days of Abraham, he rejee
the sacrifice. Will you forgive. as
does?"
And to this day he and Jennie
lieve that the cause of my sudden tul
BILE was direct and heavenly interI
sition: Miss Martha says 1T was only
strong draft, while but nobody cal
what | think.-Chicago Tribune.