The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-09-10

Tie sat in the doorway, lookin' up NJ
the stars an talkin about the claim
we had an' n the mine pannei ont
an Of the money we'd get for our red
cedar logs An then lar said. shylike.
~ II twas something WONDERFUL.
What do you think, Jack. says he,
I'm goin' 10 he married soon 10 10
Mary he says.
~ was well lac couldn't seg. my face
then ID the dark. for something got
holt of my heart when heerd him
say Il IN 80 many words / said some.
thing, 1 dunno what, bnt he was loo
happy 10 notice. or maybe be thought
I was hurt az his breakin' our pard
neFshlp. Anyway he weat 0n talkin
VI bis plans for maxim money, u
bulldin' q home. " how be lsyed MARY
an sine him. / hardly heeri him
though the words come back 20 me-
later. l was kind u dHzed like l saw
a mMn onet whose fo0t WIS crushed
by q fall Of rock in mint lie didn't
seem 10 feel no pain right az first, an
maybe twas the same with me
IN wRs after aim had quit an gone
10 bed an / roanin' abroad through
the dark that l felt f. All night
tramped through the timber, thinkin'
an nKhtin' with the Wild beast Ia me,
! had loved her nrst. Thar was plenty
other women for him 10 be happy With.
What right had be with his good looks
an youth TO come between a. be-, my
paFdneF. 20 steal the n0wer haa
watched an tended
Il was crazy that night plumb era
~. Along toward day ! c1ne down the
mountain straight as q stream f0T the
cnbln an with nay mind made up, !
would kili him whaF he was. lie
should never have Mary As for me.
I Warn't thinkin' shout myself | went
I into the shack an found my hunIin'
knife. Jim WAS iyin' IN his bunk. the
( faint light from the window on hih
. face, en- be WAS smilin' Once ! tried
To send the knife down an' fRiiedt an
Z twice tried. but again the strength tn
I my arm seemed 10 give out stood
( thar iookin' down II him, an then
( aaRg the knife away an came oar here
4 an watched the dawn come Or over
( the mountains ga the mist roll Offer
I the lake an thought of all that Jim
4 had been 10 me an ~ Mary IL was
natural abe should love bltn an not tsle
Me! ! was right old enough 90 BE- her
Z father. let alone l,ein' nough an 10 "a
T vured. A. for Jim. bow was be &
know that car@i. or u be dtd know
be couldn't heip town whar mature
/ told him TO- Like 10 Ike Youth q
youth. who could help lovin' Jim OF
I MmFyY
II wFAstied u out here. with the SUI
cumin' up = glory over the mountains
E an at the last secn how foolish I had
been an knowed IL was Mary's happi
ness wanted an Jim's
1 They was married an lived here fol
awhile until Mary's little gal died. ana
T then abe couldn't sr~m % lear the
I place. an Jim TOOK her rast him an
me. for what had Was hisu ! set i
letter onct In awhile They're happy
an doin' we'll
parrwi pointed 20 vine covered
bowIdrr near by on which there WA
cut : rude cFcsa.
After little Mary dloi-no pretty. x
tiny brunE her hcrU in my arms an
laid her thar Mary cryin' beside me
an nou love 10 come herv an 81
aftsg the days work il DOE No.
couldn't SO east I couldn't leave her,
be- aaid simply
The blush had died from the sky
cold and white. The night had come
but II was a niEht radiant with tbs
light % myriada Of stars