Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-05-13

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thing. now at that His life is mar
vel to me, and Dora is never tired
of listening to him when he tells Of
his life He is a rich man now with
his word as good as his bond: my
girl is proud OF her father, as well
she may be.
"As to his brother. he has not for
gotten him, but he lost trace OF him
he leads a busy life with little time
for hunting anybody's brother. Long
ago, when he began to succeed, he
wrote to his brother offering to help
him along If he cared to join him. but
the letter was returned unopened. His
brother could neither read nor write
and had no correspondence, or else
was dead.
LAS to Dora, she has had all the
teachers and masters necessary to an
excellent education; she is an ex-
cuisite musician; her touch on the
piano is like magic, and her voice is
soft and sweet, but she does not sing
now Her singing used to be her
fathers delight"
A shadow fell over the face of the
nurse. ard she was silent for a mo-
ment, looking into the fire with far
away expression on her face.
The bedroom door opened noiseless-
lyl, and she turned calmly in answer
to DR.. Dunwiddie's summons, every
trace OF emotion gone. She left the
room for a few minutes, and when she
returned her voice and manner were
quiet, as usual.
Dora draws and paints very well"
she said, resuming her seat and her
story; "she teaches several children
from the mission school. None of her
time is idled; she has her fathers am
bilious spirit, and her life is full Of
work in spite of the fact that this dis
ease is slowly eating her life away.
Each one of the children loves her;
she sometimes tells me, laughing, that
she has so many blessings she cannot
count them To hear her talk one
would never imagine the nights have
held her up in my arms that she might
breathe while she coughed her beau
tiful life away"
Gus eye; for the time she forgot her
father, and the dread awaiting for the
men to come to prove the malice pre-
pense in the tanning of the mare. The
world of which the woman told was
outside of her world; it was the world
of her dreams.
Silence reigned in the room for a
few minutes; the nurse arose and
drew the little half curtains across
the windows. When all was arranged
for the night, even to preparing a bed
in the corner on the settee Mrs. Allen
and resumed her story.
Dolores face was troubled-her
thoughts had returned to her father, to
young Green and his efforts to save
her father somehow mixed with his
words lately uttered of love and its
sadness; and Of the trial that was to
come off as soon as her father was
able to go to prove She started
at sound of the rurse's voice and grew
white to the lips. This did not escape
the watchful eyes of the nurse. There
was little that did escape her watch
full eyss.
"Dora's father did not know whether
,r not his brother was living" she
vent on. THAT the letter had been
uncalled for, went to prove
hat he might be dead; but he knew
hat his brother had no friends out
tide of the settlement and was not in |
he habit of receiving letters. That |
lie could neither read nor write still |
eft ii possible that he was living. and |
When Dora made known her wish to |
.ome here. to see her fathers old |
ome, arrangements were made at |
nee We arrived in the town over
he mountain yesterday. They are
topping at Judge Green's for the
resent and Dora sent me here at |
nee when Mr.. Charlie wrote for help.
he said it was one of Gods provi-
ences: that he had arranged things
or us and were only to obey"
The interest died out Of Dolores
yes She krew nothing about God or
is providences; she had never heard
ither except as wandering
reacher stopped at the settlement on
is way through the moutains, and
as jeered at by the men and listened
, by only a handful of women.
The nurse leaned back so that her
ice was in shadow, but so that the
iris face was full in her sight.
Dora had been in the town but a
ay, yet she had found out great deal
rat she wished to know. Every one
i the town has heard of your father.
+ you no one knew much excepting
IT. Charlie. He told my girl over