The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-02-14

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Il an Thy ssessd vssmkrs.cA I've
~ partner Of thy ssvrsw 40 ~ ~
and dos 49, srs< - vtth he 5<b -
thy wife. He'd vsl NJ warning Oh
the words board In tn ticking - -
clock. In ths msurnins II tie vin& 49,
the ysIcs Of The bslis !" And u vas Ds.A
Anoshsz q, did be not ksov fhh o
lie stretched out kis trembling suna To-
wards tbs phznus. Of HE dsughtsi 1h1
shadow drew back from h., tssch-
Thy third r~sfnsmbrsRcsi Thy isa
warning. Obey thu words beard In tAs
uckins Of the clock. in the mourning ~
the wind. and In the voice Of the bslbi-
And the phantom grew misty an< indie
fincr bsfofs him as he bald cut kA haSAs
i~aplorirgly towards H.
MY child. thou wilt net lssvs me ysts
Only ~rsmsmbrancs Of my better NATURE
larry pet awhile"
"Remsnbsr !" Ths roies csms seeming
~ frsn the far-sI distance. The nyurs
was . mere airy wreath. "Rsmsabs +
The sound came bnseringIy towards hi1-
and darkness fell upon him and uDsa -
erslsss room shsrsln be sat.
There nsx a tsrribis bustla and run
nirr up and down stairs. and opening and
shutting Of doors. and shouts OF Eissfnl
childlsh laughter in the old house Of Mar
tin Grant the psvnbroksr. There was .
little witch skipping back ward and for
ward In srsry direction. Her nAssn bead
pssrsd in upon stout MnL Whirtls. who.
With her faes In a fall GLOW. supsrintsndsd
the bsstinT Of a huge turkey In ths hitch
en- Before the small sppsriuon could
be ehaIsnrso. h was OF in a ~fstnklinG
and had dashed peil-msll Into the bffS
pack room behind the warehouse. smbrso-
Cd Two old men. . liftis Eiri OF about h<s
own age. a lame boz and an old tcf witl
a xhxgxy coat and vss Tons sxain bsfsss
any Of them could recover from tAsis
surprss. Mrs. WThirfls's son jos was e.
bsrrssssd by Der ~sprinssng suddenly Int
his ssalwsrf srrnA Nz< insisting upon -
ing borne all the way Down tn kitoesz
stairs. And Nr W7hirtlsis poz Jss ear
Red her AZ IL she hs< bssn q feather. Ana
The ssL<A a. last becoming more ccuposs<
drew ~ 9 stool 10 tAs feet Of oD q IL
I'D nsn In the litais bach rosn. and hoAr
Ing 1reAiy up infs kis fao~ said:
-Gran'p<- you'n never turn NJ 90 -
the beu~ xSalnr
whsrsupsn thke cid man. Without giving
ths least indication 81 such bshzrlor. 30
gan 10 sob and 70 grasp The hand u tAs
other old man seated al his sids. and 10
shake IL ~srniy. and tAL nads the echs<
old msz b<sis TO sob and the little girl
seated 40 quietly at he ercsids sobbs<
even ths shaggy cd cog seemed 10 -
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rlrins way 10 HE fsslinu. ~hsa The doar
was thrown vide op<n. and Ars- Whlrtis
bore down upan them unosr 8 full pres
q canvas. and heavily laden with ths
turssy. hra whirsisis son Joe FOLLOWED
With a hass sirioin Of bet. Both bsias
relieved Of tbsir ksrdsHa. t~isADpss><
again, oniy 10 rsspp>~r vita an sn4isss
array 81 etAsr d~hsx. bearing In endless
variety 81 everything sstsbss under IL
sun- Last Of all came q Christmas plan
puddinE ~rivslinE the lsrrest-sisex sohssi
sllEx In lie gigantic circumstances
And perhaps th<y didn't sati Psrhsp
anybody vas ~forro;tsni Perhaps e~ss
The shsxry cid deg, who had bis meal srv>
&c up on the hssrshssons a. one and the
sane raonsnt With he rest Of the family.
didn't feel q somewhat uncomfortable $50
sstIon after dinnsx In fhs vicinity 81 hs
shxxxy wxlstcosf- AEd vhsn the e3otA
wac essarsS away. didn't the riss become
mere ovsrpoverinE than tsvsrf And didnr
grandfather Martin Grant make . speech
ana spssh In the most ssi>gtstie ssrns -
everything and svsrybedy In gsnsssl-
especially Mu- Whirtlsf A5d fnsliy
didn't grandfather JOAN crsss ris, and
viii a usszblinx voses ssd a tear In HE
ere relate how . certain pers~s had fel
LEVIED toe ether esrssis persona iaso .
His~rakls place. vkss< - he bare hss<
"a ed man sp< a lane bsy. tsxsthsr With
. shaxry 80. lay sa;sns~@ slzsssf ps<iAA-
inr q waxf. Ard ss~. wh>s she breaghf
tksx- every ere Of thsnz. hsck 10 k~r eva
kens With the iHssstsss II taking the.
xp V ksr s~n part II the house.. hou thsy
we're net hy asstAw psrssA WIZ. viii
t~~rs streaming Sovn Ais chssks vsst
down upon his Knees before then and ask-
ID them for forgiveness.
The dissppssrsncs 81 the witch Miriam
and Mira whirtie's 500 Joe rave rise to
sosns speeulatioE. Thsy speedily reap
p~sr~d. carrying something covered with
The cloth rss removed. and 1t stood ~
fr1lf4TA beautifully NtFArI HTktau IL
silks. and ~surssounted BY a hand
some Kilt frame: and as his eye read on.
Tor q moment blurred the sigh
Of old Martin Grant.
I" 'PExcr On EksrH. Coon WILL TOWARDS
MKNr
lfs~sam's sfersrg 70 Acr grandfather ~
me esr,verss~y Of h;s bs~fh. and %
the exc Of Ckrssr.ss Das.-
Not to make any further mystery Of Il.
this had been worked By Miriam Grants
own hnrers at school the framc had been
with her own little sasinr~
And "a the ~pswnbroksr lay his head upon
he pillow that night. he made a resolu-
ton from shenceforth to try his beat to
follow out those words which would be
rver present to him tn his dying day.
And they shaped themselves into the form
II holy prayer, and went up from his ,
heart in solemn accents: "Peso i.
IN earth. good viii towards mer - :
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