The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-03-11
lK RS. MORTIMER hustled in
N and took hold in way to in
i" sure confidence. She had not

!. N sure confidence. She had NJ
n been there long before sh
, had both parents in bed.
: She kept giving the baby warm tie
! she had made with herbs, until tn
threatening jerks were over, the pee
wish whining ceased, and the chill
slept peacefully on Grandma's lap.
watched her, fascinated. There wa
never bit of faltering, no indecision
everything she did seemed exactly
what she ought to do.
How did you learn it all ?" | asked
her. "How can you know just what
to do and then have the courage to
do it? | should be afraid of doing
the wrong thing!"
why" she said, "that is easy.
Just do the very best you can and
trust God for the rest. After all, it is
God who saves the baby, not US and
not our efforts; but we can help. He
let's us do that. Lots of times the
good we do goes beyond any medi-
cine. Never be afraid to help your
best. have been doing that for 40
years and | am going to keep it up till
| die"
Then she told US story after story
told us how her different ambitions
had boosted" her along, had made
her swim when she just wanted to
float. 81 was married when | was 16,
and of course, my first ambition was
10 own home for Dave. My man
was poor. We both took
% work like duck to water. Some
years it looked as if we were going
% see every dream come true. Anoth-
n time and we would be poorer than
It first.
when little Dave was IL years old,
lie had learned to pillow. Every one
# us was working to our limit that
ear. | plowed and hoed, both, and
ig Dave really hardly took time to
leep. You see, his idea was that we
lust do better by our children than j
re had been done by, and Fanny. our
dest, waz ID. Zone of our
eighbors had beea sick lot that
ear and his crops were about ruined {
was layiag-by time and we had t
nished laying by our crops all butt
bout half a days blowing in the 6
'rn. That morning at breakfast, big !
ave said he would take the horses
I'd go over TO Henry Boles's and d
ow that day to help out-said he 5
uld finish ours any time, and it in
dn't matter much if 1t didn't get I
owed IL
Fanny and 1 went to- milk, and all lie,
e time | could hear HtsIe Dave beg b
ng his father to- let HIM finish the e.
owing. His father SAID he could ifl ii
said so. Ii
81 will never forget his eager littlsl m
ce as he began on me. He had a h;
APP of freckles; remember noticing gi
EN- that morning; he was barefoot al
, and | remember that one toe was d
lnned. Big Dave was lighting his l
pc, and till today | remember how it
looked as he held the match b, his T.
pc, drew a puff of smoke and said. it.
ny yes, mother So | said yes. and IA
tie Dave ran to open the gate for
J father. te
'As big Dave rode through the gate lit
r boy caught him by the leg ana W;
id, I just love you, daddy Big an
we bent down and kissed him. and NJ
id, You're a man, son. How proud W,
at made the little fellow! d,
Parents should praise their chill DO
en- more; the little things work hard ca
few words of praise, and many tn
them never get their pay. I
~ About 10 O'Clock, I took M
pail of fresh water down to the on
Id. | knew Davie would be thirsty GU
d | was uneasy about him. but he
IS all right. He pushed his ragged sa
hat back and wiped the sweat of
I'm his brow just as his father would ca
We done. ! petted him a little. but lee
was so mannish he didn't want me de-