The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-09-16

tlOn. trAC0S was COnQue0tIy looked TOT.
Nothing, however, occurred. Colonel
Starbottle made his appearance next day
npOn the streets with sOmewh of his usual
pomposity. little restrained by the pres.
cnce of his nephew, who accompanied him,
and who, rs = universal favorite, also exer,
ciscd some restraint upon the curious and
impertincnt. But Culpcpper's face wore a
look of anxiety quite at variance with his
usual grave repose. 1.-THE Don don't seem
to take the old mans set back kindly" oh
served the sympathizing blacksmith ''Prnps
he was swcc! on Dolores himself" suyges.
ted the skcp,ical cxpressman.
1t was bright morning, u week after this
occurrence. that Miss 10 FUlinsbec stepped
from her garden into the road. This time
the latch did not click as she cautiously
closed the gate behind her. After moments
irrcssolution, which would have been swk-
ward but that it was charmingly employed,
after the manner of her sex, in adjusting a
bow under dimpled but rather prominent
chin, aud Of pulling down the fingers Of u
settlement. Small wonder that q passing
tcanslcr drove his six mules into the way.
side ditch and imperillcd his load, to keen
the dust from her spOtlcss garments; small
wonder that the ''lightning express" with.
held It's speed and flash to let her pass, and
that the cxprcssman, who had never been
known 10 exchange more than rapid mono.
syllablcs with his fellow man. gazed after
her with breathless admiration. For che
was certainly attractive. In country
where the Ornamental sex followed the ex
ample Of youthful Nature. and were prone
to ovcrdress and glaring efllorescencc, Miss
JOS simple and tasteful raimcnt added much
10 tho physical charm Of il. il it did not &C.
tual'y suggest sentiment to. her presence.
1t is said that Euchrcdcck Billy, working
in the gulch at the crossing. never saw Miss
FOlnsbee pass but that he always remarked
apologeticaliy to his partner that he ''be.
licvcd that he must write letter home. "
Even Bill Masters. who saw her in Paris
presented 10 the favorable criticism of that
most fastidi"us man. the late Emperor, said
that she was stunning, but u big discount on
what she was Mt Madrono Hollow.
1t was still early morning, but the sun,
with California extravaganza, had already
began to beat molly on the little chip hat
and blue ribbons, and Miss 10 was obliged
to seek the shade Of by path, Here she
received the timil advances Of vasabond
yellow dog graciously, until, emboldened by
his success. he insisted upon accompanying
her, and, becoming slobberingly dcMonstr.,.
tive, threatened her spotleas skirt with his
dusty paws, when she drove him from her
with some slight acerbity, and u stone,
which haply fell within fifteen feet of its
destined mark. Having thus proved her
ability 10 defend herself, with character
lstic inconsistency she took small panic,
and holding the brim of her hat with the
other, she ran swiftly ut least one hundred
yards before she stopped. Then she began
picking some ferns and few wild flowers
still spared TO the wlthered fields, and then q
sudden dislrust of her small ankles seized
her, and she inspected them narrowly fol
those burrs, and bugs, and snakes which art
supposed u lie in wait for helpless woman
hood. Then she plucked some golden heads
Of wild oats, aud with sudden inspiration
placed them in her black hair, and then
came quite uncOnsciously upon the trail
leading to Msdrono Hollow.
Here she hesitated. Before her ran the
little trail, vanishing at last into the bosky
depths below. The sun was very hot. She
must be very far from home. Why should
she not rest awhile under the shade of INA
dronO2
She answered these questions by going
there at once. After thoroughly exploring
the grove. and satisfying herself that it con
tanned no other human creature, she sal
down under one of the largest trees, with u
satisfactory little sigh. Miss 10 loved tho
madrono. 1t was = cleanly tree no dust
ever lay upon its vanished leaves; its i'm
grub or insect.
She looked UP at the rosy arms intcrlock.
ed and archcd above her head She looked
down At the delicate ferns and cryptograms
Ut her feet. Something glittered at the roo,
of the tree. She picked it up. It was q
bracelet She examined it carefully fol
cipher or inscription; there was none. She
could not resist natural desire to clasp il
Oh her arm, and to survey it from that al
vantagcous view point. This absorbed hei
attention for some moments. and when she
looked up again she behcld ut distance
Culpepper SIarbOttle.
He was standing where he had halted, with
instructive delicacy, on first discovering her
Indeed, he had even deliberatcd whet her he
ought not to 20 away without disturbing
her. But some fascination held him to tho
spot. Wonderful power Of humanity FaI
beyond juttcd HI Outlyin1 spur of the Sierra
vast, compact, and silent. Scarcely hund.
red yards away n league long chasm dropped
its sheer walls Of granite thousand feet.
On every side rose up the scrried ranks oil
pine trees, in whose close set files centuries
OF storm and change had wrought no breach
Yet all this seemed to Culpepper to have
beed planned by IN all.wise Providence q
tho natural background to the figure Of ,
pretty girl In yellow dress.
Although Miss 10 had confidently expect.
cd to meet Culpepper somewhere in hel
ramble, now that he came upon her sudden
y she felt disappointed and embarrassed.
Ills manner, too, was more than usually
grave and serious, and more than ever seem
ed to jar upon that audacious levity which
was this giddy girls power and security In
. society where all feeling was dangerous
As he approached her she rose to her feet.
but almost before she knew it he had taken
her hand and drawn her to seat beside him
This was not what Miss 10 had expected ;
but nothing IL - difficult to predicate rs the
exact preliminaries Of declaration of love.
What did Culpcppcr sayi Nothing. I tear,
that will add anything to the wisdom OF the
reader; nothing, | fear, that Miss 10 had
not heard substantially from other lips be
fore. But there was certain conviction,
tire.speed. and fury in the manner that wa
deliciously novel 10 the young lady. It was
certainly something to I've couried in the
nineteenth century with oil the passion and
extravaganza of the sixteenth; Il was some.
thing u hear, amid the slang Of frontier
society, the language Of knight errantry
poured into her ear by this lantern .lswed,
dark proved descendant Of the Cavaliers
do not know that there was anything
more in 1t. The facts. however, 60 10 show
that 1t certain point Miss 10 dropped he,
glove, and that in recovering it CulpcppeI
possessed himself first of her hand and Their