Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-10-31
BozEMAN MoNTANA TERRITORY FRIDAY OCTOBER 81, 1s7s


2 the renotest idea bnt that sam /
essjesihg sweet Iel,ose upon ua,,nal
Best bed.
n few Whisl,elee1 words, and the
Y y as sofils ~ If shod with down, til.
If drew meas
q "A 4 ready n whispered.
y Quick as thought they seized upt
81 the form Of the sleeper, hedclotacs al
]. all, bore il swiftly down the stairs O.
. into Che snow, and were Just about
g deposit It in 4 huge drift, when
{ s hsln1ll scream brolse the Stiffness Of Il
I night, and oil! hoffrol-it vas that
t a woman! and III their consternatio
!, they dropped their burden plump mi
! the middle Of d drift.
3 '.Good heayen!' exclaimed GEORGE
: 1T isn't Sam, but some woman. and 4
, I'm sinner, she has tainted. Bun an,
call Hannah.n
/ With admirable presence of mind h
lifted the limp form of Eva Stanle,
: ana carried her into the house. Blu
her cry had already been heard. ant
the inmates came rushing nto I'll.
hall as he appeared.
| ''George! John! for goodness, SAX.
what does this mean, and who have
you there.' asked Mrs. Carpenter in ]
i breath.
Blessed il | know said George. i
! Thought 1t WAS Sam, so we concluded
TO give him a dose of snow for getting
INTO the best bed and trying to euchre
US. Here! Quick! / believe she has
| fainted.n
"Just like you," scolded Hannah as
she assisted in again depositing Eva
upon The bed from which she had been
so uncefemoniously shaken: beginning
your tricks upon each other before you
fairly get into the house. Clear out.
noW.n
Long before she had done with her.
tlrade her discounted brothers had
betaken themselves down stairs where
they almost went into Mysteries over
the joke.
"A pretty kettle of fish, said
George, rolling OH f,,e lioorand letting
off peal after peal Of lloistesous laugh
Il should rather think 1t was, Ic-
piled John, holding his sides. '.But
what the dickens is TO be done about
i'll, and who do you suppose she is,
Georgew
.sSome guest of Hannah's Of course,
and young and pretty at that. /
don't know how it is with you, but [
feel particularly small and extremely
cheap. L would sell myself at low
price,
.!Cheap," roared John, "cheap! |
would actually give myself away this
blessed minute, and throw something
to boot. What we are to do, / can't
say, but / believe | shall dig out of
this place and get back to the city be-
fore morning. | lain't got the courage
to face the music, SO I'll get up and
get
He began hastily putting on his
boots, and would have put his threat
into execution but for the appearance
Of Hannah, who at once asssrted her
authority. A
..You are not going single STEP"
said she, s.but / don't wonder that
you are ashamed Of yourselves. What
on earth possessed you is more than |
can tell.n
1sThat's right, Ham,, pitch in and
scold away. I'll take any amount just
now, for I am as meek as a lamb. But
who was it we played SO shabby a
trick onp replied George.
Trick! l should think twas. Why
it is Eva Stanley, just as nice a young
thing as ever lived. She is our school
teacher, and this is her week to board
here, and / knew you boys would be
squabbling over the best bed room as
usual, so I put her in there, not think
ing you would come home ina stealthy
manner
.Eva Stanley? Whew! A pretty
school teacherw and repeating his
sisters words, he gave a lugubrious
groan.
HAS she recovered ~ questioned
John, vainly endeayoring to restrain
his laughter at the wry faces his bro
ther was making. N
Eyes, I soon brought her too, but /
don't believe the poor girl will ever get
over her fright. She said that the first
thing that she knew was being lifted
up and carried out, and she was so
alarmed that she could not tutter
sound, but the moment the cold air
struck her she realized that she was
being abducted, or something Of the
kind, and had just time enough to ut
a scream when she tainted. It is too