Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-10-10
THE EORLONN MAID.

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srl,is lisa station OF the I4f itlon Un,lrr-
ground Railway. huge cavern OF yellow
brick, ditaly lighted from abose--t is a dark
land foggy day BY long roy Of corrugated
glass: whereonlih lihe dust and mud Of HE uls-
pcr world had thickly settled All alorgtbe
sides Of this cavern OF dilagy yellow are dingy
low sarched recesSes, and III each Of these is j
yellow bench. se 3' 80 I
On the platform opposite us. IN one oil
those recesses, is Il group that Is surely d
pleasant one tosee, There Is u prstty girl
always pretty sigIlt--and she Ii with her
lover. no doubt. The girl is standing, look
ing down with loving cyes-dark almond
shaped eyes-a,ld lie Is looking up with a
smile, aud has, no doubt, most pretty things
to say. He has paper in his hand, which lie
is tearing up into minute fra gmrnts. His
sweetheart hovcrs ovprlhi Il like Il bee. She
brushes against him as though it were de.
light TO feel the texture OF his coat. Now,
with a pretty gesture, she sinksinto the seat
beside him. Let US draw nigh, with tile pri-
stls C Va oeAiSteiS Auu AiasCu ~ lhiSAa pfs1 M
IA things. as1 f.5.t. ,,.8,t;s I'M
y'' You yillain,' says the girl. smiling the
while, such emile. wien you see IL close,
lyon villain, how dare you do such a wicked
thing p .a se34s.. j5ss 55
s. You have to learn thing ortwo yet, my
dear.' replies the man among others how
To take c:.re Of valuable, documents. You
didn't think ! should give you that back
again. did you p se No
Ernest, Thought you were a gentleman.
a man of honor fnal t4I
From that poilt3of view. Emmy, writ
ten promise would e supernnous; therefore
you will suffer 70 wrong by its destruction.
Rely upon, my honor then, by all means for
l can assure you you have nothing else 10 20
for" ~ its@i ts
wretch! Your honor! You havn't q
spark OF it, siS
t'And yet you appear desirous that should
marry you.J There's an apparent inconsist-
ency here" 3isgf 81
The girl made a swift movement. a. though
she would have a. tackled him witllhor hand.
He recolrd little. His hands were full oi
the fragments Of paper. One or two futtered
20 the ground. Swift as a hawk Emmy
picked them up. 5sa As l s.f yss5}st,5.
Ernest began to frown. After all. he had
not completely got rid of this embarrassing
document. He held the fragments in his hand
but they might be piceed again and rise up
III Judgment against him. How should he
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get rid Of the pieaos
He thought af throwing them over the line
of rails along which even now trail was
about 10 glide. Emmy followed the glance
of lis Eye. SHE would follow the flying lrag-
n,ents OF paper, too, he knew. There would
be smash. ;tdeatis, an inquest; tirgs would
leak out--scail,lal. What an unpleasant thing
4 desperate woman is! No; he would keep
the pieces till he had All opportunity ol
burning them, or throwing them away one
by one. In the Dleantiine tile train had come
up. ita}if4E
..kdieu. Emmy" cried he, jumping into a
car. E,nny followed, aud took a seat be-
tween him and the window. She watched
his every movement like a cat might .
mouse. The car was nearly iull. Ci.arly he
could do nothing here. f5.I; .fe
Ernest was on his way to visit his fancee
the Lady Curdelia Croucher, but il this Il
gress of a woman was going to follow him
evidently it would be better he should not &c
to see her. AS ie aighted at the station and
Emmy followed close to his elbow. he began
| to get disgusted. Tie sight OF the pretty
girl he once hid loved was repulsiye to him,
and vet he didn't know how TO get rid O
her. He made for the South Kensingtof
| Museum. Ii she followed him there, they
| would at least be unobserved, aud surely ai
Ter while she would tire OF this pefsecu
| ton. 45a fss5
| Ernest sat down in the picture gallery Q
| the museum. Emmy took her seat by MI
side, Neither had exchanged a word sine.
| they had left the station.
All Of sudden Ernest gave tremendous
start. Al party Of ladies were approaching
| an old lady i'll black, with double eye-glas'
and catalogue and young lady IN blue
gauzy, charming. The latter was the Lady
Cordelia. fya
Ernest saw the fair face Of the Lady Cor
della brighten as she caught sight Of her .ov'
er. but he dared not return the glance. NO
he pretended to be examining picture IL
the west gallery. With simulated enthusiasm
lie got up and ran towards i. Emmy Iol-
lowed, AS soon as they had turned the
corner. Ernest made dash tor The entrance
OF the museum. Al the door stood = police
man.
.Policemar.. cried Ernest.
..sir.,, answered the policeman, touching
his hat. l4.
.srbis Young woman persists in following
and annoying me.
..What do YOU do that for, miss = said the
no,iccman. severely, a little mollitied, too, at
the sight OF beauty.
HE has & 81. something Of mine that ne has
steIen from me.
..Why don't you give the Young lazy WnaI
vou have got Of hers 2
Il have got nothing Of hers. See mere =
my card"
The policeman took the card ana read
..Hon. Ernest Maltravers.'
uHaf I thought he was swell, the ofli-
c.r murmured To himself. Well, what do
vou want me TO do,sir r.
1T. take that person into custody for an
noying me-"
,.policemall.s cried Emmy. her voice u'l-
dn,atine with the excitement and passion.
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