Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-01-16


certainly looked in very roguisl
manner UP into his companions fac>
az he spoke:
"Well, Jim, what has led you to 70
gard yourself in 90 truthful q ightf.'.
"En0ugh I should think. You know
that young lady with whom l have
been corresponding so brisklyi well
she has beguiled me into making a
conSrmmate ass Of myself. After pro
posing to marry her, and being 90.
cepted, could not be- content, bur
must write to her to expect avisit from
me on Friday afternoon. Of course,
after my arlor began to cool, I saw
THAT I had been doing; had offered to
marry woman I had never seen or
heard of, except through her own let
ters, and moro than all, had been &C.
ceptcd. How do know but she's some
superannuated old maid, with red hair,
8 gl6sd eye, and all the other falsities
that 90 with such husband hunting
old hags, tall, slim and lank as q broom
stick; I've no doubt. Fred, if you can
get me out of this deuced scrape, III
make you heir to all my property, both
real and personal, when I shuttle of
this mortal COIL which I am sule won't
be long, if I don't escape this woman's
clutches" ......
Fred raised his boots about two feet
higher than his head, and proceeded
to think. After about five minutes Of
vigorous thought, he brought them
down with q decided emphasis, and
exclaimed:
s'By Jove! I have it! You must dis
guise yourself-you must change the
irresistible James Cameron into q mid
dle-aged man, with lame leg, hump
ed d-backed, and deathly cough. AL
this can be done by this means of q
gray wig, false beard, spectacles, cane,
etc. You must cough consumptively,
talk pathetically Of your three dead
wives, weep profusely, refer to your
ten helpless children, and most im-
portuut of an, ra1K OF your poverty,
and before the interview is ended,
fot q 70 leavc the house, If you are not
remarkably active. I bet you my new
hat that you won't be troubled with
any more attentions from this woman,
be she handsome as Venus, or homely
as q porcupine. By the. way, where
does Miss Somers resider
"Bloomingdale Is her P. O. address.
Fred, you are trump"
Here James was interrupted with:
"Capitalw received an invitation
from that aunt Of mine, who considers
me such q prodigy, to attend party
at her new country residence q few
miles from Bloomingdale, early next
week. I will take you downa friend,
any friend of mine is perfectly welcome
at aunt Griswold's. You can visit Miss
Somers according to agreement, get
rid of her, come back and: attend the
party, and fall in love with some half
q Gozen of the Bloomingdale bellies.
You win thank your stars come day
that this happened, if you should hap
pen to win q wife at the party"
James waited to hear no more, but
rushed frantically off in pursuit Of wig,
snuff box, etc.
On Friday afternoon OF this same
week, middle-aged man, apparently
fifty years of age, dressed in seedy
black, wearing large woolen conf
forter wrapped carefully around his
neck; with q slight limp, might have
been seen vending his way up Mr..
Somers' lawn. coughing cousumptively
as he approached the door.
In answer to his ring, he was shown
into the parlor, and told to await Miss
Somers' coming.
Kate, who had been laughing herself
into convulsions as Millie sent her to |
survey herself in tho mirror at every
new addition to her toilet, exclaimed,
IS the servant announced his arrival: |
20, Maggie, how does he lookr
"Sure ma'am, he's sickly looking |
man, every bit a. old as Mr.. Somers,"
was the reply Of the grinning domestic.
ssNow, Millie, some fun, / tell you,
am dangerous. You slip down into
the closet and secrete, yourself and
then Kate wended her way down stairs |
as rapidly as her ample proportions
would allow. ,,.,
Imagine James Cameron'e feelings |
Is the door opened and . woman
apparently two hundred
attired in deep orange, with
bright red hair; wearing . glass over
one eve, which she Afterwards inform.
I'd him was to cover an empty socket,
and q freckled face, approached him. |
She carried . smelling bottle In one
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