Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-09-11

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Commend rs to the boys of the Yellow
lowstone tor not being fain,-hearted when i
comes to expressing the sentiments of thei
hearts to the ones they adore. We give
case in point.
One of Gallatin's fair daughters while re
turning from Wonderland stopped with he,
companions at Yellowstone Ranch. They
had been there scarcely All hour when one Of
tho proprietors gained the ear of our heroine
and informed her that nard by was one of the
finest. largest, best and most skukum rasber-
~ patches he ever saw or heard tell of. why
they could just scoop them up" &c. lie
urged upon her the necessity OF the berries
being plucked Immediately, as they were
dead ripe, millions of them. She was de.
lighted at the prospect of going for the Der
ries, but when she ascertained that our hero
was bent upon acting as guide, then her ar
dor became dampened. However, they
started.
We bid adieu to any further description Of
OF this novel love scene, as now follows the
conversation in which mountainecr wooed
a former city belle. whom two hours before
he had never seen, showing the absurdty of
the old faint heart'' aud flair LADY, bust
ness:
Say, do you see them feaces?'
"Oh. yes! They are nice fenccs.''
swell, them fences is ourn."
"Whose?''
My Pard's and minc-half is mine and
half is his'n. and those fields is ourn too, and
the houses and stock and chickens and mort
ga e, and all on tho ranch is ourn-half is
mine and halt is his'n.''
"Ah. iDdced!''
"Ies--and you don't know how much we
got in the Bank besides, and if was to get
wife you bet l would get more than halt.
And suppose you don't know that I'm the
best hunter and guide in the Rocky Noun
tains? Wei, I am, and what is mere, have
enough of quartz to buy out all the post
Offices in Montana and pay for running them
besides. Why ] have a fortune Just in one
mine alone. The boys tell me its Brass
mine. but if it amt Brass its gold, sure, and
ii it amt that, its good quartz cnyhov, and
don't-don't you think ought to get mar
ricd?''
Most assurcdly do. \ young man pos
sessing your wealth and good looks should
not hesitate moment about entering into
am surprised to think You are
still single. Are your
swell. yes, suppose so. But say. do you
see them eranaries? Well, just have enough
grain over xonder to last two years, and so
you sec. ! can stand off the grasshoppers one
year anyhow. And you needn't be afraid of
lniubs up here; they don't come this higl,
np-and say, don't you want to marry me ?
There now.''
Oh, sir, why-why this is so unexpected,
Tou know, and besides IL should deem it.
ny duty, while thanking you for honoring
ne with your hand, to inform you that am
to be married to a gentleman in the
States. regret that your affections arc not !
upon some young lady who is
lcart free. Please DO not refer to this subject |
lqain.''
''Wcll, wouldn't have done so now. ONLY
heard as how yOn didn't talk pretty to a |
ice got up BoZeman chap and then told him
'ou didn't want to marry him nOhow, and
opposed after that stood good show of
atcbing you myself. And-and (raising his
olct) there's the rasberry patch over there.
nd come to think Of it, don't think they
! e rs id thick now AS they use t, he,