Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-03-12

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dcr dreams were net the soher. pr .ctical
dreams which nature At five-and-twcnty
should alone indulge IN; and as the days
rolled on she felt more conscmus that the
"Ycs" which was expected Of her would
|be easily uttered. ii.
She iriesl to be prudent and judge slaf
man carefully. The result was tllst she
declared him 10 be Ian angel" Al las,
Hct'y Armstrong fairly let 60 Of the rod
der Of ssIf will 70 which she had clung e
long. and silOwed hessc to drift dowa
the tide .f circumstapces which wers u
lead her into the arms Of Charles Roke
wsN'd. She felt that life would be happie
with such . bOsom 70 rrpose upon, and
begsn 10 wonder whether il really w,
necessary for . widow to he married in
|ptsrl color when white was 50 becoming
TO her complexion.
So matters st0od when Christmas drew
near. and with il Hetty Armstrong; regu
Iar Christmas Eve party. All K, or near
" al, would be there. even the Rev. Luth
Ter Paragon, who amisbly forgot 10 say
that he disapproveti Of dancing and char
AIDES when Mrs. Armstrong declared tina,
''she ad0red them" It was always the
merriest patty Of the season IT X, and
this time Mrs. Armstrong rcided thai she
would outdO bcree'f There was dasll
more of coquetry in her dress: dash oi
extravagance in the SUPPER . glitter ot
rare china and perfume Of rare flowere
in the parlors-just as they say wine warns
up the wits and fancy does love al times.
An things would Be brighter. fresher,
more sparkling just now thought. or ratia
|er vaguely felt, the woman who had jus,
begun to know her heart right and thought
she knew an0ther's.
She stu0d, in her rich dress Of lace aid
silk, flowers in her hair and on her bosom
before her gncsts arrived, in front of heI
crate fire in the parlor. when some one
touched her on the shoulder, and, turning,
she saw Charles Rkrwo.,d.
Her face was little paler. her eyes more
earnest in their look than usul. and sarl
|of hsppy terror hung upon her as she
guessed Why he hal come 80 early.
j knew I shOnLi lind you alone, ht
said, and l have sDmeihing to say to you;
something
There sh. stopped him. Don't say i,
now she pleaded. 4 have an evening be.
fore me which calls tor al: my ca:mness.
II It is anything agitating. l-I-l mus
Ia k you to wait After these guests oi
mine are gs'ne-or tomorrow. / will hea,
you; not now
Cl,arl-s Rokewooi ;sowed Your will
shalt be my law he said. and took hel
hand and kissed it. She let him do it.
blushing all the while, not caring now to
look at him.
All the evening, after the other guests
were there. her thoughts wandered back
Ito Inst moment. She knew what ht
would say. and she could answer only in
one way-only one-she liked him q
well. - = - -sss@aa g
And ! have felt % sure I could never
ike a,y one again. thought deity Arm
.trong. There 10 fac in it. II,
But she danced and sang and talked n
usual. and no one gtesseJ that Was whs'
|she was dreamlng-n0t even Mr. Iioke
wook, who, witt. . chosen friend. had
slipped away from the parlors, and wa'
smoking and 10 king in the drcssingsnnm
lie was little out Of s,rts. Hettj, con
-cious Of her duties as hostess. in.isted or
t'eing pub ic properly. ard could not b
|lurcd into tete-A-tete, and the wOmes
wbo we're ready 10 lDs talked Z, he did no
care shout Engaged men are generally
known by their ts'orish conduct 70 la.iie'
generally. R"kewood. although mot en-
gagc,. believed himself far enough upor
lhe r,nd 10 forget bis suavity, and fsl
TACK upon his cigars sand biz nafcu'ihl
friends whenever his lady love could n0
|be whispered 10 or gazrd vt.
Consequently da nsels who thought Mr.
lsokewM,d charming were wondering wba
had bccon,e Of him, wher Bkldy. th'
waitress. mystcriously bcckoneL her mis-
|tress isto The hall, AID. il N ;. ful whis
per. said more spoons were needed for th'
crane
OF course there must be- said Mrs
Armstrong. Where was my p"or hea'
10 ~ forget III I'll get poor Amt Ass
has sci from my up.sssirs china clHacs. =
Pl-ase wait on The stairs till / come u
you
And away ran Mrs. Armstrong to ths
s,cond h.wr, where she plunged ini0 I
long. ollfashlo oaed c'oses a'si broogh
forth Legacy Ot silver.wars left her by I
maid aunt. Counting the spoons over,
!. musmer 1T Voices from the next room
tell eiVo har eas. Al the same ttuss she
caught The perfums ofs q cigar. 6he kae~
shsa Charles Rokesood had the riches,
vvics and smoksd the best cigars Of any
man 10 bic set.
.You dcas old fellow she whispered q
herself, I have hseaasD cross to you 10.
aigbt that s0me day will bs kind 10 you
= I can to make up for It,
Then, with loving woman's wish II
80 the 1Acs thetis - Asar 70 hes. che step
ped iorwsrd and pesped thrt,ogh crack
10 the door Of tho china closet opening TO-
. the Iiab sewing Toein devoted Iris W..
ming fos he gsnlleman5 toilet. Every
word vas plainly eas1ibls wha ~ petty
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