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

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d horsc- bssng her down at ooce 70 tn
frame Of mind mean TO keep hsf u; pur
posely thwart her for while contradic
her; object to her style Of dress; make hel
alter her way of dong her hair; refuse t.
dance attsndsnce at church; make he,
send regrets 70 party invitations when sh,
wants 10 accept them; show her At ono,
what she may expect. After . while
might yield Iisile mors but beosuses
want 70, ron sndeFsiand- mot to pleasl
|herv
'Y-e.c-s,' said the friend, dopbtfnlly;
but you can't think how bard you'd And
il; and if you stay out late they mske sucf
. row. sit up for you IN nigh. cap and
cry when you come in
I'D manage ahat.' said Rokewood, b,
staying out every night until daylight
The rule I would put in PRACTICE woult
be- never let . woman have her owr
way Aes
The spoons tiuklel little more. and
Mrs. Armstrong's face was terribly flush
ed, but she listened still.
OF course you yielded . great deal L
he woman you ore in love with, said Mr.
R,kewood. evidently brushing the ashe,
from his cigar; but THAT'S because Of the
romance and all that sort of nonsense
which dies out with the honeymoon. YOU
can find women enough to write poetry to
and to talk sentiment with married ol
single. As for your wife. Shes the woman
that keeps house for you, and the sooner
you nuke her aware of the fact the better.
When | marry, Jones, my dear fellow. i,
will be with 90 idiotio idea of perpctua
cDurtship in my mind. TIL begin q intend
to SO on, and be master, depend upon it.
But not my MASTER whispered pretty
Mrs. Armstrong, mot mine.
Mistress Armstnng, them spoons,
whispered Bidjy At the stairs just then.
Hetty Armstrong gathered up theepoons
which had clipped down into her lap. ~
She looked at them . she did 90. they
were solid snd elegant. as was oil her sil
ver Her eyes glanced a.0ut the room
which wealth and taste had made the per
fection Of elegance and comfnrt. H-l
room: She heard downstairs the merry
chat Of her guests, the sound Of muslc and
.lancing She remembered that in the
kitchen her servants were making ready 8
supper fiji for = king. She turned to tho
mirror; handsome woman, eiill young
and elegantly dressed, looked proudly
back. An hour before. ali this, the W.
Charles Rokew.Od had he been beggar
just . twinge If pain went through hel
heart. One tear stole down her gk,winy
che, X. Then she gave . little biltcl
laugh.
i alone an queen of mel! she mis-
quoted. and ran out to give the spoons I.
i3iddy.
1t was hard to find them,' she said, 'bn
there they are at last'
And sh0 laughed 4 little louder thar
usual. and not qnite naturally.
i was the Merriest Christmas party o.
them sll. said every one of her guests, ANT
Hetty Armstrong seemed the merr,er
there. But no one saw hel when the d0D
was closed upon them and che was alon'
in her chamber. No matter how brief ;
lpvc-dle IN has lseen. the ewakenlng &
hard. especially if il il sudden.
Hetty Armstrong refused Charles Rpke
wood the next day. and pcople who guess
I'd 1t blamed her bitterly. Al for Charlie
himstlf he was amazed and injured. AMI
deeply grieved, for he never guessed tha
his lecture on married life had . secont
auditor nor that Hetty, would have ssit
|.Y.s' instead of No but for th. CRACK i,
door of the china closet.
+ A New ORLEANs correspondent de
lscribes aviait 10 old Francois LacrOix, th,
millionaire pauper, whose persistent n
fusal to pay the taxes Imposed upon BIZ
immense estsixs. has made him On ohjec
Of pity. Living In one of th.ss quais
nooks for which the French quarter o
New Orleans 10 celebrsted, he is possessed
Iof properly valued u over million dol
lara. Hs Is sn old qnalrOon. with sharI
voice and black, giisteaing eye. lie va
clothed In suit Of dirty -oDtt0n cloth
the only dress IN which he ever appears
In the room with him wss his mother,
woman said to BE ITO years old. Besid'
the fire atoo: ~ ol.Lfa<hionsd desk, will
pigeon holes fille.i with musty papers. Al
iron safe and few rsckeiyi chairs com
Ipletcd the fsrni,ure. Forty years ago b,
Ms the fashionshle tsikF at New Orleans
snd msds money with surprising npidi,y
The French dandiss Ut the CITY neys
thought of showing themselves on ID,
streets unless their lean legs wers sincs ed
In pair 0f Larroix's trousera By thcil
patronage ~ bc0sns weallhv. and invest
ing bis money Ia seslsssais, which doubled
IN yalue, be was som millionaire. ON
|peculiarity of the old man was hts sverplor
% paying tsacs, aud four years ago h,s
l,ill fnr unpaid i.1cs snounted 70 upwaid
nf 81, ,oW. Having anally besn purssaIed
70 pay portion Of them sslher than allow
tho property 70 b. y siptrnsisd ~. .Oo(
% bis son FOX The parpose TIE youas
man took the money Sad entessd : ga1l-
'bltss hsNpes iost eyssy psany d - =
croix Cared bis 30 end drove HIN from
t,se hsn..n~ 0shasS HA - s.s.s =. 61neA -