Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-09-24

oozEMAN, MONTANA TERRITORY, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER "a

lTANA TERRIFIC
where he left Bin sweeping, and put Il
car to knot hole and listened. known
tne bachelor had way Of talking 1, him
sell when anything worried him.
'Confound that young bagrider = sal
Dill, what business has he there, I'd lik
% Know! Got . new buggy, has he
: Well, % have I, and new harness tn,
ana his horse can't get . sight of mine
ana declare I've half . mind to-yes.
VIII! Ill 60 this very night and ask he
70 90 to the show with me. I'll show Ed
\ Wilbur that amt such a calf as -
thinks I am. if l did let old Watson ee
Inc start Of me IN the first placev
Ed. could scarce helm lanob;no an.
i Ii.seAt. bat b hastily hitched the bse, a,
ois shoulders, and with low chuckle 4
ms success, started home to tell the new,
10 Nelly;~anL ct about s O'Clock tha,
|even'ng, they saw Bill 90 by with hi,
horse and buggy, on his way TO tho
WILLOWS, He logged along quietly, think.
ing OF the old singing school days-and
what pretty girl Susan was then. and
wondering inwardly If he would have
more courage now to talk up to her-un
", at q distance of about q mile from her
nouse' ne came to bridge, he gave a
tremen dous sneeze aud blew his teeth on,
OF his mouth, and clear over the dash.
board, and striking on the planks thev
rolled over the side of the bridge and
dropped into four feet of water.
/ Words can not DO justice to poor Bill
or paint the expression Of his face as he
sat there-completcly dumbfounoed at his
startling piece of ill-luck. After while
he stepped out of bis buggy, and getting
down on his hands and knees. looked
over into the water Yes, there they
were, at the bottom, with crowd of lit
tie fishes rubbing their noses against
them, and Rill wished to goodness that
his nose was as close for ore second. His
beautiful teeth that had cost him 80 muca.
and the show coming on, and 10 time tol
get another set-and the widow and young
Sockrider. Well, he must try and get
them somehow-and no time to be lost.
for some one might come along and ask
him what he was fooling around there
for. He had no notion of spelling his
clothes by wading into the water with
them on, and besides, if he did, he could
not 60 to the widows that night; so he
took look up and down the road to see
that no one was in sight, and then quick
ly undressed himself, laying bis clothes in
the buggy to keep them clean. Then he
ran around the bank and waded INTO the
almost ice-c0ld water, but his teeth did
not chatter in his head-he only wished
they could. Quietly he waded along, 40
a. not to star the mud up, and when he
got to the right spot. he dropped under
the water, and came out with his teeth in
his hand, and replaced them IN his mouth
But bark! what noise is that? A wagon,
and dog barking with all his might, and
his horse is starting. Whoa! whoa II
Stop, you brute, you, stopr But stop he
would not, but went off at q spanking
pace, with the unfortunate bachelor after
him. Bill was certainly in capital run.
ming costume, but, though he strained
every nerye. he could not touch the bug
" or reach the lines that were draggingll
On the ground.
After while his plug hat shook off the .
seat, and the hind wheel went over it,
making It fiat As pancake. Bill snatched
It as he ran, and after jamming his fist in
10 it. stuck it. all dusty and dimpled. on
his head. Aud now he saw the widows
house on the top of the hill; and what,
,h, what will he dor Then his coat fel
,ut, and he slipped It on, and then max
ng a desperate squirt he clutched the back
Il the seat and scrambled in, and pulling |
he buffalo robe ever his legs, stuffed the .
,ther things beneath. Now the horse
to be Que he got of Squire
Moore, and he got it from the widow.
Chc horse took it into his head to stop at q
,er gate, which Bill had no power to pre-
rent. % he was too busy buttoning his {
,oat, up to his chin, to think Of doing 8
much else. The widow heard the rattling {
# Wheels, and looked ou:. and seeing it
yas Smiley, and that he didn't offer tolv
ret out, she went to see what he wanted {
md there she stood chatting, with herla
White arms on the top of her gate, and
,er face toward him, while the chills ran
lown his shirtless back clear to his bare
eet beneath the buffalo robe. and the wa
er from his hair and dust from hisI7
,at combined to make such nice littlelt
treams of mud that came trickling down|f
lis face. q
She asked him to come in. No, he was :
q hurry, he said. Still he did not offer .
o 20. He did not like to ask her to pick j
10 his reius for him, because he had mol
Reuse to make for not doing 80 himself Ir
rhen he looked down the road behind '
Inn and saw . Whitehead horse coming. v
nd It once surmised II was that of Gus o
|ockrider! He resolved to do or die, and u
told his errand. The widow c
vould be delighted to 60, OF course she v
rould. But wouldn't he come In. No, v
q was In . hurry, he said; he had to goId
a tO Green's place. d
oh = said the widow, You are going Il
, { reen's. are your Why, am going Il
hero myself to get one of the girls to n
e;p me quilt tomorrow. just walt a
mute while get my bonnet and shawl, Il
nd I'll ride with you.' And away shell |.
kipped. a
Thunder and lightning!' cried BilE f
THAT 4 scrspel And be hastily clutched q,