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

.len. the best se1 vnnts and the largest ONnk
account in X. lHlOnged TO Mrs. Blehiial,e
Armstrong. widow. Ss'me p ople also d..
clared tina, she was the p,cttiest womsn in
x but these We're not the other wom, n
They sad thai she had red hair and wal
too fat, and what the gentlemen saw t.
admire in her they could moi guess. etc.
etc but, ssy it - often - they might
very man in ,he place was Hetty Arm
lstrong's Devoted servant, friend, and, !
dozen Of them, her lovers. also A bright
dashing, warm-hearted woman she Was
as merry n though she had rever know
y care. Not that she had forgotten tht
love of hor youih--the gallant. biackeyed
capfsin whose ship had gone down in
mid-ocean five years btfore, and whose
pictured face lay near her heart night and
day. sleeping and waking; but she was
too full Of life and hope to live entirely in
in the past. and lov.d neither hours oi
melancholy nor what women ell ~ good
cry" To- forget Ill sorrow If she coull,
and be as happy Is she might. were the
two grand rules Of her life. and therefore
people who did not know Hetty Arm
strong thought her heartIess, aad made !
great mistake.
They called her frt, and that Was moi
true, either. She only fiirted with ,hos.
who began the game first. and that wo
man has : right to 1o. At X-,in .
gentleman called twice upon lady, hi,
alienth ns were said 10 be Every psr,icu-
lar" il he ''saw har home from mret,ng.
rum = declsre that they were engaged; :
and II be spent On evening with her. they
were TO be married rext week" for Ger
..inty; but Ictty Armstrong was some
how not included in the general rule. She
hsd deierm,ned 70 d. Is she choss. She
went everywhere with every unmarried
GENTLEMAN Of her s.t. She was friendly
' hen she oh ne to b.. and tlirted when
she liked. Alter setting & ,s-,p nj NJ \
dozen times sils gained her point, snd pro
pc len her alone 1t vas Hctiy Arm.
strong's wsy, aud no. Indication Of ma,ri.
u onial intentions. Eur years gea'lsmen
hsuntd her psrlar., esc,fted her h,ti,cr
and ihi,her, sung with her. danced wHh
with her, coD6ded in her. aud ad0sed her,
and village g',ssip lad not married her,
until suddenly stranger made h's dcbu,
O x. and set the tOngues a-gsinE beyond
even Hstty ArmsasoaG's powsg II si:snc.
Ing. M = - - = NJ
II was tall, hs was handsome, he was
comparatively young. He had just ,hs'
touch Of the exquisite about HIM which j.
% charming when - mans man for =
that;' alliIess 10 toilet. faaltless in man
ner. educated, accomplished altogether.
hs openly dung himself q Hetty Arm
strosg's fsss aud declared himself hss
OF course We DO mot mean 70
~ that ho ruined the knees Of hls fsuls-
less habliments By going down upon them.
or IN any other WY conducted himsslf =.
did lhs knights of Old when heartsmitten,
hut. sftar lhs maspsr II ehs ninsfsestb
century. be declared bis intsntions Quilx.
y openly.
Hs s46s = ~ 4 tAslady - lssss
ID hsr rar1On iiks ! weh-dfssssd gakxt =
He wrols possgy fos the Lami.srY. 3D.
1ressed . 81. 4. ard signsd 9. B. He
bsesshsd deep sigAs snd rave soft glsness.
md I'D tAiegs 49, qieAl Aavs 4oso,e)
neasinea Ard lhis = ~ fos ! wssk 81
] uoaih. bst 6ne : year. y ~ I'D 81
which sims Hessy Arnssrosg begaa ~
sndsrsassd thas ~ was expecasd ~
pvesybody %, seesps Chariee Rokswsod
shsa - oGosi ~ ~ heasg AaA hand.
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- 1elieaas saasptssss - ~ vl1s111|
pasp of - e1nlb< NNe - Ql
Ihsis 49, 49, Hslsy Al a.
L ksgaa - - sseaeleeoo x ease1lA
Nd Asitensss 4 his psaaeoe& -
;heeks 0vehsd = ~ ~ = elE1oo1-'