Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-15

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] cunning. OFFS the word.
The men jumped to thrir {, ct. and lis
tened second. One Of them snatche,
J up the shawl which lay over the suppose,
log. the other crammed the fragments o
the feast into bis pocket and they wer,
gore. the gypsy's foot just grazing m,
head - ha Yeqtfy. heard the girls
voices drawing nearer, but the long ten
sion Of fear had left me so faint ant
i'owerless that could not stir. not even
when they came in sight and stooi close
beside me.
My, isn't It warm?' cried Esther.
Alice you look half baked. Sit. owr
and rest. Here is = convenient old lox.
She caught sight Of an empty bask e,
which the men had flung asi,ie, and stop
ped short. with her mouth open.
YES said Alice, inhucsntly, Il fancy
we are ell ready for luncheon. Blu.
where is the luncheon! Aud where is
D0lly?'
At this mo.f,cnt I saw Marian making
preparations to sit down on me. Self
preservation gave me strength TO stir, 10
rolf over, The bark and ferns flew in ali
directions. Marian shr,cked; bat h !
arranaemrnts for stating herse:f had
zone too far to bs affected by this pheno-
menon. She came down heavily, and
size and /. and the sha Wis and ferns.
fungi and moses became compile lied
into . confused and undstingu guishabi.
'eap.
This the girls considered the best Joke
possible. With shouts of laughter the,
'iisenta"gled and picked us up. But a:
the eight Of my face there were excl.m.
ltiOns:
Why, Queen Log. Whist Is the matter
Are you hurt? You are as pale As q
sheet. You look as if you had seen a
ghost, Don't stare SO. Dolly. Do speak
What is ii ?
l tried to speak, but instead, burst into
fit OF nervous crying. The girls, fright
|ened and pcrplexed, gathcr.d about me
In the midst Of their rapid questions an
aw" struck voice. was heard saying
Where are tn" spoonst nut them JUS,
Iere. am sure l did. And here arc tn
very rapkins they were in.'
oh, ] sobbeL, those men took them
away v
Men! What menP'
Then It came out, and the circle of pal
fac and wide-ope" eyes which attend ed
ny somewhat inc 'herent explanation
truck me as 60 funny that l went 10 III.
,ther extreme OF iee!ing, and before !
knew it, was laughing as hard rs l had
CRED.
And you lay still and never moved p
Sasped Rosa. How brave. neve
'.Ould have done that. 1 should h,y..
gwen one scream and then tainted away.
That would have been truly judicious.
remarked Esther, dryIy.' But the qur.-
ion now is, what shall We do?'
Dor walled Rosa. why, get out of
these dreadful woo.is a. last as we can. I.
e sure. Robbers and murderers! 1
ever heard anything 30 awful. VIII,
did we come? oh, how horrid it ~ not to
have any man 10 take care of you =
Tier alarm Infected the boldest OF as.
and regret to say our progrrs, home
ward psrt0Ok Of the nature of STAN peie
Mrs. Pendexter. who was ruling out tea
.'iecuit in the buttery, was taken abacs
~. our sudden appearance. 'Sakes alive
I want to know! THIS does bat ali
we're her remarks during our recital.
Such thing Wasn't never heard of !,
IL ecu try before. Eikincs! that's the
-quire. And the man with the seventeen
hundred dollars must be youn Mr.. Den.
nett, on the Brush hill road. IS y
ort of stranger, you know Mr.. Pen
dexter was saying that he'd sold out all
his hay at . good price to pay off his
mortgage
'Wh+re il Mr.. Pendextcr p asked Es-
ther, promptly. He must 60 over 10 aud
give this Nj. u nnett warning at oncr.'
It's. u. ts,' cluckrd Mrs. Pendcxter.
Hes of in the medder lo,, two miles
away, and sos all the rest. There ala.
; man about the place. Miss Esther
There never IT, put in Rosa, despair
'nSly. i never ssw anything like 1t
Oh. how horrld II must be IL the land of
lh~ Amazons! cant think Why joaquin
Miller should write . po. % about them.
How far is It to Mr., Dsnnett'si' said
Esther.
Its good three miles. but Q straight
Eoad al the wsy. Right through the
woods. You can I miss it,
Through the woods! We all shivered;
but Esther vent on bravely:
Very we'll. AmandA Can harness thr
I'D gray, can't shel Please tell her TO.
md III drive over to Mr.. Dennetts.
3iris, which of you will 60 with me.'
Nobody answered.
.Dollyr
Yes said, With sinking heart 'Irll
Eo.'
The girls wepe and walled, but ell In
vain.
Don't be silly. said Father. 'Of cours-
must 20.
..Well. do admire your courage "s-id
Yrs. Psndsxtss; and lhers's this about
!: there aint % real danger. They 'es
lwsys scared at daylight"-speakinG Of
he genus burvlos q Of q wolf, s,YOul