Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1884-06-05

pcctcd grass together III the most
friendly manrer. I excused myself
and walked buck to the ranch. San
Francisco Post.
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His Icey Bride
"Kiss inc again"
Sibyl Sartoris spoke those words in
u grave, calm manner, that hctokcncd
the serious import in which she held
them, and us Herbert Holdfast bcnt
tendcrly forward and pressed his lips
softly to hers she looked up to him in
the scy, cat-on-the- back-fcnce fashion
that had SO witclled him in the golden
hucd days Of courtship-those days
when all the world seemed filled with
sunshine, and every breeze spoke in
whispers Of his love for the beautiful
girl, and the cloudless skies seemed
only to reflect the deeper azure Of her
eyes.
There was no tint Of deception in
the pure nature Of this girl, and her
every act was the result Of reflection,
often profound. Brought up in Bos-
ton, she had always been accustomed
to put to its best use the power OF dis
cernmcnt which thoughtful. mind
gave her. Surrounded Us she was by
the mystic influences OF Emerson, the
Concord School Of Philosophy, and
several large warehouses where mack
rell were sold, it is small wonder tina.
VIXEN, standing on tie threshold Of
womunhood, she bchcld suitors for her
heart and hand approach; she had an
nly2cd with critical care the hope and
fears Of each had subjected the char
actcr of every wooor TO the rigid scru-
Tiny Of q mind that, seated cross-lcg-
gcd on the starry summit Of psyche
logical research, looked upon man rs
only viyiiicd protoplasm, and the deep
est emotions OF the heart as merely the
manifestations Of too active Il nerve
center.
Herbert knew this. Ee knew that
this girl the rounded curves Of whose
figure and the dcwy sweetness Of who's
lips would have I'M anchorite leave his
job without a pany and naught OF
passion in her nature. And SO when
he had complied oh. SO gladly, with
her request, there stake from out the
banquet hall of his imagination, whore
they had so long been unwclcomc
guests, the shcetcd CHESTS Of Doubt
and Apprehension. He knew now
that Sibyl loved him with II love that
would never falter OF fail IA love. that,
securely built upon foundation OF
respect and admiration, was now
crowned with the large, roony, man
sard roof of dcathless, never changing
passion. Her word, prove d it. Nov
or before had she so much as hintcd
at Il kiss, and when he had sought to
take one she had submitted to his car
csses more as q dutiful wife than an
ardent lover. But now all was chang
cd, and it was she who sought the
bliss that large, well-regulated, three
story basement kiss alone can give
The thought was estacy.
"You love me better to-d...y, sibyr
he said, 'than you dir. yesterday. I.
it not so, darlip.p
No." lie answers, standing thcr,
MS Calm and pulseless us u clam a
high tide.
"Then why he says, "did you ask
me to kiss YOU"
"Because," Sibyl replies, II desired
to ascertain wcthor or not you had
been drinking Medford Chic
ago Tribnnc.
The hester in Texas is thy cattle
kings neighbor, but between them is
wide gap in rank. A man may OWL
section Of land and have so, 100 ol
200 cattle, but he is only Il hester His
COO acres may be worth $3, S. or SIC
an acre, and with his stock, his pos
session may foot up. from $4,000 to
5000, but he nevertheless is a nes-
ter. His land is 'a farm" and his
stock III bunch When he counts
his pasture, owned OF leased, by the
section, instead of by the acre, then
he has got "a range and when his
stock il turned on by the thousands