Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-02-01

hIS iit' AZ uIsu NIlStit. anu Win
energy struck bis SPADE unce more into the
celery bet
Its northern extremity ended at the he.lge
before mrntiunr,.; - southern one was IN
harill vicinity toa Eilsi' 'pippintrrn. tine
bIanrl. how bowed Ia earth, s,cnrni ready o.
dh charge IT. precious burden into the very
ir,n h. Is Jus lh stopped 10 insert the last
ian, with uis Il bJir. an apple ol mors than
or,lnary H. auty bol,.eI against his knuckes
"iies akins >,n,ff. J"a." Whispered the Sane
snal, ,",r: the tail had twisted its.lf INTO
It's old iU-iIoa. "lie's sneezin..-uow. Joe
-ilnW =, Ard, 80, III yitat"i hnrticiiliurst
c,aH tr,r v,r iron his surIri a. and alarm,
the fruit was severed. aad-in his hand.
"ii., he. he sh ~ laughed. ar seemed
a. nus,, that accused little pgtaiL
wasi.fnri started AZ VI &C to the rarlmnlicu-
lar. W.ih IN enfreiri,i grasp he tore the
jasey fran his hra l. az with that in one
hand anl his ill-ariuirrl spoil in the other,
he rushed distractL.y from the garden.
All that night was the humble couch Of the
once-happy gardener haunted with the most
fearful visions. He Was stealing applcs-he
was rul,bing heil-Iposis-he MAS altering the
chalks upon the milk -sor-he had purlonei
three cl,emis.s from "a helye-anl he invoke
in the very act uf cutting the throat of one Of
squire Hodge, sheep. A c!ammy dew stood
upon his temples-tle cold Ierspiration burst
from every pore-he s?rang Ia terror from
the led
"Why, Joe, what all, thee, man" cried the
usually injurious Mrs Washford; "what be
the matter with thee, Thee hasdone nothing
but grint and growl all { night long, and
now thee dost star, as il thee saw summit.
What bees II. joe
A long-lrawn Ugh WAS her husbands only
answer; his eye fell upon the bed "How e
devil came that here" quoth Joseph, with
sudden recoil: who put that thing on my
pillow"
why, | did Joseph Tn ould nishtcap is
in the wash. AM thee iidst toss aud tumble
50, and kick the clothes of, | thought thee
mightest catch cold. 50 capt L wig atop o
thee head.
And there I, lay-the little sinister-looking
tail impudei.,ly Irr.el up, like an internal
gnoinon on a satanic dial plate.
When Jp,..ldh Washford once more re-
paired 10 the s,pn. al his daily labors, SORT
If unpleasant CONSCIOUSNESS flushed his co,ln-
tenaltcr, aus gave him az uneasy feeling rs
be- ol,-uel tie garden gate; for Joe, gener.
ally speaking. was hune.t a, the skin be.
tween hrs iruws; hi, hant falt,p-l as /:
pressed 10" latch. ~, 10. pooh! twas bu.
ana r". after all - said Joseph. "ilad i:
hsen an az. Il" pie. inl ed
IAN arp.e pie" toe thought was danger.
on uur-gpp dangerous tD dwell vn Bu'
Jo~I'i, l".iter genig, was r.iis time loId o.
tie us,'nDlaGi, lac dismissed 1t. aui passed.
GA.
tn arriving al ls g tia-er. m air II iIsil"
anu "u.h'!un pr'Naisl within. much al
NHrh 40 AIih III" I"InriIii serenity us,laily
Uil-'H aide ~ ~ rcunpnv. Mr.. Na,LfDri
was % ti-h 'gng'"di: i'r h"ris claitrri IN
TIA ~ t.."i iiru, ami ,,lr ahISkci about the
b. H. Ike n p1rchtd pa upun drumheai;
her Noicc, general, small and low. wa,
pitched at least AN "ciayc aiove It's ordinary
l"yrl: SIZE was talking fat unl furious.
Som'fh iig bad eyi,iout.y gnnr WRONG. The
mystery was snon explained. The "cuss.,l
oil twnad OF - cit" lad got into the dairy,
aud licked of III" cream from the only Ian
their single cow LnI ti.iri that morning!
Aud there III" now ay curing n in ,corn.
lib, Heretofore tue ms J. Il If mniI.'is the
hun, st'st. ia" lras' ".r4dlir' uf The feline
iuct-a cat tLGt on would nave sworn might
have leon trusted vuh untold h.h--y,s-
thcr" Was m denying it-If''ol, we've too
strong against her--y,i idrrr she hay, hard
en'd IA her nignity. rooily licAIng her
"h,,s"l-. AMI repJ,ins Ta,ctly upun-whati
Jerry Jarfi.' Old wiz
The pulrnpe pf Stilr must have yirl!cl;
1t hat 'nn tnp mucL Tor the temperament al
toe Mah pf w. Joseph Wa,hfod lifted hs
hhnd-ihi' hanl which hat never yot been
iai,"I "n Tibby save a. .pnlle and cnr~s--t
now d''-oIrd, on her devoted head in one
Tremendous "iowse.' Sever was cat so as.
tppi,i'ci, 80 enragcd: all the tiger portion oi
her h'ldr" lose ia her sou. Instead Of gal
looping III, Kissing and scattering, with
arclel back and tail crqie IA any ordinary
Grinalsn wo,li unlsst.ohab,y have done
under tins circumstance. sEs paused a mo
meni, drew back on h,r launches; all her
energies He'mei concentrated for one pruli-
gious spring; demona a. lire CLEANED in her
green aud yellow eyebilIs. n, bounding ul-
ward, shg fixed her ialons firmly in ,nch Of
her ASSISTANTS c,icrks-uiany AN many a day
after were sadly visible the mark, of tuosa
envenomei claws-theD. dashng over his
shoulder with an unrarthly NEW, she leaJed
through the open easement, AMI was seen no
more.
"Ihe devils Ia the cat!' was the apostrophe
Of Mrs. Margaret Wasiford. Her husband
said nothing, imt thrust the old wig into his
pocket, and went 10 bathe his scratches at
the pump.
Day after day, night after night twas all
the same, Joe Washiorls life became bur.
den 10 him; his natural upright AMI honest
mind struggled hard against the frailty Of
human nature. He was ever restless and
uneasy; his frank, open, manly look, that
blenched not from the gaze OF the spectator
was NJ more: n sly and sinister expression
had usurped the place Of it.
Jerry Jarvis had a eo,i-looking ulip-bed,
and his neighbor Jenknson f,ll IN love with
the pps and petals u "Neighbor Jarvis
tulips There was one or two among them
Of such brilliant, such surpas ling b,auty-
the soups" so well formed, the cooIs 70 de-