The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1885-10-17

to repeat to you; and all I haya
Keep the events and conversat;o,'o 20 is 10
proper order, which las 1 am wr;.;. In ther
hand, and not from my own ohs ..nls secoa.
not SO easy as it may seem to thos sa'sationl i
never tried to reproduce loos Who hay4
which they heard from anotbess Narrative
years ago. 1e'' and tia,
few days after, as Willie wes
to his dinner. he met Miss vant,. hug hone
at her usual active pace, and ]cni.sy waking
some as ever. and fought To- -. as haad-
brazen The pair might have ch,,.s IT. a.
for moment; the young man h,, .asea sesvs
girl fallen III love for the first tir1a. like
woman preserved her easy. ral,is u. .nc Young
man pretty we'll used to love. ana i.,. aIr' hkea
Willie would have given a taneeserss
for any decent pretext under wh;t loai'u noe
have spoken to her. As Il ,nattar =. ne nigh,
stole only one sly glance in passing p Aaet he
H. was dressing her IN all the tend" boy,
n1ie;ty OF his own passion, blind t.& AMI
ever, one else could see. dara !" Wha
TAI cone straight up to her and na' y, = he
on tar cheek SHE "ol1 have la,,oha1 ner
thought him Il pieas.sn young fe,nu and
1t was by no means easy to climb a..
of mystery that shut the HnrI~. ."e lenc4
public view. You, perhaps. ara nse, lrom
large town, and know nothing os u ns to
country village; but / assure you wher. ~ u
Thousand people live in neighborhod e,s' So
body knowing everything about eyer y,ssy'
else, If all OF sudden two strangers ~ .to!i
ing appearance come there and maka ~.
abode IN an out-of-the-way house. md 'ue's
from week to week paying their RIM W. w
living respectfully, but never qiyins a ~
smallest account OF thcms elves-unda, " us
cumstances like these, elderly ladies -, W. u
quisitive disposition, whose chief annssn,a ~.
III life Is to watch their neighbors throna
the parlor blind, are apt to get Us EXCITED
gamblers when play is deep.
One Of these excellent ladies, named NJ,
AFFORD. was especially anxious to dsca 1asa
everything about the Hartware.. Tha"s
nearly ~ years Of age she was still ,harn as4
active, with palate for spicad g'. aa'
Morning by morning she went the ,onna l !,
the village, hearing ali she could, feline ~.
she could with uplifted hands and eye> ,h H..
now and then offered to lean from ,h aa
sockets. She carried an old red satcbpl hrra
over her arm, by a steel cllain-scannI
satchel called it; and wherever she and h..
bag went, names and flames were in .lanoes
Miss AFFORD, as have said, ran rrazy ah~'.
the Hallwares Once every week she Womb
call in upon me.
Have you heard anything yet, D.
Book!'
"About what. ma'ams'' would say, know,
ing quite we'll all the time.
''About those people in the farm On hu
nill.'' Wv
''Not q word, na'an,. no more than il thpv
were ghosts"
II expect you to be able to tell me news,
she would say sharply. She had hold On
me, her quarters account running from
three pounds to three pounds ten, Tor shs
doctored the poor-or thought she did, rather
Generally her medicines were thrown out d
the back window as soon as she herself went
out Of the front door.
''When I hear any thing, ma am,' nv r.
ply would be, ''you shall know it at once
But one day she looked in, fiuttering With
excitement.
II have heard some news at last" .h
cried.
''What may it be, ma'am:"
She leaned across the co.1nte. and said, j.
IN eager whisper:
1.-TWO dozen tot.les Of gin went up ther
las5 wesk-cordial GIN"
BLESS metz said I, which IS a remark
oftea make, because it commits you to moth
ing.
Cordial gin is the strongest Of all, b.
lievc," she went on.
bless nle.' sa;d l again, for reason Us BE-
fore.
He is an cid sofa brute beast" cge
Miss AFFORD as she II ME, satisfied for t.e
time with her discovery.
Sc:an - odd LADY! But l have not inserted
her hit, Vt news merely to I'LL up the pay
That would BE- Eal story telling. No, lons
enough sfter, on one awful Jay, / ,eale'n
Leiet Mss Asicrd and her discovery aeoa:
the quarts Vi co. d:a. GIN.
CHAPTER III.