Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-18

volved the arrangement of the obsequies,
and to any and all suggestions or enquiries
made to the widow her uniform answer
was. ask Mr.. Douglass"
The day and hour for the funeral came.
The minister was there, and in the clean
but lowly front room the ceremony began.
Various passages from holy writ upon the
Observation-Disclosures read, an address by
the minister was made, in the cold and IN
imprisoned words Of which there was
little of praise of or hope Tor the deceased;
and but small consolation, sympathy or
encouragement for the living. They
buried the earthly tabernacle which had
held the soul OF Joshua Munson up by the
beaver dams, among the willow groves,
whose weeping branches murIner a kind,
soft requism over his grave.
For 4 day or so after the funeral the
widow was to be seen but seldom. after
that. she was about again Is positive and
self-asscrtive as ever. 1.-The Lord gives, an
the Lord takes away agen', that's what the
preacher said. @faint go Use cryin, a hole
lifetime bout what we can't help. Pore
Josh. l kept a tellin' him To wear his
rubber boots, twas'nt the least o use, he
would wear them old boots with tn nails
IN I'm. Josh. spent a power o'moncy on
mcdinin' and doctors truck. burnt Il
hole pile o pescripshuns las night" She
said as she met Jake in the doorway.
"Doyou know, Mr.. Douglass if i hadn't
a ben for you ! don't know what Ia ever
4 done. While I think Of it, is that claim
Josh. took UP any good? he's.had claims
Ill every camp we've eve ben in, the mon
ey all goes in the ground an not a cent
ever III OUT Jake said, he didn't
know whether it was a good piece Of pro-
perry or not, he'd look at it some day, and
if she wanted to sell it, would try to help
her dispose Of it.
Your real kind. Bring yer washin' in
to me, it shant cost We a cent. Law sakes,
| do hope somebody II be as kind to you
as you hev ben to me-" Said the widow in
her most earnest manner. live done
nothing Mrs. Munson but what Il neigh
Dor should always be ready to Go for
another. You have frequently been very
kind to Charley and I. and perhaps the
boot on the other leg"-She eyed him in
tently for an instant and then with fire in
her eye said, Dye mean what ye jest
"Of course, Imean it." was Jake's
She screeched like an Apache brave,
you longlegged, detestable varmint, to talk
like that to me, Il pore lone woman, how
dare We insult me like that?,, That's til
reason ye come a sneakin' around orderin'
d. coffin an gittin' tn preacher, jest so'sye
could insult me-" Passers by had halted,
and her loud tongued accusations had
gathered a crowd. Jake wa annoyed,
amazed-The gathered crowd
had heard her accusation and We're en-
loving her TRADE and his discontinue.
Charley and others enquired the cause
IF her Indignation, and after much ques-
Joining succeeded in cleaning from among
her many threats OF vengeance that the
cause of her offense were words used by
Jake about her leg and a pair of boots.
With much difficulty the aggreiyed woman
was made to understand the meaning of
he old-fashioned, but to her
brand new; expression, and peace
was restored. 1t was some time before
the boys let up guying Jake about insult
ine the widow. Jake on his part took the
joshing in good humor, but he privately
told Charley that he would get even with
her for the modification and humiliation
he had suffered before the crowd.
One day the widow said to Charley,
Keep an eye on my place while I'm
She marched down the road en-
herself in the coach and did not
return for a week. When she did return,
her unvarying answer to any questions re
her late whereabouts We're, down
the road u piece"
By mail. came an offer to Jake which
he thoughtfully considered with Charley,
aud then accepted. So he laid down the
pick and drill to take up that mightier in
strument, a lead pencil on a morning daily
paper in Leadyille.
One morning Charley found poSed IN
der his door a note, which read as follows:
Mister Gi7bert-You can sell my house
and lot for five hundred.
MARIA MUSsoN.
In Charley's notarial and conveyancing