St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

of rOmances and queer characters that
make them rather interesting at times.
Numerous imaginative authors OF the
yellow-backed literature, so greedily de-
voured by the average youth, usually
make these points the scenes OF their
Outlandish narratives and invariably
write of a mythical maiden, whom
they make the heroine, who does
all sorts of wonderful things. The
books are read and cast aside as freaks
of the Imagination. There is, however,
one who may be properly termed
heroine, but, Ilnstead OF an imaginary
parsonage, is a real, live American girl,
filled with American independence
and push. About one year ago
she appeared near Billings, Mont,
alone. and paying no more attention to
the populace than if they had been so
many rocks, at once staked out claim
and went to work. AT the rude tavern,
where she temporarily took up her resi-
dence, she independently registered her
name, with a cute flourish OF the pen,
as Daisy Shepier, Ohio. In few days
she had erected a neat, substantial
cabin, and paid for it promptly, as any
prospectOr would do.
A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE
with sweet blue eyes, apparently not
over nineteen years OF age, and the
rough inhabitants of the camp went
wild over her beauty, and were not long
in christening her the ''Belle OF Mon
tana," by which title she has ever since
been known. Offers of assistance, were
promptly and steadfaStly declined, and
once when group of curious miners
gathered about her to watch her work,
they were promptly advised that
she knew her business and hoped they
would soon learn something about their
own. From that hour her independ-
ence became widely known, and the
old miners paid her unbounded respect.
To and from her cabin to her claim she
was the recipient of honest and eXtrava-
CANT bows,tO all of which she responded
with courteous nod of the head.
She did not become ''graven on their
hearts," as the novel would say, but
had any one dared to approach her in
any but decidedly respectful way, his
ease and comfort would not have been
assured for many hours thereafter.
She knew she was an object of admira-
ton and was fully cOgnizant of the hold
she had obtained on the hearts of the
rough men about her. She turned
this to account, in her own mind,
by feeling perfectly safe and
amply protected along with her
gold dust. She worked along from day
to day in heavy wOrsted dress, plainly
and substantially made, but one of her
peculiar characteristics was to attire
herself each evening in pretty, stylish
dress of Eastern make, and gave as her
reason that she did not wish to entirely
lose her identity with civilization. One
day party of Eastern capitalists APP
peared within the camp, and with them
was young correspondent for Eastern
journals, who carried with him camera
and Sketching apparatus. He was not
long in striking up an acquaintance
with the young damsel and became
WILDLY IN LOVE WITH HER.
He Sketched her in various attitudes
and took photograph of her on every
possible occasion, which explains how
her picture became public property
| The above is fair likeness. She was
not averse to his attentions, especially
| as he had often been in the town OF hel
| friends. His stay was prolonged, but
it availed him nothing, beyond the
pleasure of the young lady's society
She refused his ''heart ano
hand,'' but in doing so be
trayed great womanly sympathy
and tact. Shortly afterward the CAPT
talists discovered that good, valuable
vein of ore ran through her claim anC
| offered her quite a fabulous sum for il
entire. She refused the first offer, bu
| accepted the second, being quite an adj
vance, and deposited her wealth i'll {
good, safe institution. Not content
with the sum that had made her wealthy
and independent for life, she stakeC
another claim and pursued the ever
tenor of her way until f.;
young and handsome drummer for al
Eastern perfumery house, appeared OF
the scene. He was large, dark complex
toned and utterly devoid of the bad hab
its so characteristic Of the correspond
ent. 1t was soon a common knowledge
to the miners that THAT air young vii
mington ez he'd been shinin' up to the
belle, was fortunit' critter." To thei
great disgust they soon learned that TIL
two were engaged; but Wilmington, b.
his good-hearted, manly ways
SOON WON THEM OVER.
and completely captured them by stalk
ing a claim of his own. He was forum
ate, and about one month ago was sup
posed to be as wealthy almost as hi
beautiful sweetheart. The young cor
respondent heard of it and manfull.
sent her letter of cOngratulatiOn. Th
two are still operating their claims, bu
when the robbins nest again" will for
sake their rough surroundings for al
Eastern habitatiOn, where civilization
is at its heighth.