The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-26
STORIES OF THE DAY.



A nass ssr . Ks.tschy ORA
Old Farmer JaCob Rust lives about four
miles from this sown,uays an Albany Ky
letter 10 the New York Sum. he hase
rood mountain farm and h very well-to-so
In q rough and thinly populated region
where q man with $4,000 h considered
rich. Mr.. Rust has several da9ensers.
and Ellen, the oldest, was the h-andnonaess
Of them all. A young man named Henry
Curtis from Ohio, whose parents had gone
there from this county, has been
the summer among his relatives NJ Albany.
Curtis brought with him . bicycle. ~ va
the first i'm Clinton county, and, a. I'm the
case Of Katisha's elbow, people came
milcs % see IL. Curtis was an expert
rider, and frequently displayed his nacycie-
shin before the eyes OF the admiring
m~ountaineers. He was kind enough to
allow a number Of tho young men 10 try
his ssvelocipe<le," as il was called In Al
bany. hut their bruised faces and sore
joints soon made them very shy OF the
machine.
Rust. He pressed his courtship ana was
accepted. Farmer Rust was opposed. ne
objected to Curtis because A. Tar az tne
farmers knowledge went me did not nave
what In Technically known as any visible
means OF subsistence, or, az Nlr. Rn:s
;ss%e Sa Il , ns,s Mn. q 10 lag: % s SSs TO sai;api%'
assured him tha he had q good b~.:ines.
s sinee a s4nn. p%irsRe sss. n III. o ssase%ent was
true, but the farmer did not believe him:
Henry and Ellen waited. Ellen was OF
s ssspt Sf Bs. s anS did iafH not ~ish to do that.
They wanted the old mans consent to the
wedding, The bicycle pear TO- 6e ar NJ
ssMy eai." said he. .sshant marry any
t ss.lOw ~ ,s;d seo L. "T sns.. his wine si%e 1 Se s might
break his neck any day, and then I'd have
his widder TO Take care Of. l don't want
, ~eio e sonisn-'f II h an Sa ma q horse or q buck
board IL would be all right"
Henry would not put away his beloved
and he meant to have them both. Mon
home Of q relative, and Henry went to see
nss; r oSdu rsrs se ~ ~iii H% 4 right out
now, zee him, and AJAX him again Tor your on,
married anyhow. You are OF Legal age.
and we can have h ceremony performed
lei Ellen !" o se:sea: Henry mounted hi.
The old man had just come In from a
board we're a the yard gate. The young
man made known his GRAND. -,
not IT m sSla yP Se: e"c said sf1 %r. Rust sass you ''"
how We'll r::pli a% d e%1hs Y %f : n town os! now.
i am gong O0ck tlletes 8hO IA AcoS So
hour she will he my wife,"
Then you will have TO beat me to
town. said Mr.. Rust, 'and l don't think
n mSre se. and the 'S S%cksoard. YOU. get
there ahead of me I guess you can have
Henry mounted the machine, the old man
jumped into his blackboard. and the start
was made. On a turnpike or leve! road
Curtis could have easily dist .nced h old
mare, who was not Us swift as she once
was, hut it was altogether q different mat
tor over the hills. But his recent expe-
rience with such difficulties stood him ~
good service, and. i'm spite Of his rough
path, he soon had the satisfaction OF pass
ing ahead Of the humping blackboard
He waved his hand gleefully at his pros
pective father-in-law, h was swearing
al his old mare and e~ndeavorin9 to whii
her into a faster gait. He got two falls
but he soon ri9hted himself and hii
wheel without harm to either. and passed
into town a quarter Of mile ahead ot
Mr.. Rust. He then stopped Tor the latter
to come up. The farmer looked at TIN
machine a moment, calculated Well, ~
he derned Z" and said nothing more. Ihei
went to the Baptist preachers house, tool
the minister across to the. place winery
Ellen was stopping, and there she am
Curtis were married.