The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-07-04
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"Aice Alice! Oh. Alico!"
"Don't let us 60" said.
And we didn't We continued our work.
"Alice! 0, Alice! Alice"
Negave up. Weknew she would screech
till VIC came; SO We Went
"Come and sit here with us and stop prowl-
ing around said Fan.
"Yes, do" echoed tile others.
There was nothing else to do, 50 we sat
down. There was hut scat for me. 1T
was :, chair OIL Il low flat sled used to push
the girls on the ice in winter. II was placed
with its back to the water and OH the edge OF
the platform.
notwithstanding the desire OF the party to
have US Join them, no sooner were We scared
, than two Of them went oil TO sit elsewhere;
then, two others followed and others, till all
were gone. What struck me as very singular
was that they took their chairs with them.
There was no place for me to sit except where
| was sittin.-on the sled chair
Nv opportunity had come. ,lcftly led the
conversation on to that subject which most
interested no. began by telling Alice no"
when first saw her had
"Dont Won smell smoker she interrupted.
"No," replied. somewhat natiently.
sat t'le y,.,., moment of our meetings
v:,s saving IL knew that in you had found
one whom"- !.
| s'There is certainly burning powder near,
she interrupted again; 81 smell it"
,syou are mistaken | col'!t! smell pow
der if any one could, for hate it. Alice,
[ continued, after Il brAf lause-l took her
hand, knew lovers always take tho lady 5
hand when they propose, so TOOK Allce $
'nay not hope that those aesthetic tastes
which we share, and which can alone form
tha hasis of nu ideal love, may not count
upon'- ,.........,
had been so ratified by the explosions al
dav that couldn't find language to expires:
what wanted to say
"Alice. | commenced again, feeling a sud-
den swelling of something in my bosom, my
whole beart-my-speak to Inc, Alce-te!
me that
felt the chair rise iDelleath me l heard ;
,leafeuing sound ! was tilted backward.
} ros. n few feet in the air My head doscrihc'
a circle, and then was su'ldeniT do'lsed u
cold water; aud Mice, who had illonlell
before felt the warm pressure Of my sl"'lt
saw the soles OF m, boots as sank nehea'
the wave.
They say drowning people think OF all til
sins they have committed. know not nov
thi, is but | do kno" that while uncc
water I11FlIl1 Ltiit u!lS''fiA!' '''''AN '''''7
thought OF all the sins Others had committee
'',t's that cursed lieutenant, that diahoiica
,7aur' They had deliberately placed po"de
l under the sle, beneath, the chair to bioN
me up. 49,.
! The fireworks that were expected on tina
] memorable Fourth Of July evening did nc
0 take place. But other fireworks That had nc
t bncn auticipa,ed 1l,i take place Tncchlldte
e we're sent to bed i physician was hastl1
called to treat Il .:c", '*l!o-eerTe had receive
; terrible slocs 1;}.n'ler people vo'"ea tha
l. they must know who pc!.r'trat"'l f''n '''1t'at
Did Nr, Flint stornlel, hrs. Flint cried
g rola vowed that hoo! thrash the pcGpetrato
q within All inch Of his life if he caught hitn
!. A more uncomfortable Fourth Of July part.
was never ass nltc | under one root.
The next nornin. Fan WAS packed Oil to I
school where they took sumner boar''ers
,n]v to be expelled ut the end OF a month 10
general cussedness The lieutenant Jone'
bis company in the western wilderness; wa
wounded in skirmish with the Indians an
was back in sixty days Alice nursed him
It's absurd to suppose any woman can n.lrs
, young man, especially one who wears cu'
tons and who has been shot i'll battle, WIZ
,ut being attracted to him, even ii he is