The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-06
MAN AGAINST CYCLONE.
HOW A MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE A TRAMP SAVED THE LIVES
OF A FAMILY AND WON A PRETTY BRIDE.

ave must get the team home somehow"
and instinctively she glanced at the I'M
prepossessing stranger.
aye kin leave 'em, Henrietty, ye know
We kim" objected the old man.
"Grandpa, do be quiet" again urged
the girl.
"Henrietty, yer er fule."
Then, Will a consequential air he
chewed an imaginary morsel between his
toothless gums. Meanwhile the stranger
had been busy with the team. He now
had il reat:ached to the wagon.
Get in" he said.
'.Henrietty, don't we do H." said the old
man, an octave higher than the usual
notes of his vox humana.
With a slightly contemptuous glance at
the old man, Henrietta climbed into the
wagon followed by the younger girl. The
latter, after a timid look at the shattered
dashboard tool the ear seat. Then the
stranger followed the girls, and turned
toward the old man.
"Henrietty, yer er blamed fule," said
the q%uerulous grand parent.
"Will you get in, sir?' inquired the
man.
mo, 1 won't; thar now. know tibet
pair o'brutes. They'll fling yer, fling yer
inter the ditch sure's yer er foot high"
The stranger tapped the n with
the lines. The shrill voice of the old man
followed as a faint echo.
49, bhe s's -"
In the time occupied in the ride home, a
distance of half a mile, Henrietta found
time TO more closely observe the stranger.
That he was n tramp was plainly evident
His demeanor, however, carried with II n
vague intimation that he differed slightly
from the girls half-formed idea of a thor
oughbred tramp, the idle, worthless, thiev'
ish outlaw that the designation implies.
From the two girls he extracted Informa.
ton TO the effect that they were the daugh-
tiers of Col. William Martin, the county
attorney. The name of the younger sister
was Florence. The little old man plod-
ding along homeward by himself was
Mrs. Martins father, John Langshorne.
At the age of IS he had lived through
three considerable var in this country,
natural timidity having prevented his
serving In any one of them. Gradually j,
dawned on Henrietta that she was CLEAN
ing nothing whatever from the stranger
concerning his identity. He remained
only the strong man who had lunged out
of the Willows and cxtricated her party
from a world of trouble m no little dan
ger. Colonel Martin welcomed the res
cuer heartily, but was met with a decid
eddy chilly reserve. The man rathei
and, having turned over the ponies e
Colonel Martin, lifted his red bundle OH,
of the wagon and turned toward Ions
Transit. The family watched him unit
he faded away i'm the twilight.
"Of course he's n tramp said Mrs
Martin.
~ reckon So" replied the colonel. III,
has the earmarks. They are a strang,
breed. They usually want the earth, how
ever, and that is where he differs from
the rest of them"
Darn the luck" said Grandpa Lang
horne, lettering into the house shortl,
after the strangers departure.
"Did you meet him." inquired Hen
rietta.
"Yaas. | passed him down the roat
swaggin' erlong like er big shadder."
ibid he speak ?" asked the colonel.
II sed 'gud e%venin', and he growled GU
suthin' or other. Hcnrietty, yer DOL q
darn big risk comm hun behint then
critters. You two gals don't really seen
ter hey no sense"