The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-02
LEGEND OF BEAR BUTTE.

town." 50 named. not only ny the original
settlers. hut by the frcighters, who en-
tirely ignored its more reputable cognn-
men. There was not IA man in the rcgi-
ment who sat his horse a. did this young
lieutenant, and his chestnut was the envy
Of all his brother officers and the adnira-
ton of all the faircr sex. He knew That
lac was captivating at all times ana upon
all occasions, hut he knew also that IL
was with his "noblc b~or-eNnan-hiP" that
he could witch the world Perhaps
this knowledge held him mor,, erect in
the saddle and threw the handsome head
a little higher. OF course. he was vain.
He could not help il i,c lIad been - pcttssl
child Of fortune all his life. But there are
i'm the world some few men and women
whom no amount If admiration and Hat
terry and fortune can ever titirciy slboii.
and Jack L.ornorr was one Of these. Per-
haps advcr~ity would have made him IL
great hero, ar have developed in him
wonderful genius. Fortune had failed tn
make him anything less than what Pope
tells Va j. "tlic nobl'st work of Col"
He was riding slowly, thinking proiE-
IDLY of nothing. when past him.likc a whirl-
wind. sped a runaway horse with its
frightened ridcr-a wornan. And the list
less rider of a few moments before was
a. i'm hot pursuit.
The frightened young girl heard the
horse coming behind her, but il only in-
creased her terror, for her uncomfortable.
>teed went faster and faster. and more
tightly lid she grasp her saddle horn.
Talk to- her ever again of the pleasure OF
riding horseback. This reminded her Of
she knew not What She Thought of the
poor sclioolIna-tcr. of sleepy Hollow, and
of Tam o'Shantcr. and had the rider be-
hind her been n hcadless horscnn;in, which
perhaps he was for atIglit she knew, ar "A
whole host of goblius, the speed Of that
horse and the terror of the rider could
scarcely have been increased. Her hat
was gone. her hair was down, fences and
trees whizzed past her. and she wondered,
in "a vague sort of "a way. what the end
would bc. II came soon, and i'm am ,Nncx-
pectcd manner. She heard the horse Inc
hind her painting as he came IN behind
her own. and i'm n moment more "a hrin
hand graspeh the bride which she had
dropped and slowly checked her horses
mad career.
q, dear!'' she gaspcd, looking around
with the air of a child awakening from "a
terrifying dream and finding itself i'm "a
strange place. "Am J very far from
home
Jack Lorruorr smiled. IL can't tell
you" he replied, ''unlcss you tell me
where your home is"
The girl laughed. She was beginning
To come to her senses. ~ board at MIR.
Sorrenson's,'' she replied, +" and I don't
know anything about horses, and I could
not hold him at all. and I'm ever so much
Obliged Ia YOU" ISlic seemed confused.
IL was rather htumiliating to he Obliged tn
confess in word aud deed To this hand
omc young cavalrynnan her ignorance of
horses and horscinanship. and she did
not know exactly what to say.I ~ guess
I must he lost" she added, looking
around at the unfamiliar landscape.
Could YOU direct me I" MIR. S~orrcnson's
ranch"
Lornlorc had sIismountc,I and was uu-
girthing his saddle. 'I'm going tn take.
you homc.' lc said, i'm "a cool. matter-of-
fact tone. as hc might have said il tn ~
little runaway sister. ''and I'm going to
ask you to ride my horse. That IL not "a
safe one for IA lady tai ride"
He changed the saddles. and i'm "a few
minutes the little school mistress Of Bear
Butte f"und1,crsclf i'm ~ position i'm which
she would tav" been envisd by every
woman in the TIL cavalry-riding Jack
Lormorr's thoroughbred.
Dora Earle was IA very discreet young
lady. much more di>crect than most
ladies of II. hut il must bc confessed that
when this handsome young officer so cool
ly Expressed his intention of taking her
home. she was very glad that there seemed
To be no REASONABLE. excuse for raising thu.
objections. lf Miss Dora had amy weak
ful il was for those VIII" wore the army
blue.
She and her sister May had ON. time. !
suffered - cruel disappointment when.
after looking forward "a whole week tn the
promised call Of two young officers, tl,os.
,unwisc young men had finally come. i'm
sitix'n>' dress. An older officer. ON being
told the incident 10y the young ladies. s,ig-
gcstsd. somewhat tn their modification. |
that another time il NIGH bc wise tn send
up the uniforms without men.
But Jack LorIuorc wore his uniform to-
night.
II was "A beautiful evening. cool and
still. There was "a blue mist ON the far
nY hills. and 4. halo Of light from the set
ting sun fingered around the towering
head Of old Bear Butte. rising grim and
solitary from tn" surrounding plain.
doesn't Bear Butte inspire You with "a
sort OF awe: :" Lormorc asked az they rode
Silong in the direction of it. |
YES WAS the answer. ~ fancy il
must have been from some, such noun
sain that III" Ten commandments were
"Gou know som. OF tt. Indian laws
were given from Bear Butte"
She turned to him with an Interested.
in.Iuiriug look, and hc went on. "Havc
YOU never heard the old Indian legend IF
Bear Butte"
NO; I've been here. only a little while"
"IIl tell il to you. If you like"
"oi. l wish you would she exclaimed
Enthusiastically. I'D love tn hear it,"
Il wish.' lac said, ''tlat 1 could tell You
] heard il sitting on the ground before "a