The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-04
YOUNG Man.
In the Love Of the Belle or
Cutfey's Cove, q Lumber 81
Camp.
He Lacked Will Power and
Was a Victim Of Alco-
holism.
hrderad . Man Ho Wrongly Suspected
Of Bsipg His Rival-Her Love
Endured.

|sn years ago Cuffsy'scove on the Pacific
|st, . hundred miles or 20 above San
lnoisco, wa lumber camp. But as II
|spersd, women game and children, a
|ool house and q church. And above the
Oh and boistsrous life which the lumber
b had led rose a circle Of society with re-
)msnt and education and strict notions
what was right and what Was wrong,
the New York San.
o this circle belonged the widow Thurs
\, who owned a small ranch, lived in q
tage with wide porches, and had adaugh-
Of q years. This daughter, May Thurs
taught the village school until year
and was the story,book schoolmarm in
k~ernsss and prettinsss. In most ways
Fsy's covs swelldom approved Of her. In
way they disapprovsd heartily.
he young school teacher Was in love
b a worthless. d~iasipated young man
ned Jackson Rhodes. When May was
out Of short gowns Jackson drove the
coach which dashed into the village
~ evening. He was a handsome man
looked particularly well ON the box.
he soon gave that up and devoted his
ole time to drinking and gambling, liv.
off his father, who was = ranchman.
kson was always in scrapes. and about
eyes wore circles which gave his good
ks the doubtful charm Of dissipation.
fhrse years ago Jackson was engaged to
nis johnson. He met May Thurston,
In love with her, and soon had her
y more violently in love with him. Her
her eould do nothing with her and she
ased to listen to the warnings of her
Snds. But although Rhodes showed by
most devoted attentions that he loved
he refused to work and get ready q home
a living for a wife.
ometimes, at the urging Of the girl. he
lid 20 away and work for = while. But
loon came back, and said that his jeal-
fears forbade his leaving her. This
the way matters stood when the new
DOL teacher came. Miss Thurston's u G
or was a young man from Illinois
ned Sholl. He was good looking
ugh. rather better dressed than the
or young men of the town, quiet. in
ed to DO religious and q member OF the
fey's Cove church. M
o boarded ut Mrs. T~hurston's, and won
lady's heart. She bssisged her daugh-
more ~assiduously than ever about giving
Rhodes. This only had the effect of
king May cling to him more closely and
. him to get work that they might
Try.
n April Is last they talked matters over,
she lent him 500 out Of her little sav-
1 to 60 away and get a start. They
ked Of different places whore energy and
lity Of his kind could find employment,
kson expressed some fear about Sholl
warned May not to, let Sholl beguile
Then he went away. But instead of
ng north he went south, and began to
nix and gamble and otherwise degrade
lsolf in the town Of Bakersfield.
. wrote to her and she answered him.
tiers passed between them frequently,
their affection each for tho othe,
med as strong AS ever. But before
kson had been gone a month stories OF
method of life in Bakersfield came to
IS Thurston. She gave up hope of ever
Drming her lover. She wrote him that
ir engagement was broken and that she
ceased to care fora man who was SO
worthy. It became the gossip OF the
i n that MIR. Sholl and Miss Thurston
g engaged. !
When Rhodes got this letter he proceeded
ret drunken than he had been at any
vious time in his life. "She's shook me,
~ he said to his Bakorstield acquaint-
les. 'She was the only n that | cared
thing about, and now she's gone back
mo-" When he had sobsred up q bit
started for Cuffey,s Cove.
10 got there on Monday. May Is. in a
ody and desperate frame of mind. 1t
ms that he inherited bad qualities from.
neutrality-suspicious. of will, q love for
nix, frail mental balance. He found that
was calling on Miss Thompson, and
soon face to faco with her in Miss
ompson's parlor. He pleaded with her
several hours, but although she shed
nv tears, she told him she had at last
lized his unworthiness, and that things
Id never again be as they wero.
le flung himself out of the house and
h day she heard stories of how he was
hiking and carousing. Some people
(ught he had gone mad. His handsome
a became terribly bloated and his ewes
70 awful to look at.
Dn Friday Miss Thurston was teaching q
"a for Mr.. Sholl in tho large school. She
ked out of the window, saw him coming
1 won't out to meet him. He came mp to
whom she stood in the porch, and began
old appeal. She listened to him with o
face. The children, who were peepinp
her, told afterward that she wspt and
Iok like a leaf. Then she stretched out
hand and said:
|Good-by, Jackson. 1t is your own
1t. l can't stay here any longer. l must
back to my Glass;"
10 walked away with his head down. She
at in and dismissed the school. 6h,
ut home and found the house empty.
r mother had gone to visit her ranch
Sholl was down in the village. She