The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-31
THE SHADOWGRAPHER.

Ordinarily they would have attracted
only a passing glance. and but for a briei
and unintereating chain Of incidents theil
doings are hardly worth chronicling. HI
was tall, we'll built aud dressed In a way
that indicated poverty rather than wealth,
and yet his raiment wore certain traces oi
refinement n better days. The blue fan.
mel shirt was clean. and his shoSs, though
coarse, we're we'll blaoksd. She wore 1
faded dark velvet drsss, brushed 90 often
that the nap had left long age. and with
this = little black straw hat that might
have been in style once. but was plainly ont
of date now. They first drew our notice BY
their evident love Of one another's society,
for neither WAS alone for . minutes tims
during the trip. The Boston school ma'am
told her travelling companion, also = school
ma'am. and neither aged lsss than thirty
five, that the gushing business seemed to
increase rather than diminish. and she won
dsred In addition what the world was
coming to. Nobody v%enturinR q prediction
the subject Was dropped for = time.
They boarded the train at Fargo and
those of M who were shaking away the
weary confinement of a Pullman car heard
\ bit Of talk before the train started.
kate said he. "it's a question Of
money. II We take the Pullman we can't
eat in the dining car, and I guess W. had
better eat"
You know best, George" she answered.
turning . t~rustful smile into his face.
"All right, my girl, we'll 20 into tho col.
onist. wonder what your mother would
say if she saw as now, but this WON'T last
forever"
The next evening the Boston school
ma'ams sat at our dinner table. They
talked of Boston and tho Bostonsss and
told how easy it was to detect a Boston bred
person anywhere IN earth; they wondered
what rates they would lave to pay in the
Yellowstone park. and what they might
have talked about will never be fully known
il the newcomers from the colonist had not
come in the car.
II wonder where that woman got that
hat?" observed one.
"Must have been one left by her grand
mother"
THAT shows how much they are up to
times out here in the west. A new srring
hat in Boston only costs 81 cents" "
"Yes, and l only paid 20 cents for mine,
and it is exactly like yours. But look at
velvet dress Isn't it a sight7"
II should think 20. What on earth pos
sesses a woman to travel in a velvet dress?"
''Yes, particularly in this weather."
II wonder if that man is her h~usband?"
I've y likely. 1t is just the luck of some
women to get TIED up to a nun like him.
Eyes, and nave to work her fingers off
l., ~o &h.aa v,o,Io n Jc- %<. h;ro
HE looks as though he wanted to get rid
of her."
Good thing for her if she could get rid
of him if he can't buy a better dress thar
that"
This conversation might have lasted in
definitely if the dinner had not reached an
end. Pc hars the results were best sum-
married. by my travelling companion when
he quietly Observed:
"What a devil of a lot of things two oil
hens from Boston can see when they watch
OUT
A well-known Chinese laundryman of
this city who thinks he knows his business
pretty near all the time. lately decided to
take another wife. BY this is meant he de-
cided to d to an already we'll filled list of
wives. He had no difficulty in making a
deal and supposed all was practically settled,
when he approached n minister to tic the
nuptial bonds. Here a hitch occurred.
Il understand, YUM said the minister,
that you already nave four wives back in
Gilman"
well, that's my business" said the
Chinaman.
II know. but it 10 all wrong"
That don't cost you q cent Now what
l want to know 10, whether you are going to
marry us2"
"Ia the woman willinQ?"
Ills she willing? I bought and paid for
her, so l guess that is all there 10 to it,"
"Oh, no, there is something else to be
considered. l am afraid l can't marry
you."
A right, said the Chinaman, there are