The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-23
THEY KISSED THE GIRLS.
Couple Of Cowboys Take sweet Re-
vense for = sharp speech.

Couple Of Cowboys Take sweet Rs-
venss for = shsrp Speech.
""Talking Of tho unusual, tho astonishing.
lct d~iscounting fiction and all that" said
sn Ward, Of Portland, TO a reporter OF The
Rn Francisco Examiner. II have heard OF
stranger things Than something ! Wit
ssssd on board = fast Northern Pacific
ain ono night In December, 1884.
y had bssn TO New York and was coming
sst via ~. Paul. In the ~. Paul depot.
|hile va we're waiting for the making up OF
DO Northern Pacific train bound out to
(ugst Sound, ! noticed two young cowboys.
hey wers good looking, wore broad -brim-
led white hats with leather bands, and
|ere otherwise. got up az frontiersmen,
sing very picturesque in apEesran nis:
elbows. a. nftsrwa,d found.
Aboard the same cars in which ] and the
owboys happened to take paasage was an
lderly lady and several d~aMahtsis. two OF
hem being young 70 q couple o.
lays We bowled across the Dakota prAiries
nto tho Bad Lands and finally into the
~fallatin valley. Myself and the cowboys
Ind become Iretty we'll acquainted, tbs
ays and nights we're lovely and things wee
lbout as serene aud satisfactory a. they
vell could be.
"One day I suggested : game Of cards TO
4 away tuU tttuCs SAAO oA ~
laid he was willing, but hs had no partner,
Ind suggested that l ask the two Rirls il they
5.ould Join %. He said he could fight the
Sioux Of Cows, or rope the wildcat Of wttu
Btssfa, but when " came to talking to
Eomen 1t wasll't his beat bold. hadn't
sestion l concluded to ask Thorn, and
kannlly did 80 ms politely as could, the
kounR cowboy happening to stand near at
#he time.
mo, sir.' said tho elder Of tho 81 Ia,
'we can't play cards, and We
Eion't want to learn
"lherc was no occasion for such O re-
mark. ! simply ignored it. TUNED n
walked away. but tho cowboy took II AZ a
Enrther personal aft Ont. because OF hrs
Tough clothing. All the rost OF the night
and the next day he did nothing in refer
|bnce to it, but the iron had entered his soul.
About 10 O'Clock the next evening we no.
Ecar. One cowboy remarked to the other
what a joke it would he for each to kiss one
Eos them as he got off the train a little later
ht Billings. the place nearest their ranch:
Zone dare led to another. and finally,
oddly enough. it was agreed that they do
! cached Billings. l walked ahead. accord
ing to n prearfanged plan. and opened VIDE
@he door and returned to my seat. Each
Ecowboy then advanced with his valise and
bundles in his hand, and, having previously
Raelected his girl, impressed upon her lips a
fervent kiss, shot out of the door and was
lii like a flash. You better believe there
WAS a commotion.
FAN the passengers were bursting with
ElnnRhter. One Of the girls dreamily
Eawoke, realizing that she had felt a mus
0tache on her lips, and at length sang out:
E'Who the dickens was that man that kissed
|meY' The other girl also realized that she
|had been kissed. Nobody told them who it
WAS. however. They went to Spokane
Tails, and for. aught I know are living there
Eyet.
"As for the cowboys, l was in Montana
mot long ago, and took pains to inquire
about them. They are both very prosper
Gus, and one is the owner of several thous-
and cattle on the Rosebud. near Billings.
His name is Lee. Thousands of people in
Montana will know him when this story is
mentioned. He will not deny the story
either"