Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-07-25

tnar ne nnaiiy consented ana TOOK the
check which his employer persisted in
forcing upon him.
The next morning Mr. Sheldon came
down to breakfast in high g!ee. for a
note had reached him just as he was
shaving which ran as follows:
Dear sir-1 have. with much difficulty. persuad-
ed her to elopc. 1t was not. however, till
showed her your check that she would consent to
do So She said that she was sure you would not
recommend anything that wrong; that you
would advise her as II you were her own fathc-.
end she hopes you will stand by US. We shall be
married tomorrow. before Mr.. Meadows IS Vi.
Very thankfully, HARRT CONRAD.
The old gentleman brought the note
with him to the table. opened 1t out be-
fore him, adjusted his spectacles and
read it over and over again.
I'D give $780," he said. chuckling.
ito see the old fellows face when he
hears how Harry has done him.
1t was the custom of Mr.. Sheldon to
read his newspaper at breakfast while
waiting for his only child and daugh-
ter, who, a little spoiled by overindul-
gence, was generally late.
But this morning Matty was later
than ever.
The banker had read all the foreign
as well as the home news and even pc
FUSED Harry's note, and still she had
dot made her appearance.
1.-THE lazy puss!" he said at last Then
he looked up at the clock Half an
hour late! Now, this is really too bad.
john" he cried. addressing the man
servant at the sidcboard. "send and see
why Miss Sheldon doesn't come down.
Tell her." with severe air, I'm tired
Of waiting"
John came back in about five min
utes. looking very much t'ustercd.
"1f you please, sir" he stammered.
miss Sbeldon's not in her room. and
the maid says that the bed looks as if
1t hadn't been slept in all night"
The rich merchants jaw fell
He started up. with cry of agony. to
60 and see. but he was prevented by
the footman appearing ut the door with
a telegram.
"A telegram cried the merchant,
unfolding it with trembling hands
"WIlat can it mean? Has she been
found dead anywhere"
This was the telegram:
Dear Tathcr-Ilarry and I were married at
o'clock this morning. ! would not consent to an
e!opcmcnt till Harry assured me you Lad advised
1t and had shown me your check proof lie
says you promised to stand by us, and know
you pride yourself on never breaking a promise.
We wait for your blessing. MArrY.-
"Well. / ncver!" calculated Mr.. Shell
den when he had recovered his breath.
1.-THE impudent. disobe''--
But here he stopped-stopped and
mopped his bald head, which. in his
excitement. had broken out into great
drops of perspiration. lie remembered
that he had himself advised Harry to
clope and that if the story got wind
ne would be the laughing stock of the
town, interchangeable hardest cut of all
Mr.. Meadows. He remembered, too.
that he had but one child and that she
was all in all to him.
SO he accepted the inevitable and
telegraphed back:
You may come home, and the sooner the better,
SO as to keep the $3.50 for pin money Tell Harry
he's too sharp to remain clerk and that take
him today into partnership; only he must re-
member that partners never tell tales out Of
school, God bless you! H. SHELDON.
The runaways returned by the next
train. The marriage proved too. an
eminently happy one. The story never
got out. We only tell it now in conf
Life.