Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-25

AdUlo duVuuCcS. IL is UCLoT 10 Do warm
and hungry than cold and hungry, he
argued, and it may be conceded that
his LOGIC was not unsOund.
When the porter and his early morn
ing mop began the additions which
were intended to restore the floor to
decency, he seized up Jason's chair with
that contemptuous authority the black
man loves to exercise upon his poor
white brother, and set it upon a pool
table that he might the better use the
mop. Thus evicted, the young man
wandered aimlessly out of the door,
Remorse bit his soul and hunger
gnawed his stomach. The west wind
was keen, and pricked him.
after ALL" he said, Pm hesita-
ting fool. Let's end this comic TRACE
dy." And he set his steps resolutely
toward the Randolph street viaduct
and Lake Michigan beyond. AS he
passed the towering cliffs of the Audi
forum and the Annex, the savage
wind, pent as in funnel, assisted him
with even more acridity and put an
edge upon his purpose. He walked
on doggedly now, determined, and the
hand of Providence alone could have
moved him to turn him back.
The trampled snow lay in glisten-
ing ridges upon Michigan avenue, al
most deserted at that early hour, but
the marks of thousands of runners
showed that the sleighing had been
good the day befores and that the we'll
TODD mad been out in numbers to en-
joy it. He smiled bitterly as the
thought flooded him. Once he, too, had
driven fine horses on the boulevard,
That was when he had been Mr.. Fen
wick, the rising young lawyer. That
was when he thought he was about to
marry Edith. Well, he would drive
once more-to the Styx this time-and
he would wed, with Death, the grim.
He had almost reached the eastern
curbing of the broad highway when
something shining in the snow drew
down his glance. The new risen sun
had thrust a dart through the creme
lated wall reared as parapet shield
ing the eyes of the Lake Front park
from the brutal utilitarianism of the
found a golden target. Jason stopped
and picked from the snow-a lady's
gold watch, set with wreath of dia-
monds.
For an instant he stood in stupor,
holding the glistening jewel in his un-
gloved, unwashed palm. Then with a
swift motion he thrust hand and watch
OF nj, ,toh hSc
eagerly, and looking sharply about to
see If there were any to dispute his
treasure trove. He who had been
about to die, aow would have fought
hercely to retain the means of living
on. Visions of broiled steaks and
their noble encourage formed halos in
his brain. Not Alnaschar himself be-
fore he kicked over his basket of glass;
ware, INDUCED in more day dreams
than did Jason in traversing the seven
city blocks from Congress to Ran
dolph streets. He had walked north
ward mechanically, toward his original
destination, and with an impulse, un-
expressed even in his own mind, to
get quickly as far away as possible
from the scene of his rare fortune.
No cry of "halves" could be tolerated.
No vague assertion of ownership
should be listened to. The prize was
his. all his. Had he not found it?
Columbus and the Spanish dual crown
had no better claim upon the vast new
world.
The wind and the arctic air had been
forgotten. He felt glow from ear to
toe. and. within. his heart leaped in
An angels arm had
snatched him from the grave. Well,
he would prove worthy to be saved
He would rehabilitate bis manhood