Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-13

the folds Of white silk and soft-fall-
ing lace were becomingly arranged
round the tiny throat; but oh! how
delicate she looked. Something Of the
pity that Janetta felt must have found
expression in her face, for Miss Sey-
mour broke the silence with petulant
| laugh.
"You are sorry for me, like every
one else-I read it in your eyes; but
I'm not going to die. I'm going to get
we'll, or all the doctors lie."
Il devoutly hope you will, and
quickly" replied Janetta gently; "and
you must tell me what | can do to
help you. I'm sure l could carry you,
you are so light and small"
Miss Seymour broke into merry
laughter. II don't want you for hard
labor. l wonder if you thought it was
a lunatic who put that advertisement
into the paper? Harry declared that
nobody in her senses would answer it,
but many did.
II had over two hundred answers. Sc
many that would not even open them
all. l liked your photo. thought
you were pretty and looked true. so
told Mrs. Mortimer to take your letter
and answer it, as if from me, and to
return all the others.
1T was Doctor brakes suggestion
the man you saw at the train tonight.
Harry tells me that he scented the ac-
cldent from afar, and was on the
scene almost directly it happened He
is called clever, but he does not cure
me.
well, he found me crying one day,
and he said l ought to have some one
bright and young and good-tempered
about me. You can't call Mrs. Morti-
mer any one Of those things, can your"
Janetta did not answer; she felt
that the remark was in bad taste.
L sha'n't like you if you look
shocked every time I'm flippant.
Where was 1? So l advertised. half
in fun and half in earnest, and of
course Mrs. Mortimer is very cross.
although it won't make the smallest
adherence in her lot, except that she
will have to give orders for another
place to be laid at every meal.
She is perfectly invaluable in her
way-housekeeper, chaperon, compan-
ion, everything rolled into one; but
she is occasionally depressing"
You will give me something to do?"
said Janetta, when Miss Seymour came
to pause. mot the things that Mrs.
Mortimer has done for you, it might
hurt her feelings
"Oh, you will not have much to do
You will be cheerful when I'm sad.
and kind when I'm cross; and YOU
won't offer to read aloud unless l ask
you, and you will talk when l want
you to talk; and, above all things,
you won't try palpably to amuse me.
Nothing bores me like that; and l
do hope you can arrange flowers nice
ly. Mrs. Mortimer makes bouquets as
round as pumpkins, and is so ANNOYED
when l criticise
Il wonder" she said, with a rapid
change of subject, chow you liked Cap
tain Merivale? I'm engaged to him.
you know, and he has come to stay
here for little bit before he goes out
to India. He is ordered to the 'front.'"
He was very kind" replied Janetta.
Il scarcely know how would have got
here without him.
we were engaged before | had the
fall from my horse which has made
me what you see me-" went on Miss
Seymour, twisting her engagement
ring round and round upon her finger,
SO that every diamond in it caught and
reflected the light in thousand rain.
bow-colored hues
Its hard luck that lie here help
less like this, isn't it, when there is
such life of happiness before me?
I'm going to get we'll, but it's long to
wait. Now you can guess how much
l shall need cheering when Harry
goes abroad. He's very good to me.
and declares he's never dull when he
comes; but you will try to make it
more cheerful for him. If you wait a
little while he'll be up again.
"You will not need an introduction
after that long drive in the dark. He
was pleased with you, because he said
you were the only woman in the acci-
dent who did not scream
Janetta laughed. Terror does not
take that form with me; it makes me
feel incapable of uttering sound.
expect ! was just as frightened as any
body else"
We'll, at any rate, you kept it we'll
under said a voice behind her; and,
looking round, Janetta saw that Cap
tain Merivale had entered the room
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