The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-01-29

round, mellowing the garden beds and
putting little tufts of feathery green ON
the willow tree at the gate, Adela be-
gan to have new visitations of dread
Everything had gone on so well through
the winter. What if summer should
change it all?
And then she tried to take comfort
in the thought that her husband had
shrank and would still shrink for weeks
yet, from dealing her the slightest pain.
Not that he ever really wanted to do
so; Adela knew just how deeply he
loved her and could not fail to see the
poignancy of his remorse after each act
of folly and weakness had laid resolu-
ton low and cast its insult upon his
manhood. But as a certain very sweet
and tender hope grew in both their
welded hearts. it had surely flung about
Franks spell of the kindliest con-
sideration, vigilance and chivalry.
Adela's wistful face, with the new ex-
pectant look in its eyes, would have
risen almost palpably to haunt him if
while absent from her he had felt the
least untoward impulse. And so mod
Grafton ruled all his ways, with never
single hint of trespass.
During the early days of May, how
ever, a little cloud of annoyance re-
vealed itself At first it was a very
small cloud indeed, though gradually
it assumed much larger proportions
| Directly next door to the Amorys dwelt
an elderly man named Rothsay, who had
/ the repute of being extremely wealthy,
although this rumor, like all which con-
Germ eccentric personages, may have
! been partially baseleSs. Mr.. Rothsay
had several servants, and lived with a
degree of quiet style in house twice
the size of Franks. He rarely went to
town. and passed a great deal of his
time in the superintendent of farm
that covered about ten acres. He was
large man, with an iron-gray shock of
hair, gaunt shape on which chung
clothes that seemed the very eXtrav-
agance of bad tailoring, and pair of
eyes that you saw, when they restlessly
lit on you, to be a yelled, yet fiery hazel.
Mr.. Rothsay had been represented to
Frank as man of terribly violent tenn
per. but his neighbor soon became dis
inclined to admit the truth of any such
charge, since whenever they met he
found himself treated with a good deal
of rough though distinct courtesy.
Yet Frank at length had reason to re-
verse his decision. The modest little
vegetable garden at the back of his
house was separated from large
meadow of Rothsay's by only the most
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the Rothsay's cows were left all day tC
craze. and more than once they broke
through into Franks domain. The re-
suit, as usual in such cases, each time
proved disastrous. Franks man remon'
strated with one of Rothsay's numerous
men, and several times the fence was
repaired. But in so slovenly and
haphazard a way was this PREPARATION
performed that one particular little
short-horned COW with a wicked black
eye found slight difficulty in commit
ting fresh pranl<s of demolition. Anc
at last Frank determined to see Mr.
Rothsay and settle the matter, if he
could, both amicably and permanently
He called upon his neXt-door neigh
Dor one morning before going into
town. He had heard that ROthsay was
given to occasional fits of intemperance
and felt therefore not quite so sur
prised as he might otherwise have beer
to find him pacing the floor of a rather
vulgarly- furnished sitting-room will
bloodshot eyes and a morose mouth
Still, whatever may have happened OF
the previous evening, he was by NJ
means in his cups now. But he chose t.
treat Frank very uncivilly about thu
fence.
81 can't be expected to spend small
fortune, Mr.. Amory," he said, "for thu
purpose of protecting few of your pc
tatoes and cabbages. That fence ha
already been repaired three times"
, And very badly each time" sai'
Frank, with thread of ire in his voice
, Besides, if it had been repaired hun
bred times, Mr. Rothsay, and Away
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