Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-07

genuine. Iney actually voted just
what the old man wanted, and then
after everything was fixed and the
bosses thought they had the situation
in their hands they met and rescind.
ed their action, and on top of all the
bosses and the crowd sold they could
not deliver the goods and old Martin.
dale cleaned up a cool million and
busted the whole gang. Then he got
what he wanted after all. The deals
IN that city must have netted him
from one to two millions. Then he
came back to the stock, short He
took up two other lines and began his
manipulations.' They were perfectly
confident he would not try the same
trick three times running, but they
did not know their man. He sue
ceeded the third time, and then on
the fourth affair when they tried
to Guido him in another city
he took the other track and made
more than in any other deal he had
attempted. He is worth ten mil
lions"
who will get all that money!" in.
quired a young person, who should
have been in bed.
His nieces, l suppose" was the re.
ply. He has no children, you know,
and his wife, who is with him, has
been III ever since we left Southamp.
ton"
Ten millions! Count Fricadelli
could scarcely believe his ears. 1t
means wealth beyond anything his
imagination could comprehend Ten
millions! Two hundred million
francs! 1t was grand. 1t was magni.
ficent!
On the next morning when he saw
the same young lady again pacing up
and down the deck, he put all his
energy into the English he could
summon, and with profuse apologies
made comments upon the sea, the
earth, the sky, and all that therein is.
She was pleasant, and he was en-
thusiastic, and when the buoyant Mr..
Martindale came out again TO say
something to her, and after she had
disappeared, the Count let his en-.
thusiasm bubble forth in many ear.
"Mees Wiltsong, she is so charm.
ing"
"She IS a very pleasant young
lady," replied Mr.. Martindale, and
then he walked down the deck with
broad grin on his face. After that
he called her "Mees Wiltsong."
The Count Yves very attentive, very
persistent, very gallant, and every
time Miss Wilson appeared on deck
in some mysterious manner he man.
aged to be near to offer every atten.
ton that gallantry could suggest. that
invention could find. He was unde-
niably handsome and his English i'm
proved with the voyage. 1t was as If
the shaking up had rubbed the rough.
est edges off his syllables. When
Miss Wilson was not about he cult.
waited Mr.. Martindale and the burly
millionaire enjoyed the attention.
Finally, one day, in a great burst of
confession and confidence the Count
said, "Meester Martindale, would
be so glad to pay my attentions to
your niece"
why, certainly. 20 ahead, eX.
claimed Mr.. Martindale with a laugh
that was on the point of an explosion
that might have shaken the ship if it
had found its full vent
And so it went on, and the climax
came lovely morning when the great
vessel passed Fire Island on her
homeward stretch through the gate.
way of the new world.
The young lady with the flush of
health deep in her cheeks, her eyes
as clear as the blue of the skies, and
her whole being a personification of
visor and beautiful happiness, was
standing in corner by herself when
the Count approached and told her
that he had found that for which he
had searched the earth in vain-the
object of his love-the most adorable
woman, whom he loved with an un.
selfishness thct no language could ex.
press
While he was speaking she was
gazing toward the horizon. and there
VAS ucCE her tcce' 4 half smile like