Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-25

cu,inas. but IN do my best. VIII yos
take me outsider It's stuny here
and I'm tired OF dancing"
Come" he said simply as ,ffered
his arm.
outside was q clear sky, and hall
moon just hung above the horizon
Iney stood for a moment by the veran
PATTY" He SAID. '.rHERE's a LOT 'ro
FORGET, ISN'T THERE?"
da rail drinking In the glory Of the
night. The soft plash of water came
unsteady to them. Mephistopheles
sighed.
Lets 60 over to the cliff," he haz-
arded.
1T will be gorgeous over there" she
said as they started across the lawn.
suppose he was there tonight, -
Mephistopheles unused.
who" said the shepherdess inno-
Gently.
"Oh. Sir Frederick Giles, baronet, F.
Il. s., and 80 forth. l can't remember
the rest Of the alphabetical distinc-
ions, ne added.
"Oh. yes." she said. Gle knew I was
coming as a shepherdess. so he came as
Colin. Nice. wasn't it?'
Her tone was inscrutable. For the
life of him he could not determine
whether it was hooking or serious.
He'd have made an ideal Falstaff, I"
growled Mephistopheles.
He fancied he heard giggle from
the shepherdess. but being uncertain
on this point he remained discreetly
silent until they reached the cliff. He
spread his cape for her, and they seat
I'd themselves on the brink. The out
line of the coast lay black and ragged
against the paleness of the sky and
water. Tiny, twinkling lights shone all
along the shore, and far toward the
eastern horizon the lighthouse on Mon
ahoc island kindled its great star, now
red, now yellow.
Mephistopheles propped himself COM
fortably on his elbow and gave vent to
another ponderous sigh.
us it too early for congratulations.
Patty?" he asked.
They'd be more appropriate a trife
later perhaps" she said. Mephistoph.
eles felt a sense of momentary relief.
1T isn't every girl marries the fore.
most geologist of the day-one with
baronet and half the alphabet after his
he said.
NO" she answered fippantly, ''that
would be bigamy."
patty" Mephistopheles said serious
~. II hope you'll have big, wide life
over there-the kind you're eminently
n-ted for" She turned impetuously to-
ward him.
"Oh, you great, big, generous boy"
she said warmly, "that's just like your
Mephistopheles felt his heart dive for
his boots.
II do" he repeated lamely, as if try
Ing to convince himself, 81 really do"
What was that from the shepherd
ess? Did she choke or did she smoker?
"And you'll be fulfilling all your
mothers ambition for you" he went
on. She nodded.
He sat up suddenly and for time
looked silently out across the water.
Patty" he said at length, there's a
lot to forget, isn't there?"
II suppose So" she said.
"A lot for you. not for me-" he con-
tinued. "You'll have to forget those
drives and walks and that moonlight
sail out around Whaleback-great,
It? You said-well, never mind.
No one is responsible on moonlight
sails. And, say, remember the canoe
n the harbor last year? l believe to
this day you tipped it over purposely
to test me. Pat, wish l had been
swimming from then till now, and
wish | could swim from now till the
crack of doom with your hands on my
shoulders. Well, a differ who can only
swim and sail a boat and knock a golf
ball about the green can't expect to
compete with the alphabet after
name. I'm not complaining. Pat. I'M
1erstand. but I've got one advantage,
anyway. l can remember those things.
shan't have to forget them.''
81 shan't forget those things, Ted
IT," she said gently.
He took her hand impulsively.
"The only thing I've got to forget is
hat love YOU" he said deliberately.
"This is a good way to begin," she
laid dryly. looking down ut him. He
Jprang to his feet.
"Oh. hang every royal society char
ered!ss he burst out. II wish I'd found
ny cigarette case. I should have been
quietly on the veranda now
instead of making an ass of myself
lere."
do you mean," she said slowly,
shonu Sir Erodoyioly elias ho