Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-06-23

49, WIN smile on his lips, like
the thoroughbred he was, and inst
now deep the hurt went none knew.
FIeasant prospect" was his sole
comment with a shrug of his sborl.
uers 10 thoso who would have con.
aoled with him on his loss. "a hear
income, with champagne taste M
you happen to know the best wav ~
adjusting them?" -
ne might meet the situation with
laughter and scoffing SO far as others
were concerned, but when it came to
Maoge IL was another thing. II can't
ask ner to marry a beggar." he said
10 himself. setting his teeth. and with
race as white as death, "and I'm MT
poltroon enough to settle down and
i've on her money" and there had
ben terrible scene.
"Oh. Philip, Philip" she had cried
cllnging to him, what good is all
my money to me If can't make
things easy for you? Surely there is
more than enough for us both"
Then he had tried to explain to her
olunderlngly, and haltingly, that
something that is dearer to man than
even the love of woman-that Some.
thlng which he must have, or die of
self-loathing-his own self-respect.
And in the end Madge saw" The
sympathy that always understood
others was part of her charm. and
Phlllp went away to face that I'm.
known world of work that is so hard
ana gives such scant rewards to the
untried laborer.
AT college he had rather DISTINGUISH.
ed himself by some clever skits in the
college journal, and so it seemed nat.
ural to him to turn to journalism az
the most available way of settling the
bread and butter problem. A friend
obtained place for him on the STAFF
OF the morning Asterisk, where he he.
gan as the bottom of the reportorial
ladder.
Philip kept doggedly on. He &C.
CURED reputation for being faithful
and accurate. He was a gourmand
for work, and the city editor began to
speak hopefully of him, but advance.
ment comes slowly in newspaper
office, and to Philip, Madge seemed an
unreasonable distance off, when sud-
denly he made his great scoop. It
was the merest accident-successes
mostly are-if we knew the truth of
them. One evening he was walking
along one OF the fashionable residence
streets,when suddenly he was startled
Dy scream, and looking up he
saw woman with the wild eyes and
cunning OF a maniac sitting on the
very outer coping of the walls of a
tall house, where she waved her arms
gleefully, and leaned dizzily forward
to peer into the street below. In an
instant all the mystery of the
drawn blinds and jealousy guarded
doors of the mansion, at which many
had marveled, was revealed. Here
was one OF those family tragedies, at
which the world guesses-some poor
crazed creature. living out her life
within padded walls, and who had es.
capped from her keepers, and with
that instinct of flight from a prison
that survives all reason, was prepar.
ing to take fatal leap into the street
below.
1t had taken Philip but an instant
to realize the scene, and with a sud.
den inspiration he dashed past the
servant in the doorway, and up the
three long flights of steps. and
through the open door in the roof.
through which she had evidently
climbed. The woman looked up al
the sound OF an approaching step.
She saw a ,'andsome young nan com.
ing toward her. When he reached
her he maze courtly bow and offer.
cd her his arm and without ono wa