Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-26
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self, and sent the crimson to her
cheeks. She made some hurried re.
Spouse, laughing in half-hysterical
little way to conceal her agitation.
Then she looked back at Hurlbut
again; he had stopped talking, and
Russell almost jumped at the sound
OF his wife's clear. controlled tones
DO tell us all about it. Mr.. Hurl-
but" she was saying, "a romance like
that is too rare not to be interesting"
There isn't really much more to
TELL he answered, smiling, that's i,
where the trouble comes in. Evans
was always more or less gloomy, al
most acknowledgement at times;
then he was unpleasantly hilarious.
One day, he got confidential and told
me all about his trouble, but withhold
ing the names of the parties. A
month later, he was stricken with a
fever, and they sent for me at his re.
quest. In some way, he made it
known to me that I must look up
these people and make things right,
now that he was going. But he was
too far gone to talk distinctly, and [
never could get at the names. The
story, in brief however, is this:
He was staying with some friends
| in town two weeks prior to his we'd
| ding. A young lady was there, at The
| house, and Evans-man-like--fo
himself making love to her in spite of
himself. One night, he kissed her in
the rose-garden. In some way. it has
never been discovered how, the fact
came to the ears of his fiancee. She
wrote an immediate letter, dissolving
their relationship. Evans replied, as
severating his innocence. He could
not do otherwise. But the girl refused
to bulge. He confided in his friend,
who, like brave Don Quixote, took
the affair into his own hands and
went to see the girl, and, in order to
prove to her that Evans was innocent.
himself took the blame of the whole
thing, and swore that he it was who
kissed the young lady in the rose gar
den. And in turn, the young lady who
was kissed, betrayed the man to his
wife. and the wife took French leave"
But did the girl-the one who was
kissed-did she uphold the husband in
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girls fiancee?"
"Just exactly"
"Then l should have thought that
the husband would have explained
everything to his wife,"
HE tried to-'pleadings were
vain.'"
II don't much blame her, do you?"
| "Well---I hardly know"
"a mans reply. Were there any
children?"
II don't think so.
"That was lucky. So many women
have to endure continual flagellation
of their souls if there are children"
But the man-think of him.. He
loved his wife; he must have suffered
terribly when she turned on him."
III he loved her so much. why did
he place her in such position?"
He thought he could explain
thought that she would trust and be.
lieve him. And he loved his friend
and couldn't bear to see his life
wrecked all on account of a little non
sense"
Mrs Russell laughed then, the ten
sion had to give way somewhere, and
when she looked up again, her eyes
were calm, with new light in them
"Quite little drama" she remarked
land so it has fallen to your lot to ar
range a climax"
"In way, it has"
And do you think the woman
would believe"
"On the oath of a dying man?
think so. Don't you?"
She nodded 81 think she woult
r like to, at any rate"
st gave Evans my solemn promise
8 "Why did he wait so long to Sc
|. matters straight"
q HE never knew of the estrange
t ment till year ago. He went to In
n dia. you see"
n After that, there was silence. an
n soon the hum of general conversation
was resumed.
Y Half an hour later, on emergin
d from the smoking room, Russell foun
e himself being presented to his wife.
IS At the sound of his name, she lool
n ed up, startled. and the color fade
r. swiftly from her face and lips.