Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-12-28

arrived at Julio's, and there. dining
alone sat Miss Amy Knight, whose
name you will see quite often upon IL
Illustrations in the magazines. Miss
Knight calls herself bohemian. but
she could take her sort of bohemian
ism straight to heaven with her and
not be criticised there for any eccen-
tricity Of behavior. Jack loved her,
poor fellow, and his chief Joy and pride
was in her growing success, which was
lifting her farther land farther above
the level of such hopes as his worldly
wisdom would permit him to indulge.
had learned from him that she was
IN excellent adviser, and perhaps 1t
was from his habit of appealing to her
judgment upon q vast variety Of Ques-
tons that he now submitted the prob
lem of Danny Gilbert. The result was
mjraculously good.
"Why, yes, l know this man." said
she. "He has been posing for Billy Alb
bott."
At this Powell and l suddenly faced
each other open mouthed, and we spoke
in the same instant:
"That's it!''
"You've solved the riddle"
For we both remembered having seen
Danny Gilbert with Abbott at the
street door of the building In which he
has his studio. We had been riding by
in an open car and had called to Alb
bolt, but had not succeeded in attract
ing his attention. Beyond doubt the
individual with him was the burglar
upon whose head a price was set. The
hunter that is in the breasts of all men
arose and became dominant in us. We
proceeded to capture Danny Gilbert
while we ate our dinner, and we spent
the reward many times and In increas-
ingly attractive ways over the cofee.
Miss Knight, indeed, expressed GER
cain pity for the man. II he had taken
up an occupation so arduOus as that OF
posing he must at least have tried to
rectify his life. Any suggestion OF hers
was wisdom from on high to Powell.
"What do you think?" said he. turn
ing to me.
81 think Danny Is probably planning
another robbery" said l.
"But he can't rob Billy Abbott" pro-
tested Powell. mot even landlord
can rob Billy for more than the first
two months Then Billy begins to rob
the landlord, and presently he has to
move"
"He's getting along much better
now" said Miss Knight. Hes taken
up really clever line of work-for pot
boiling, mean. He is making designs
for stationery and that sort of thing.
The last time l was in his studio he
was working on the design for check,
and it was very artistic in it's way"
"A checkw cried Powell. aha! That
explains it."
So we fell to discussing the possibil-
tiles of crime in that direction and
had evolved many impossible schemes
whereby Danny Gilbert could win
wealth by stealing the design of some
body's check when Miss knight inter
rupted us by announcing that it was
time for her to 60 home. We walked
with her to where she lived, and from
across the street we watched the light
fare in her window as a sign that al
was well.
do you know" said Powell, there's
something in the life of big city thai
carries a man back to the most print
tive instincts Of his nature. l never
part from her'-and he looked upward
toward the window--''withOut tina
sense of danger which must have
haunted early men when all the wOrlt
was strange and every creature hos
tile. In village or even In smalle
cities certain kinship unites the PEG
pie. You do not say Good night AM
leave one utterly alone, as am leaving
her, See them! See them across tn
way there passing the door! The ami
mails that roved the forests were NOR
akin to cave dwelling man than thos
people are to her or to one another
They do not speak the same language
think the same thoughts-oh, wei
what's the use of kicking? l want t
protect her; that's all l just want t
watch and guard her every hour. Nov
keep still. Not Il word. Forget M
foolishness. l oughtn't to have said i
Let's go and see If we can find Bill
Abbott"
1t may have been 10 o'clock when W
came to the building where Billy la
bis studio. There was really no chan(
at all Of finding him, for he lived
the suburbs. and this was u bushes
block in which he had established Ii
workshop. The door was locked; IL
hall was dark. There was no bell, al