The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-01

civil engineer and had studied - q
and here he was, stopped at tbo Iofu'
ming. Oesh-
50 there they were-the Lees on
side of the town aud old Simon Os
on the other-a whole world anor
could have said, with Il o possible ~ que
to bring them together. The old
had money and would not usa q.
Lees could have used money so uu
and did not have 1t. Separa+od
only by the width of the town h..
the width Of the world!
But one day Simon Greer's old h.
was thrown open, and men wont :,
with explanations of pity and hon.
Old Simon Greer lay stiIl in the oorao
and did not rail at them as he woul,
have done once. In spite Of the borals
door and boarded window, death bos
gone In and claimed him. Thero ~
an Inquest and a pauper funeral IN .S@
potter's field and that was the last ~
him.
Gross as the crater was. 7 vor,s
ave been frindly wild i'm If he wouS
"a let me-" said Mrs. MCGUIRE 70 ba-
neighbors; "but he was that ouare ov.
erybody was afraid Of i'm but NV litt,.
Mike and Dlnnls Rafferty,. an tbor
amt afraid O. the Old Bow bis,o,s
Many's the time they've hung sbor.
there, shoutin' at i'm an calm Inn
names, as boys will, We know. Mr.,
Murphy, an ye can't expect to find ola
heads on young shoulders, an IFS GLAD
l am that We can't. An there they arc
this blessed minute, playin' about the
cheepy ould house like they'd been horn
there; an ye couldn't pull me inside Of
1t wild a logchain."
There was no need of a long-cba,n 70
pull Mike and Dennis inside Of IT. and
they were even then having lots Of frn
A vagrant dog, passing along the street
could not resist the temptation 10 looL
In and see what 1t was all about.
There's a dog! Let's ketch I'm an
tie somethln' to his tail" cried Mike
Here, doggie, doggie!
Flattered by these gentle attentions
the dog came in, wagging his tail. With.
In two minutes. Dennis was holding
him, while Mike rushed out in search
of a tin can An old, rusty and battered
can was picked up from under the edge
OF the house, a string was produced
from Mixes pockets, and two minutes
more saw the dog and the can career.
ing wildly down the street, the former
having been given a kick TO start I'm
Off"
What memories were afterward con-
nected with that poor dogs flight
through the town, who shall say? Bows
shouted and threw stones at him to
urge him to still greater speed; men,
who did not think themselves cruel.
stopped to look after him and to laugh
with great enjoyment; teamsters leaned
down as he came past and snapped him
with their whips, and everybody that
saw him smiled and was much amused.
Nearly everybody, that is. Away at
the other side of the town was a pref
ty young girl who called out pitylngly
to the wreached dog, which staggered
as 1t tried to run:
"Come here, poor fellow. Oh. poor,
poor dOggle, have they treated you 50
badly?"
And In a little while Minnie Lee, to
whose tender sympathies no suffering
creature eve appealed In vain, had
the vagabond to believe in her
and had him on the porch, where be
lay painting.
"Give him a little water, Minnie"
Mrs. Lee, coming out from her
work to look at him.
"Lie still, old fellow, and III cut the
cord on your tall" said sympathetic
Ray. 'There-lt's all right now. May
be this can will do to plant a flower In,
He took up the can and bent back
the lid, which had been almost cut off
at first and then pressed back, TO close
opening. An exclamation Of sur
prise startled his mother and sister,
and they looked around to see Ray
from the can a package wrap
ped In oiled silk.
And what do you suppose that pack
age contained?
Money, lots OF 1t, all In big bills!
And there was also a queer-loOklng pa
per, which the boy soon made out to
be the will of the old miser. What a
will it was, just such a one as
Tou would suppose a strange man like
Simon Greer would make! Having
famed the various money-deposits that
had in the banks and the bonds and
stocks that he owned-a goodly sum in
lll-and setting forth the fact that he
had nj relatives in the world, he left
lis entire possessions to the finder OF
lis will.
And that is how good fortune came
the old house on one side OF the
own to the f-1ower-covered cottage on
he other-in an old tin a tied to a
oil