The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-11-01
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REX DENHAM'S LUCK
By CLAUDINE SISSON

| you, though She never sees str11-
| gers"
And her name?" asked DenhAR
without much interest
I'VE call her the painter lady, but
one day she told me might call her
Bah"
What, What"
Say. don't scare a girl to death
Lawks, but l chewed my heart that
time. Yes, call her Bab-Miss Bah
l amt hight nun up to call her Bah
alone. 'Twouldnt be manners"
Can you describe her?'
Blue eyes, chestnut hair. white
: teeth, and a real lady. One Of my
shoes would make pair for her. Got
| slim hands Never uses slang. Goeo
without eatin' two days and then pro-
tends she isn't bit hungry. II l waG
| a gent like you I'd go up and see =
lady like her. II you'll come with me
! I'll introduce you. I'll say:
+ Miss Bah, this is the gent -
saved your last ten cents and gave =
. fellow the awfullest kick you ever
4 saw"
r There had been a young lady named
J. Bah two years before. She was hun
dreds of miles away when Rex Den
!, ham last saw her. She had widowed
ia mother who was fairly well on. Babs
II Bah, The name spoken stirred him
d If there was a Bah in trouble she
should have aid II the girls descrip-
r.. ton was correct
10 Got to go into the butcher shop
9 after mutton to make BROTH" said hin
N companion They might give you tho
" guy If you went in with me- Don't
70 make a sneak while I'm in there"
A. She found Denham waiting whan
ar she came out 1t would have taksn
ID on.
ID Say" said the girl. crackers -
.. with mutton broth, but l haven't the
h. cash. Butcher got it all and then
If said was too chin-chin besides. Want
I'd to buy 'em for Bab?"
Denham accompanied her to n dalt
be catessen store and filed basket
:, with goodies, and then insisted On
carrying it home for her. She walked
= along beside him with her head held
1 very high, and when spoken to BY .
| girl she knew her austere reply WA
Anna, can't you see l am walking
Il with real gentleman"
The mother could tell little more
| than the daughter. 1t was cheap
rooming house. Yes. the painter lady
was a lady, it was easy enough to see
that She was something Of an art
ist, but her pictures would not sell
She had sold most of her wardrobe
| hab Tho doCCrfn
ton was right.
N And not a word to her." said Den
nj ham. She'll ask, but make no ex
Il plantations Coax her to eat and gel
strong Cheer her UP a bit. Take
\ this money and buy whatever sht
Il thinks she can eat. If she doesn'
improve we'll have a doctor. I'll sent
in wine from the drug store, and to
, morrow evening III call again
Ma don't you see how it is?" salt
the girl to her puzzled parent. W.
take in a lady She can't pay. Sh'
comes down to hard-pan. | take he
last ten cents to get her mutton TO
broth, and l meets a gent who res
cues me and canes and kicks loafer
i Straight as a Decline, ma. l tell tn
II gent the lady is Bah, and he can
N stand still Romance, ma-romance
. Romance and l am in it. You ar
and going to see high jinks around thi
hotel
Denham came on the morrow. H
60 came on the next day and the mex
ar. On the third day Miss Bah was II
He ported better and he went up seftl
me. to find her trying to work. He wa
ave not introduced There was no nee
lrly of it. 1t was two hours before h
came down and announced that tn
for landlady was to lose her roomer.
she In two hours much can be told
sr | elany misapprehensions set right Tn
two years had seen death-chicaner
unit false friends-illness, despair-po
erty. but brighter day had dawne'
and AS the carriage drove away tn
ked landlady's daughter began to snifn
nm And what's the matter with you
i'm, was asked
Just my luck. If hadn't told hi
he about Miss Bah he'd have marie
me-"