Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-23
-sorNG TO GET MARlLLA A PIANO. HEAR.

GOING TO GET MARlLLA PIANO, HEAR
ing deep into the hard packed loan.
each of us rcposcd against an elm
pillar of the structure aud smoked FL
Toro tobacco. while we wrangled ami.
cably concerning the atfnirs Of the rest
of the world.
AS for conveying adequate conccp-
lion of the engaging charm Of that
prairie evening. despair waits upon it,
1t is Il bold chronicler who will under
take tho description Of Il Texas night
in the early Spriug. An inventory
must suffice.
The ranch rested upon the summit o.!
a le,li,nt si"l" The ambient prairie.
diversified 10y arroyus and murlsy
patches of brush aud pear. lazy around
US like Il darkenrd howl at the i"ttom
of which we rerosed as ,irrsS. Like
"A turquoise cover the sky pinned us
there. The miraculous air. hcady with
ozone and made melnoraAiy sweet by
leagues Of wild fiowercts. gave tang
and SAVIOR to the breath.
Mr. Kinney's wife. ii young and
capable woman. VIC had left in the
house. She remained to busy herself
with the domestic round Of duties. in
Whicil | had observed that she seemed
TO take Il buoyant and contcntcd pride.
In one room we had suppcd. Pres
emily from the other as Kinney and
sat without there burst Il volume of
sudden and briliaut music. IT could
justly estimate the art OF piano play
ing. the construct OF tia, rollckin 9
fanlasi;, had crrdnably mastered the
secrets of the Keyboard. 4 piano and
one so we'll played. seemed To nir to be
an unusual thing L" find la that small
and unprumiSiI" ran !, !in!isr mus,
have locked my S.lrrrs" at flush Kin.
ncy. for he laughed II his soft south
sArn way and nodded II, lur 'llrru"ta t..r
nuonit haze "i .n,r i.,rri,rs
'"YMu don't nftcm tear as a.lrrT,b,
noise as ,lE,' Oh a >'.,'l' ranch. ht
remarked but ur,"r 81" amy r":,
Sun for not pEiyn" NY I" ,:'' arts and
:..r;,c,.s jus, because ~. tnll"'n !" .iN,
.:,ul in the brush. Us Il i,.nrS.'!iic tit,
Tor n woman. and ii Il sale music rat
s,l,ke it any better wh. 'nL nave it
That's the way ! i'"k II; il
"A wisr and @ril,r'"'> l,'r"ry.
.lssenr."]. And Mis-. Kinney play
we'll am not learned in the : ;,.n"'
Of music. but | should ca!l her an III,
commonly good performer. Si'" liz,
technic and more than ordinary pow
err
The moon was very bright. YOU w;l
understand. and | SAW upon Kinney
face Il sort of amused aud p,%S!,an
expression. as though there were I h inG
s5eLind it that might he eXpound.d..
'You came up the trail from til
Double Elm fork" said Kinney prom
isingly. las you crossed it you mus
have seen an old deserted iacal
.your left under Il comma mott. :
II did" said L. There was a drov
tof javalis roofing around it. coul
see by the broken corrals that no on
lived there"
That's where this music propos
Hion started" said Kinney. Il don
mind telling you about 1t while w
smoke. That's where old Cal Adam
lived. He had about 800 graded Mer
mos aud daughter that was solid sill
aud as handsome as Il new stake roT
on u thirty dollar pony. And | don
mind telling you that was guilty
the second degree of hanging aroun
old Cats ranch i'll! the time cou
spare away from Iambing and shea
ing. Miss Marilla was her name. a,
l had figured it out by the. rule Of tW
that she was destined to become IT
chatelaine and lady superior Of Ra
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