Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-05-23

D 4lSt uiIu IiJilStlls SHuEIS llIilO tilS'i
cutter and started old Dob
bin on brisk trot. for there were
three miles of crisp white road to be
covered, and it was almost chore time.
When they We're fairly under way
Wentworth turned to his pretty sister,
christened Elsie but known as Toots
to all her many friends. and said. III
hear you're going to get married.
Toots'
Miss Wcntworth's very becoming
flush was no doubt due to the weather,
for the thermometer lowered about
zero. AT any rate. she answered very
composedly: "Oh, indeed! And who
told you. Mr.. Smarty?"
"a little bird. Elsie. from Chelsea: a
little bird" He bent wagglsh glance
upon her. Il say. which one is it going
to bel''
ask your little bird.' she retorted.
Bob tried 4 new tack. We'll, Harry
Crossman is Il nice fellow"
"Indeed he is, replied his sister.
Better looking than Luke Cotter,
think"
"Do you?"
"And more money, too"
Yes
Romantic disposition. too" Bob
was warming to his theme. ANY fell
low who will go wes.s and be cowboy
for year must have some romance
about him, Now, don't believe that
Luke Cotter has even been out of the
county,"
He was in Chicago last summer"
with load of stock. lie stayed
NIL OF twenty-four hours. Seriously.
Toots. approve of your choice. Cot
ter's all right. but all he's got is forty
acre farm and that's mortgaged."
He semed almost dissatisfied with
his sisters nod OF assent After md
ment's silence he burst out boyishly:
ooh, say, Toots, be good fellow!
Which one is it, and when is 1t going
to be? Tess up now"
The girl looked down pcnsively.5
They've both asked me"
Good"
"And-and they're both coming to-
morrow for their answers. i haven't
really decided which it is to be-"
Bob chuckled gleefully. What A
beautiful situation! Toots. you're
winner. I've always said it. When
are you going to decide!"
Miss Wentworth essayed to say more,
but her courage failed. her. Bob slap
ped Dobbin with he'reins. interrupting
a long drawn whistle to grin ex-
pansively. .'
"Bob"--
He raised HIS hand. "Gh. know what
you're going to say. and my advice is
don't say it. Yon want me to help you
choose, and ! won't. know you.
Toots. Ii I picked one. you'd marry
the other, and If he beat yoll up you'd
blame me-"
II think you're just ms mean as you
can be. pouted Toots.
1.-THE lady or the tiger. !. apostrophiz-
ed Bob. waving long arm Mt the horf-.
ION. The gallant cowboy or old Stick
in-the-mud: the heir to-well thou
sands. and the poor bnt honest youth:
the-hello, what's this 2
A sharp turn in the road had brought
them to a most interesting tableau.s a
team Of horses. attached to sleigh.
stood facing them. Behind the sleigh
man in a fur coat chung stubbornly
to long rope. at the other end Of the
rope an angry steer was plunglng aud
believing. Evidently the animal had
been tied insecnsely to the sleigh, had
worked tls, knot loose and had been
about to make n dash for liberty. At
this moment the driver had discovered
the status Of things and taken a hand. Il
The steer sprang abruptly to the left
The man in the fur coat was swept 81
his feet BIZ the move and spra wled fiiIls
length in ti,efsnow: The steer CHARGED
the rail fence BY tIle roadside. ncats
tered the rails al X hey we're sot ~
matches and galIoi,ed into the Hn1oofhE
meadow lot beyond mn III INV AZ
! sled q the 90 * tla ~ \ =