Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1912-09-05

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80. ne win never come back here
saih' that is fairly sure. He has
r.olilsed that, and he asked me to
p.olnlse one thing. by the way"
" mt was that?"
10 keep my promise with you. He
"sAeu me to marry you WhyY'
.Hhiiite wit of woman. What chance
Lave We men against such weapons?
= was coquetry she forced to her face
anu nothing else when she answered:
90, then. be was hard hit after all!
aia not know that How tender of
nim TO wish me married to another
.nah himself. The conceit of.you men
Is something wondrous"
Mr. orme was so kind as to inform
NE mat was a gentleman and like
wise very great ass
Dlo ron promise him to keep your
promise. Jack?" She put both her hands
Oh mine as it lag on the chair arm.
nef eyes looked into mine straight and
fuh. Il would have taken more imagi-
nation than mine to suspect the slight
est pickering In their lids Jack" she
mormured over and over again, Il love
you. have never loved any other
man"
SO now" ] resumed. Il have come
to you to tell you of al these things
and to decide definitely and finally in
regard TO our next plans
But you believe me. Jack? You do
promise TO keep your promisea You do
love me?"
Il doubt no woman whom we'd"
j answered. Il shall be gone for two
or three weeks. shall come back.
Miss Grace, and shall ask your an
swer."
Jack, I'm sure of that" she muir
INJURED. 1T Is grand thing for a wo-
man to have the promise of q man
who knows what a promise is"
| WINGED at this. as had WINGED a
thousand times at similar thrusts IN
consciously delivered by SO many.
NO. said |, Il think Orme is right.
am only a very stupid ass
She reached out her hand I felt
&1A AhSEE@ NkSSI NJid anu ildId Ol
mine. as though 10th to let me go. /
kissed her fingers and withdrew. my
self at least very glad to be away.
] retired TO my room to arrange my
portmanteaus for an early journey.
And there. filling up One-half Of the
greater valise, was roll OF hide, rag
ged about its edge. drew it cut and
spread ii fat upon the bed before me.
whitened and roughened with bone,
Redeemed with blood. written on with
rude stylus. bearing certain words
which all the time. day and night.
rang. yes. and sang, in my brain.
Il, John Cowles-I, Ellen Meriweth-
er-take thee for better. for worse
till DEATH saw her name-E-l-Ee-n.
Presently once more / departed My
mother also ended her visit at Dix
lana, preferring to return to the quiet
Of her two little whitewashed rooms
and the old fireplace and the sooty
pothooks which our peoples slaves
had used for two generations In the
past. AS TO what | learned at Hunt
iugtuH I need say no nUrc Jnan Iat
| began to see fully verified my ia
theirs daring and his foresight. The
matter of the coal land speculation
was proved perfectly feasible
All the details OF surveying anF To-
eating lands. of measuring shafts and
drifts and estimating cubic yards in
coal and determining the status OF
tenures and fees, had occupied me
longer than ! had anticipated. | had
been gone two days beyond month
when pulled up at Wallingford.
AS | approached the little tavern
heard much laughing. talking, foot
falls. hurrying, as men came or Went
| on one errand or another. large
| party had evidently arrived on con
| yeyance earlier than my own. | lean
/ ed against the front rail OF the tavern
gallery and waited for some stable boy
| TO come | found my eyes resting upon
| long figure mt the farther end Of the
gallery, sitting in the shade or the
steen hill which came down almost
sharp as a house roof back of the uV-
ern and SO cut off the evening sun. lt
was apparently a woman, tail ana
thin. clad in O loose, stayless gov Il,
her face hid in an extraordinarily long
green sunbonnet. There was no one IN
all the world who could counterfeit
Mandy McGovern.
Mandy's pipe well nigh fell from Der
lips. well. well, well! If 1t amt YOU
sonw she exclaimed
AUNT Mandy" | interrupted. "IelI
me. what in the world are you doing
heref''
why. me and the folks just come
down to look around. Her and herapa
was comm. and ! come tool
'Who came with you. Aunt Mandy :!
still askin' fool questions. Ike you
didn't know. Why, you know VINO lt
was. The colonel's ordered to jine his
regiment at Fort Henry. Gal come
along O. him o. course. | come along
with the gal o. course. My boy anu
NV husband come along with ME o