The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-01
The Judge Has a Charming Idea.

(&&&6 curate name is prOdlgallty.
When Judge Menefee sanctioned to
the act by his gray hair and wide
spread repute-had introduced himself
to the lady passenger, she had herself
sweetly breathed a name in response
that the hearing Of the male passengers
had variously interpreted. In the not
unjealous spirit of rivalry that eventu-
ated, each chung s%tubbornly to his W
theory. For the lady passenger to have
r~easseverated or corrected would have
seemed didactic, if not unduly so
licitous Of a specific acquaintance.
Therefore the lady passenger permit
ted herself to be Garlanded and Nc
Farlanded and Solomoned with equal
and discreet complacency.
Soon the little party of wayfarers
were happily seated in a cheerful arc
before the roaring fire. n robes,
cushions and removable portions of the
coach had been brought in and put to
service. The lady passenger chose a
place near the hearth at one end or
the arc. There she graced almost a
throne that her subjects had prepared.
one SAT upOu SuSuIOA1o dAu NA>
against an empty box and barrel, robe
bespread, which formed a defense
from the invading drafts. She extend
ed her feet. delectably shod. to the
cordial heat. She ungloved her hands,
but retained about her neck her long
fur boa. The unstable flames half re-
vealed, while the warding boa half
submerged, her face-a youthful face.
altogether feminine, clearly nodded
and calm with beauty's unchallenged
confidence. Chivalry and manhood
We're here vieing to please and COM
fort her. She seemed to accept their
devoirs-not piquantly, as II courted
and attended. nor p~reeningly, as many
of her sex unwOrthily reap their hon
ors. nor yet stOlidly, as the OK receives
his hay. but concordantly with ma
lures own plan-as the lily ingests the
drop Of dew foreOrdained to its re-
freshmen.
Judge Menefee was attorney for the
storm. The weather was his client,
and he strove by special pleading to
convince his companions in that frigiu
jury box that they s%ojourned in a bow
or of roses. beset only by %benignant
zrpllyrs. He drew upon a fund of
gayety. wit and anecdote. sophistical.
but crowned with success. His cheer
tulness communicated itself irresisti-
bly,. Each one fastened to contribute
his quota toward the general optimism.
Even the lady passenger was moved
to expression.
II think it is quite charming" she
said in her slow, crystal tones.
Bildad Rose was called upon viva
ciously for the ex-hermit's history.
Now. since the stagedriver's horses
sengers appeared to be SO, peace and
comfy returned to him.
1.-THE old didapper," began Bildad,
somewhat irreverently, 'infested this
here house about twenty year. He
never allowed nobody to come nigh
him. He'd duck his head inside and
slam the door whenever a team drove
along. There was spinning wheels ur
in his loft. all right. He used to buy
his groceries and tobacco at Sam Til
ly's store OF the Little Muddy. Las,
August he went up there dressed in 6
red bedquilt and told Sam he was Kine
Solomon n that the queen of Shebf
was coming to visit him. He fetched
along all the money he had-a little
bag full of silver-and dropped it il
Sans we'll. She won't come say:
old man Redruth to Sam. If she know:
I've got any money
"As soon as folks heard he had tina
sort Of a theory about women an,
money they knowed he was crazy. St
foolish asylum"
"Was there a romance in his life tina
drove him to a solitary existence:
asked n of the passengers, a youn
man who had an agency
NO" said Bildad. mot that l eve
heard spoke of. Just ordinary troubl.
They say he had had u~nfOrtunatenes
in the way of love arrangements wit
a young lady when he was young. be
fore he contracted red bedquilts an
had his financial conclusions disuua
fled. l never heard of III romance
"Ah"!' exclaimed Judge Menefee in
pressively. "A case of unreQuited a
lection. no doubt"
"No, sir" returned Bildad, mot J.;
all. She never married him. Marm'
duke Mulligan. down at Paradise, sec
a man once that come from old Re-
ruth's town. He said Redruth was
due young man, but when you kicke