The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1914-12-25

l~ social. The weatn
N-1 err man, whether
married or not. was expected to take
j hand in the social game.
Meanwhile the head Of the weather
bureau was talking to Burt Hudson
who WAS to fl the place.
j Young man. you have done we'll al
= your other stations. and I'm hoping
for the same or better at Point Hope,
And remember, always consider youl
dignity"
81 certainly shall do the bant can.
! WAS the reply.
In due tfme Mr.. Hudson arrived al
Point Hope. The population turned
out to meet him. He was himself
until within ten miles OF the town,
and then he became somebody else
| He put on the mantle of dignity as
advised by his chief. How 1t worked
was told in the comments of the peo-
pie when they oamo to compare notes,
Il told him I'd like to play check.
ers with him." said Uncle Riley.
land ho glared like q January bliz,
gard
when he ceme In I was for shak,
ing hands with him and asking about
his family" said the landlord OF the
inn, but he .orter drawed away as
if was second class. I don't believe
| he'll eat prune sass once a week"
Two of the most interesting people
in Poiut Hope were the Widow Wei.
come and her! daughter Marian. II
was said of them. that they had tina
incest house and the mort money,
and no enc disputed that the daugh
ter was the hendsomest and best
educated yoSng lady among Thorn.
Two weeks after Mr.. Hudson's ar
rival he was being discussed by
mother and daughter. A young MAJ
had escorted Marian and another girl
to the signal station and introduced
them They were received. with alto
gether too much courtesy and; dignity
to please them.
"He is q gentleman, mother" said
the daughter, 'but be freezes one.
don't believe the governor puts on
the dignity that Mr.. Hudson does
We'll, dear, he may be quiet and
undemonstrative among strangers,
but let US hope he viii thaw out az
be gets acquainted"
A gathering took place and Mr..
Hudson xse there. He thawed out
canMdsBbly, bat not enough to, es.
D., celburs., The naierity said that
his attrtde belonged In q New YORK.
drawing room. Miss Marian met him
with smile, but at the look al dig.
nifty on his face she froze up and was
like an icicie the rest of tho evening.
The mother was the only one OF tina
party who read the young man truly. E
After the guests had gone she said to
her daughter: :
II think can read Mr.. Hudson o
Alright" :
Then you can read q Eock!" was =
the sulky reply. u
HE is acting part In being SO .
stiff and formal ;,
Il shan't put myself out to, enter :,
tain such polar bear!" n
you see IL he doesn't begin to :,
thaw out soon. If he is acting a part, \
as / believe he Is, he can't hold to =
t many weeks. You'll see a change =,
n him when he calls and hnds US =
alone" .,
When Mr.. Hudson had held the =.
station six months all the people =.
agreed that he had thawsd out at y,
east one-half. This, they COMMANDED,
vas doing pretty we'll. but II was not -
'nough to satisfy Miss Marian, who +
aid to her mother:
when MT. Hudson shows that he In
: human as other men, n,aybs
hall begin to like him"
Queeriy enough, there was evidence
( 1t NEXT day. He appeared ut the tB
ouse and challenged her to ride with
i'm on his new tandem bicycle. She T..
ccepted at ones, and they had Ave ~
lille spin, to her delight II was 70 =. %
Gated in q few days, and they had ~
cen out half q dozen times, when M
lie sudden. terrific and awful change W..
he had hoped for took place. a '
They were trying to get homo be- W
re thundsrshower, when the bi. =.
rcle ran over a hog on the highway ~
I'D the riders were sent flying into
10 bushes. Marian was not much ~
1rt. As she tried to gather her wits az
lie heard some one exclaiminx. As -,
lie sat up she recognized Mr.. Hud. ~. ~
ms voice. AZ she dragged herself to ~
sr feet and hung to the bushes she ".
w him betting the hog WITH a club,
I'd heard him cay:
- your eyes, take thati" And :
30: Lie in the road, will you, you ~.
lisancef" And likewise:
Uncle Sam and his old weaths,
n go to Texas! I'm through with De'
is dignity nonsense!n
And when the girl reached hors Z
e said. to. her mother: II shall be "a
gagged to M. Hudson within fSu and
,ehsi" ~ r .'''ai. any