The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

stop the car by the cliff near this end
that place where the sunlight comes
through "A kind Of notch in the west. l
thought he was tired of the motion Of
the car, 80 We stopped, and he lay back
looking at the cliff. Pretty soon the
shot a long ray past us. and it fair
ly splattered gold on the canyon wall.
Then the shaft of sunlight went out.
1t will shine again. he said. as IL l
didn't know that. Collie's ii pretty sick
man."
Later Winthrop and Louise Joined
the Others at the veranda. Louise cX-
cused herself. She searched II long
time before she found another rose.
This time it was a Colombo bud. full.
red and beautiful. She stepped to Col
lies window. Boy" she called softly.
White and trembling. he stood IN the
long window looking down at her
I'm glad 0 are HON" "-ain." she
said.
He nodded and glanr
boy" she tali"d :-riH. i,
And she tossed t&r +, =. .i,,ai.-h:
and pressed /. {" - ii.-
Ev".ir. r.. The
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head with i Sill err .iny.in. OF rein
chains. His sleek banks y%ii>tened in
the moonlight. Louise rurbed him
gently with hand and voice as he
stepped through the wide gateway Of
the ranch.
At the edge Of the Old Meadow the
girl dismounted. allowing Hoysr to
craze at will.
She climbed to the low rounded rock.
her e%rstwhile throne Of dreams. where
she sat with knees gathered to her in
her clasped hands. The pony paused
in his grazing to lift his head and look
at her with gently wondering eyes.
The utter solitude Of the place. far
above the viewless valley. allowed her
thought n horizon impossible Mt the
Moonstone rancho. Alone she faced
the grave Question OF making au un
alterable choice. Collie had asked her
to marry him. She had evaded direct
reply to his direct question. She knew
, OF no good reason why she should
marry him. She knew of no better
reason why she should not. She
thought she was content with being
loved. She was. for the moment.
Got a match. KID"
Louise raised her head. Some one
was afoot on the Old Meadow trail.
She could heal the whisper Of dried
grasses against the boots of the men
rs another voice replied. Sure! Here
you are" And Louise knew that Collie
was one of the men.
About to call. she hesitated. strange
~ curious as to who the other man
might lie and why Collie and he should
%foregather in the Old Meadow at night.
Never mind" mumbled the first
speaker. IL thought | wanted to
smoke. bat l don't. | want to talk
tirst-abOut the Rose Girl"
Louise tried to call out. but she was
interrupted by Overland's voice. The
two men had stopped at the lower side
of the great rock. She could hear
them plainly. although she could n
see them.
"ColIie-we're busted. We're done.
Chico. amt said notIin' to Billy yet
He's got money anyway. This here
only hits you aud me"
what do YOU mean. Red:
Il mean that the Rose Girl Mining
company. Incorporated: lack Summers.
president and general manager. don't
belong to MS and never did. We been
>cllin' stock that amt ours and
was"
Flows that"
Il was goin' to write. Eut | amt
no hand to write about business. Writ
IN poetry is bad enough. You re- Ollec'
them papers and that dust Billy tried
to find out there by the track""
"Yes."
"Wcll. | found it all. Since the COM
pany Is workin' the claim now and l
didn't have so much to do l got to
thinkin' Of them papers. l went out
there. paced her Off down the track.
guessed at about where it VAS and
found EN-"
'Found them"
"Yes, sir. There was that little bag
almost atop OF the sand, account OF
wind and rain. Then there was a rec.
ord Of the claim. our claim. Its been
filed on before. We made a mistake
and filed on the wrong section. When
me and Billy went to file ! noticed thu.
clerk said something about hayin'
neiglhorS OF the claim next. but |
was scared of answcrin' too many
questions, So | give him some cigars
ana beat it
"Who owns our claim, them
THAT'S the queer part of it. You
know the guy we give the water to
the one that died ont there. He owns
the claim. or he did. 1t belongs by
rights to his girl now. His name was
Andre I.acharme."
"IAcharme.."
YES: I.ouise's pa. Recollect your
hOSS tpllin' ia how tho Rose Girls