The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-26

be great n wise inc rich n learned
before you come TO me? Little by
little. after many talks with the ven
cradle Franklin, I have got the Ameri-
can notion that l would like TO go
away with you and help you to accom-
plish these things and enjoy the hap
piness which was ours, for a little time.
and Of which you speak in your letters.
Surely there was something very great
in those moments. 1t does not fade
and has ii not kept US true to our
promise? But, Jack, how long am I to
wait? You must tell me-"
This letter went 20 the heart of the
young man. She had deity set before
him the gross unfairnesS of delay. He
felt it. Ever since the parting he had
been eager to go, but his father was
not a rich man and the family was
large. His own salary had been little
than was needed for clothing and
books. That autumn it had been
doubled and the editor had assured
him that higher pay would be forth
coming. He hesitated to tell the girl
how little he earned and how small,
when measured in money, his progress
had seemed to be. He was in despair
when his friend Solomon Binkus ar
rived from Virginia. For two years
the latter had been looking after the
interests OF Major Washington out ia
the Ohio river country. They dined
together that evening at the Crooked
piIIat on1 Cn1Onono AoI1 Ill., - IL
ventures in the West and frontier stO-
ries Of the notorious One-legged rObber.
Micah Harpe, and his den on the shore
of the Ohio and OF the cunning Of the
outlaw in evading capture.
Solomon read the girls letter and
said:
IF I was you I'd swim the big pond
if Necessary. This ERE is a real simon
pure, fOur-masted womern an she
wants You fer captain. As the Teller
said when he seen a black fox, Come
on, boys, it's time fer to wear ont yer
bOOts.'"
I'm tied to my job"
Then break yer halter" said Solo
mon.
Il haven't money enough to get mar
ried and keep a wife"
What an ignorant cuss you be!' Sol
Omon exclaimed. You don't pear to
know when ye're well off,"
what do you mean?'
II mean that ye're with at least a
thOusan' pounds cash money"
GET uTnr116 not N oh vn, n,4ho- g. -
and ] have only forty pounds in the
bank" Jack answered.
Solomon took out his wallet and re-
moved from It a worn and sOiled piece
Of paper and studied the memoranda
1t contained. Then he did some cipher
ing with a piece of lead. In a moment
he said:
You have got a thOusan' an fifteen
pounds an six shillin' fer to do with
as We please IN no questions asked
nary one"
You mean you've got it,"
(Which means that Jack Irons owns
it hide, horns an taller"
Tears came to the boys eyes. He
looked down for a moment without
speaking. Thank you, Solomon" he
said presently. Il can't use your
money. II wouldn't be right"
Solomon shut one eye an squinted
with the other as if he were taking
aim along the top of a gun barrel.
Then he shook his head and dravIpd {:
Cats blood an gunpowder! That
T slaps me in the face an kicks me
on the shin," Solomon answered. 1--WE
walked al padded eighty mile i'm a
day an been stabbed an shot at an
had to run fer my life, which it amt
no fun-yOu hear to me. Who do We
spOSe / done il fer hui YOU an nv
kPntry? There amt nobody q nv
name an blood on this side O. the
0cean-nOt nobody at all. An If
KNIT work fer you, Jack, I'd Just err
bout as soon quit. This ere money
amt no good to me 'cept fer BODY
Owe an powder an balls. I'd as
leave drop ii in the river. 1t bOthers
re. | don't need il. When I git mum
go an hide it in the bush some
whars-jest to git it out o. my way. I
been thinkin' all up the road from Vir-
ginny o this ere gOl demnable money
an what / were a-gOin' to do with II
an what 1t could do to me. An, seq I.
I'm ergOin' to ask Jack to take II an
nSe u few a wolf 'twivt bl," 49, .~o,,hr~
n th~ id-e nuiri=G me efiOng-ilun-
est! Kind o. made me happy. Course.
If l had a wife am Children, 'twould
be different, but l amt got no one. An
now We tell me We don't want il, which
1t makes me feel lOneSOmer n a tarred
Tory an kind o. sOrrowful-ayes. sir.
IL does"
SOlOmOn's voice sank to a whisper.
Forgive me-" said Jack. 81 didn't
know you felt that way. But I'm glad
you do. I'll take it on the understand
Ing that as long as l live what | have
shall also be yours"
1--we two hundred pOun' an six shil-
lin in my pocket an a lot more hid In
the bush. It's all yOurn to the last
round penny. I reckon it'll purity nigh
! bridge the slough. / want We 10 be