The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-02

or rise pantingly from the bottom.
you've let out three things that you've
been already" she said. How man. more
90. we'll" he said, "just a few more, if
/ can remember"
do remember. I've never been any
thing at all except a a servant"
After all, what was a gOverness in that
house but a slave? He seemed to have
been everywhere: and the only blace from
which she could get a glympse Of life was
from the wall that looked dOwn upon the
village path.
He put up a well cut hand with long
and sensitive fingers. 80, well, he said,
preparing to tick them off for the benefit
Of this wide eyed, one jObbed girl, who
never had had the courage to try her
wings, piano player in a moving picture
show in London, Ontario, for one golf
pro at a very decent club away in In
burg for another, engine driver on the
c. p. r. system for a third-O, and so it
goes on. And at one time or an other
l worked on motors in Detroit, tried to
sell real estate in Florida and did parked
outside an exhibition of dWarfs n cam
els all through the middle west, was third
nSte on a four master from Bristol to
Sydney, a hundred and seventy days from
bOrt to port, wind and waves willing
and o, 1 dunno. Other things like that
A great life. Lots Of fun. And by the
way, l mustn't forget to mention a most
amusing interlude as a master t~attOOist
on an island in the South Seas, between
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sort Of tobacco. 1t burnt the tongue hOr.
ribly. Otherwise no grumbles. You see,'
he added, by way Of apology for this all.
roundness. Il had the wandcrlust. Nc
ties anywhere, nothing to hold me down
so 1 just mOOched from spot to spot will
the trade wind and loved it. I'm absO
lutely certain that there's only one thing
that VIII ever be able to anchor me t
one place and one job"
And that2" she asked, betting on hi
answer, because there was something yer!
wistful in his eyes.
30, WELL" ne said, whats the good
I've only just been able to keep myself
How can l ever expect to do the decen
thing by the sort Of girl that I shall wan
to marry2 Not that / ever expect to fin
her. Somehow, well, I'm hard to please
And then its's a thousand to one I shan
please her." He struck a match on hi
trousers. I'm awful sorry" he added
perhaps you object to a piper"
mo, no." she said. 81 like it. TIL
only time my father was ever separate,
from a pipe was when he went into tn
by the way" he said, twas your oil
eyes. He was killed in Franc
after one Of the gas attacks"
He was thoughtful and sympathetic 70
a Oment.
bad Luck. Awful bad luck. Um,
wonder if 1 ever met him."
By which she gathered that he had for
gotten to mentiOh soldering among hi
numerous professions. She warmed {
him for that. when did you Join up 2
she asked.
90, WELL" b. said, 81 happened to b
in Canada at the time. I had the luck {
be pushed into the first contingent.
great lot, those jOkers. Not many Of eI
knocking about today. How about yoI
for a changer" He looked at her an
gave a little bow.
Parsons orphan. Bound to earn
living. Nothing else"
el u on pretty well with these peoples
Yes and no, more or less. The Strat
d tons are noted for being a rather diff
20, realIy2 Yes, I've heard so. Any
thing more than usually weird abOu
Ithege3"
Pm rather sorry for them, really. 70
4 see, until old Lord LauncestOn died they
grown into Che habit Of regarding then
selves as his successors mean the ma.
or had. He had lived here for a goo
many years and like everybody els
thought that he was next Of kin"
"And all the while he wasn't. eh2"
emo. JIG turned ont that the old Re.
tleman's youngest brother had made
secret marriage and had a son. That va.
~olecoFeEed By the lawyers during LoI
: ~Lauucesbon'g fatal illness, end SO the ina
Or and bis pale eyed lady. HVerard. @
" 4oucllnG son. and Winilreo, tao LFeckI.
oaug1teri are only keeping the house war