Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-03-18

II suppose they'll go tomorrow thought
the girl, disconsolately, "and then there
will be nothing to watch at all"
But the afternoon was not to be without
another excitement.
This time q telegraph boy.
Something for her? For Miss Brett?
OF course not. Absurd how these palpi-
tations of hope continued In spite Of all
experience, all reason!
81 must" said Rosamund to herself as
the telegram was carried upstairs, give up
expecting thlngs-naturally nothing is
ever going to happen to me. | mustn't be
so childish.
Miss Brett now required tea and atten-
ton, and while Rosamund was ministering
to her the rain stopped suddenly and a
pale wash of light filed the comfortable
room.
"a rainbow" said the old lady. THAT
will be something for you to see when you
take your walk-it is quite fine enough
now for you to go out"
And she settled herself down with a
novel and a pleasant nod of dismissal.
Rosamund wished there was something
more to do for her; anything was better
than changing about'; but she was really
an independent old lady and gave the girl
far too much Of this dreadful slime off,
Rosamund did not go out.
She knew the parade, the streets so well
she felt that she could not bear to look at
them again.
There was a rainbow. certainly, but she
4 AVuld ( lhdl llVIl LhC lhDOn
And she stood In the lounge looking at
1t and thinking how lovely it was-and
how unsubstantial.
The couple who had arrived that after
noon came down and drank coffee in an
~alcove; the lady still wore her decorative
travelling dress and they were discussing
something together In low, animated whis-
pers.
first one and then the other consulted 1t
then the young man went out and spoke to
the solitary, glooming porter.
When he returned to his. companion the
two of them sat silent, as If something had
been decided past argument.
And not very satisfactorily.
Neither of them noticed with
her stale paper In the window, staring first
at the rainbow, then at news" already
thrice contradicted. III
notice her; she couldn't remember ever
having a second glance from any one un-
less she had CHANGED to get In the way OF
some one who was mildly surprised to find
herself impeded by anything so insignia
cant.
Then the rainbow faded, the scarlet bus
flashed up, the handsome luggage was piled
on top, and the handsome couple got in
side.
"Tha is the end of that" thought Rosa
mund. .'They simply couldn't bear It,"
And 1t occurred to her that 1t must be
very nice to be able to get away from
things when you couldn't bear them.
Rosamund almost wished. that she had
not seen the young man there was some
thing so cheerful and radiant about him
that now he was gone the emptiness
seemed more empty, the drearlness more
dreary.
II you didn't see people like that you
didn't get any idea of how nice things
could be-and II was better, III you were
R%osamund Fairfax, to remain In ignor-
ancei
Miss Brett, who was pursuing a very
pleasant and comfortable cure" dined
early in her room. Rosamund always put
In a later and lonely appearance at the
table d'hote.
This had been amusing enough, but now
was q painful experience; for two nights
she had been the solitary person In the
pretty pink and white restaurant, and the