The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-02-24
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her mind had never
really wondered from him to anothersS.
no smile save his had sent to her
dream or at morning stored
her mind with visions and problems to
be solved.
To him, when he stopped to think, he
became frightened at the strength of
his love. What if anything should
happen to her? What if she should
prove untrue? But the thought was
too appalling. In her presence he was
only of heavily bliss; away
from her his day was as night
Lillian Lee was never SO beautiful
before, it seemed to PhiAius. She WIS
the type of the happy glowing Amer
lean girl of his dreams. Her auburn
hair being toyed by the gentle zephyrs,,
gave back the CLINT of the setting sun
with subtle answering fires and her
cheeks were not unlike the blush of
springs fairest rose, while her eyes
wer Just like two blue spots stolen
from June sky.
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The spotted heifer had no eye fer
the artistic or the beautiful. 1t b6A
came frightened at the ominous silence
IN which it found itself undecided ia
escape. Turning suddenly it made
break for liberty and in doing so
struck Lillian Lee throwing her to-.
the ground. The spotted heifer escap-
ed right there but not so with Phinius
Jr.
He carried his precious burden to
the irrigation ditch, hard by, where he
bathed her face with water. Had she
been another he might have been
tempted to stick pins under her finger
nails, but such thing seemed cruel
to the angel he he'd in his arms and he-
shrank from the thought.
At last her eyelids fluttered and she
turned dim and filmy gaze on the
excited Prineus. ooh, how the birds
sing!" she murmured, "And see, the
Aurora Borealis is trying to chase.
Bridger Canyon over Granite Peak =
"Where am y"
Now Phinius, with all his other
faults, was truthful soul and he ans
wered Fright here \.
"Ah, yes she said, ut all comes
back to me-" Did I get the spotted
heifer?"
"Not quite" replied Phinius, fearing
to tell her the whole truth. The fact
is that the frightened yearling wasn't
heard from for some three weeks
thereafter, or until an estray notice
in the Fromberg paper, say
ing that such an animal was empound.
ed in that city and that owner could
have same by identifying it and pay
ing S28.65 costs, which was consider
ably more than the animal was worth.
Love laughs at locksmiths over in
the valley just as it does in Red
Lodge and Roscoe and Edgar.
Six weeks pass. 1t is a radiantly
beautiful morning in late June. The
meadows starred with daisies
and buttercups are melodious with the
song of the lark. Church bells are
heard ringing at Belfry and bridal
party is seen approaching the sacred
adifice from the north. In the front
3ar are Phinius P. Armstrong and Cy-
rus L. Lee accompanied by their
wives. The second ear is driven by a
Luther resident and by his side sits
olonde, whose language would indi-
cate that she is schoolma am. In the
bird car is a young man and mai
len, the bride and bridegroom to be.
care you happy, Phinius dear?"
asked the bride to be.
"Excrutiatingly happy" he ans
Tered, as he pressed her to his bos
I'm and nearly missed the bridge
across the Clark's Fork river.
care you happy, honey bunch?" he
asked.
'Phinius DEAR" she answered, "if
were any happier than I am right
low I simply couldn't stand it, |
I'm overwhelmingly and irrevocably
Happy and contented."
The double ring ceremony was used
and at the proper time he slipped
beautiful ring on to her finger. which.
was made of flour gold extracted from
he golden sands near Bridger. At
about the same time she pressed q
ocket watch charm into his hand.
Her picture" he thought, and he kiss
I'd fervently and pressed it to his
heart. The ceremony over, he opened
h locket to view the beautiful picture
If his sweetheart, his lover, his wife