Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-03-02

asked him. Just 10 keep the converse
ton going. Il any Stranger woman had
been seen, but he had heard Of none
nor could he. for there never was one
OF course. could not 60 for q walk
on the Sabbath day, but as I was leav-
ing Tor Branders on the Monday I cot
up betimes to have q last wander Ia
the glen. I did not specially want to
do this, and prefer 70 put IL that the
fillip came from the Adam I had been.
II soon became very hot, though there
was a nip in the air at first, and I
made the mistake of wearing the old
topcoat.
sat for a time by the pond, where
the reflection from the Grand House
Is still to be seen. but II Is somewhat
spollt by a small windmill having been
erected close by TO provide the breeze
In which. It's said. the trout rise best.
am told this was Posty's contrivanceI
to make things easy for the English.
I thought with little respect Of the
Jacobites and the as. and q dog that
may have been Of q different opinion
drove me away. went on to the bleld.
but nothing Is left Of It now except the
little pile OF stones. / stood looking
at them for long time and felt sure
she was not there. I went TO Joannn's
Smelling, though knew she was gone.
and found It gone, too. I Just went
because was sure that Joanna's visitor
had been my visitor: and so It brought
us together. liked to mind the Ro- |
mans bonny act In making a pig Of
herself to heat the cold body Of joan !
ma. wished she had been given a
chance to do this. She would have
done 1t II she could went 10 the
Eagles Rock, and it looked the more
lonesome because there was a scarf Of
rime hiding the Logan Stone. When
the rime drifted thought I could see
the stone moving.
I left my visit to the burn 10 the
end There is now a swinging bridge
FOR the convenience Of churchgoers in
The back-end Of the year; but, though
little more than q wimple Of water was
running at present and sometimes COM
ing to standstill I found the exact
bend in the burn where dropped her,
( she had been there to drop. I stood
keeping an iron grip on my
elf, my mind 50 rid Of the old fash that
marvelled at my calm. It was not so.
however, with my topcoat, which
ound becoming clammy cold, as If re-
'alling another time by the burn and
ceiling we were again too near for SAT-
ty. You might have said It tugged
t me to come away.
kept calm, but the young Adam IN
ne must have had the upper hand, for,
boxing back, see It was to him rather
han to me 1t happened. He thought
e had catched into his arms some
hing padding by. whose husky voice
aid adam" lovingly, the while her
Humorous face snuggled into his neck,
he way q fiddle does. Next moment
e gave a cry because he thought he
as running with blood and even had
sinking till tried my throat with
" handkerchief. had the upper hand p
gain. Whatever 1t was that had been y
iere was gone now; and I hurried
way myself. It must Just have been II
le padding sound that made me think
the Spectrum.
I stayed the night at Branders with
r. John, to whom told everything
st except that One sees how little Sig =,
ficance either Of us now gave TO what mi
I'd been perturbing at the time, that "a
} could banter each other over his ~
ddy about the old dead-and-done af- ne
ir. It was as If the two Of us, the q
e ancient and the other getting on, Is.
ID got rid Of young Adam for the IN
nee and could play with any way n u,s
nd solutions that CHANGED to strike sis
spark. SO
Dr.. John said in his dry way that, bg