Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-03

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@Nein, I zee holdings" Akr. Wyck
w1nked. 4 have not see you with Mr..
Firenansl"
But Jimmie did not understand UNI
til the time for them to return Then,
his heart beating faster, be asked q
question which be had been framing for
half an hour. Tomoxrow-he didn't
report till six-tomorrow he wanted
TO call again There we're some movies
In B6th street. Maybe she'd like TO go
to 9 show.
Il should like to, yes. But don't come
TO the house. shall meet you /.
here2 at one-thiry o'clock But I must
be late II my Uncle Johann does not
60 back at once TO the yard. He Is q
very strict man. my uncle"
*You mean he wouldn't let me-"
mo. He would be very angry with
you. He Is so strict. o you don't know
him. Look, you must leave me ct the
corner. I should not want for him 20
see you"
Jimmie wondered about her uncle.
But. after all. ne didn't blame him. A
fellow like Joe Ievander, now .
you had to be careful whom you al
lowed to go with girl as pretty as
Alice. AS pretty and small. in 8 town
like New York For them this was a
foreign cityi
He met her the next day-the next
the next. They were good friends.
They we're Jimmie" and Alice. He
became subdued and rather dreamy.
Then came the day-the sixth that
he had met her-when Jimmie's face
was pale and determined He had
scarcely slept. AS he lay In his bunk
he had struggled with phrases. He had
felt hot and cold by turns. He had
shown certain symptoms Of fever.
Alice noticed 1t almost at once.
Jimmie, do you not feel well7"
Sure feel well. What's the matter
with me7"
They were standing down beside the
river. Above them clouds were growing
darker. Every one else had hurried
away, scuttling home ahead OF the rain.
Alice, an anxious look on her face,
put up her hand 70 feel bis forehead.
Jimmie could smell the fragrance of
her. All the phrases he had rehearsed
were abruptly forgotten. He caught
her to him
"Jimrniels
He kissed her. He couldn't help &c.
She let him kiss her. She didn't strug-
gle Her arms moved I'D around his
neck, and her eyes, he saw, were tightly
closed; and his heart was pounding like |
q pump as it feeds the guns Of the
Spuyten Duyvl.
"Alice win you marry me.
Alice2 love you. Gee. I'm crazy
about you"
Not the phrases which he'd re-
but they answered his pur-
pose just as well The rain started fall
ing, gently at first, and now there
we're Tears IN Alice's eyes.
Jimmie" she said IN a scared little
voice. Hlet us 80 where we can talk.
They found 8 shelter under some
iteps, where the walk led down TO 8
easement entrance. There Jimmie drew
1er close to him. She lifted her face
or him to kiss her.
~You are darling, darling man.
Z Is true that love you. Yes, I love
'ou. But can't marry you'll"
"Can'tl Why not7"
Uncle Johann wouldn't let me.
Jimmie
His jaw went hard.
What's he got to say2" I:
lie Is also my guardian. He has
romised me to his friend, Pieter Hoo
en- Pieter's wife died since left Hol- ]
and, and now he wishes to marry
gain. All Is arranged between him and j
" uncle"
Jirnmie's eyes were puzzled. His
reath came fast
@But you don't want to marry that
slIow?"
She started to cry. No, IL was true,
be would rather not be Hooven's
lie. But what could she do2 Her
ncle Johann
Damn your uncle. That kind Of
sEfY don't go over here. You're In q
Txvp I
Ice. youu marry me"
The matter seemed simple enough
} Jimmie. He waited till g cruising
I'd had turned the corner. He wiais-
ed 70 1t. Scarcely more than an hour
I'd passed since he first kissed her
hen Jimmie Laurie applied for q L.
nse ak the city hail.
He explained Il while they returned
,town. Three days must pass before
e clerk could issue the license. In
res days, then, Alice would meet
m, just as she had met him today,
ID they would go to a Judge and be
srried. After that her uncle could
We til he was black In his big Dutch
&c. Il would make no differences. The
ing 70 do now, he said, was for Alice
go TO her room ard pack q bag with
G things she wanted 20 take along.
Jimmie dropped her near the board
! house. He waited. Presently Alice
peared with 8 heavy grip. he ran
Che steps.
Tomorrow same as usuaIs"
'Xss. my darling. Or
Whats the NATTER"
liFnmis knSw him the instant he saw
a. Hs wa8 tall, aQuare~shouldered
low with @laxsng eyes under heavy
'w8 H@ had come sErading around the
ner, and now he waa running.
lie @runted something In angry
scn. Then, with the fiat OF his hand
sszxlck hers singing slap. Shs
TO the steps
iEnnaie rushed af him with his figss.
y they were sQuarfng off ON the
q 70 fight with the fury Of lumber
KS. But the captain was stronger
a Jimmie Laurie bigger and much
niger. and Just as tough. The only
nz3s were Of scuffling feet and
szsz5ns fists and Aiice's erica for
sheT Of them uttered a word.
nd then a blow with the force Of
slston crashed ON JinmieS tender
d. square ON the point where the
az gun had laid him out In the
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