The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-10

this part of the country.
Girl and boy (they were little more)
were now standing face to face, each
with a look Of sheepish diffidence. The
girl wondering if. after all, h had
not thrust herself im~pertinently upon
the young man in order that she might
enforce his attention to her alone, and
then coming to the conclusion that
this Was the very thing she had done,
she felt again the thick, warm tears
gather in her eyes.
Il expected to meet my uncle at this
landing" he at last ventured. and
seeming very much disturbed over his
experience with the three strangers,
he continued: 1T is probable that these
men finding me within this tangle of
humanity. had judged me a person not
have shocked them with words very de-
cisively spoken and those in fashion of
their own vernacular."
will you please tell me who your
uncle iS-the person you expected to
meet upon this PLATFORM" she que
ried. He mentioned his uncle's name;
specifying, also, the business he fol-
lowed.
Never before were the girls emo
tons SO awakened by the unexpected.
Her pointed chin dropped as though
she were about to give utterance to a
shock of surprise. Her eyes opened
wide with doubt and curiosity as she
beheld him in earnest contemplation.
and the notions that she had gained
by so doing were that his words and
ideas were spoken and expressed in
direct contrast to those of his uncle's;
and she observed that not a single
feature of his viSage was fashioned to
a corresponding feature of the old
mans face.
His blue eyes were ever smiling. while
the eyes beneath his uncle's heavy
brows smiled only when their master
had driven a good bargain. His phys
ique was slight but muscular; his
movements were as graceful as an ath-
lcte's, and his manner of speech had
at once marked him a scholar. Let us
climb the trail that takes us up the
river bank and into the town." she
suggested. The young man. easily gov
erned by her gentle persuasion. fol-
lowed the girl to the top, while she at
different times turned about to ask
about his trip, about the steamers
progress over certain rapids along the
rivers course.
The sloping bank was climbed and
the two were standing together upon
the great, wide open prairie, both look
ing far away where the evening sun
was inviting notice of its play of rain
bow colors against the sky and upon
the rim of the western horizon.
May I hear from your lips the
name by which I may address you with
the freedom of an acquaintance"
asked the young man.
I'm quite sure you've seen my name
lettered in full Upon the sides and also
above the waterline of the steamer that
carried you on its long journey to the
little town at which you've just ar
rived" she answered.
Rachel Smythestein!" exclaimed the
name, please?" said the girl. Samuel
the youth replied, Samuel Goldstein.
I had all but forgotten" he continued,
that I have an uncle living in this
town, for" eyes," the girl interrupt
ed, "and he had forgotten that his
nephew was to have arrived this day
by boat. I saw him drive out of town
this morning with his white horse and
blackboard, and, I suppose, he's in the
pelts and furs. Oh, Samuel" she ex-
claimed. I'm afraid that you'll never
that is I mean, or I think your un-
Gle, without compassion or justice, will
exact of you more than you will ever be
able to stand. However, I hope what
I have already said will not turn you
from a purpose you've come so far to
octV W. pu1- Cou!e ~ Tile HOUSE., Sne IN
vited quietly, feeling the relief of a
changed subject. Come to the house
where We'll dine together, and where
you'll meet my father. My-my mother
small child"
Very late the following evening Nose
returned. Driving his ridiculous rig in
front Of his shop, he observed a dark
SHADOW resembling the shape of a hu-
man SitfinO olNnn 11rNn a ~1otforoo Io
fore the door. The small town rumors, |
following the affairs of Samuel and
Rachel, had reached far and wide
mad even carried to the ears of the ell
derly Jew who was gratified at having
so much as an obscure notion that his
schemes was carrying well.
Out on the Prairies
However, he felt the young man
should contribute at once to the growth
OF his trade, and when he informed
Samuel of the bent of his mind to-
ward the object of sending him forth
on a tour of duty, there was sorrow
bearing the same to each other between
the two young people. All the same,
simple emotions were not to thwart the
plans OF the money-making Hebrew, so
on a Monday morning of the following
week, Nose set his nephew out upon
a wide, circuitous route-across prai-
v AAAo ollo 1I1GO Fd11SySTOVGI
which he was supposed to bargain for
pelts with the artifice and guile of an
experienced trader. Sitting upon the
hard. c~ushionless seat of a wobbly old
blackboard. the self-conscious Young
man beheld himself as the driver Of a
large raw-boned white horse. TO have
met Rachel at this time and place
would have confused and Inundated
her proud lover into a very low state
OF dignity. and besides thai uhicb ov
asperated him most was that the old
beast was bent on keeping his gait
down to a moderate walk, and it seemed
That he did even that with an un-
galnly, tantalizing strut. The young
nigh seat, and from the branched
shrub OF the diamond willow, cut close
to its roots its longest shoot.
Evidently, the wise old quadruped ap-
for the instant he was again bidde
to travel, he dashed ahead like a blast