That Girl Montana

A STRANGE GIRL. "Well, by the help of either her red gods or devils, she can swim, anyway!" This explosive statement was made one June morning on the banks of the Kootenai, and t...

IN THE LODGE OF AKKOMI. The earliest stars had picked their way through the blue canopy, when the men from the camp crossed over to the fishing village of the Indians; for it was ...

THE IMAGE-MAKER. The world was a night older ere Dan Overton informed Lyster that they would have an addition of one to their party when they continued their journey into the Stat...

DAN'S WARD. Mr. Max Lyster was not given to the study of deep problems; his habits of thought did not run in that groove. But he did watch the young stranger with unusual interest...

AT SINNA FERRY. "It has been young wolves, an' bears, an' other vicious pets--every formed thing, but snakes or redskins, and at last it's that!" "Tush, tush, captain! Now, it's ...

MRS HUZZARD'S SUSPICIONS. Overton sat silent and thoughtful for a little while after Mrs. Huzzard's words. Then he glanced up and smiled at her. "I've just been getting an idea o...

A GAME OF POKER. Mr. Max Lyster, in his hasty plans for an innocent village dance, had neglected to make allowance for a certain portion of the inhabitants whose innocence was not...

THE DANCE. "Ain't it lovely, Ora?" and 'Tana danced past Ora Harrison, the doctor's pretty daughter, as if her feet had wings to them. And as Ora's bright face smiled an answer, i...

THE STRANGER'S WARNING. That one festive night decided the immediate future of 'Tana. All her joy in it did not prevent a decision that it should be the last in her experience, fo...

THE STRANGER'S LOVE STORY. 'Tana sat alone in her room a few hours later, and from the window watched the form of Ora Harrison disappear along the street. The latter had been sent...

'TANA AND JOE. "Just like a part in a play, captain--that's just the way it struck me," said Mrs. Huzzard, recounting the affair for the benefit of the postmaster of Sinna Ferry. ...

PARTNERS. "Well, I've been a 'hoodoo' all my, life; and if I only lead some one into luck now--good luck--oh, wouldn't I learn a sun-dance, and dance it!" The world was two weeks...

THE TRACK IN THE FOREST. Their camp was about a mile from the Kootenai River, and close to a stream of depth sufficient to carry a canoe; while, a little way north of their camp, ...

NEW-COMERS. Many days went by after that before more time was given to the hunting of gold in that particular valley of the Kootenai lands; for before another day broke, the squaw...

SOMETHING WORSE THAN A GOLD CRISIS. "What is the matter with your friend?" asked Overton, as Lyster stood staring after Mr. Haydon, who walked alone down the way they had come fro...

THROUGH THE NIGHT. The soft dusk of the night had fallen over the northern lands, and the pale stars had gleamed for hours on the reflecting waves of mountain streams. It was late...

MISS SLOCUM'S IDEAS REGARDING DEPORTMENT. "So it was a gold mine that dragged you people up into this wilderness? Well, I've puzzled my mind a good deal to understand your movemen...

AWAKENING. "Flap-Jacks," said 'Tana, softly, so as to reach no ear but that of the squaw, who came in from Harris' cabin to find the parasol of Miss Slocum, who was about to walk ...

THE MAN IN AKKOMI'S CLOAK. "My dear fellow, there is, of course, no way of thanking you sufficiently for your care of her; but I can only say I am mighty glad to know a man like y...

'TANA'S ENGAGEMENT "And she wants a thousand dollars in money or free gold--a thousand dollars to-day?" "No use asking me what for, Dan, for I don't know," confessed Lyster. "I c...

LAVINA AND THE CAPTAIN. As the day wore on, 'Tana became more nervous and restless. With the dark, that man was to come for the gold she had promised. Lyster brought it to her, p...

THE MURDER. That evening, as the dusk fell, a slight figure in an Indian dress slipped to the low brush back of the cabin, and thence to the uplands. It was 'Tana, ready to endur...

GOOD-BY. "Oh, 'Tana, it is awful--awful!" and poor Mrs. Huzzard rocked herself in a spasm of woe. "And to think that you won't say a word--not a single word! It just breaks my hea...

LEAVING CAMP. Afterward, 'Tana never could remember clearly the incidents of the few days that followed. Only once more she entered the cabin of death, and that was when Mr. Haydo...

ON MANHATTAN ISLAND. "What do you intend to make of your life, Montana, since you avoid all questions of marriage? You will not go to school, and care nothing about fitting yourse...

OVERTON'S WIFE. A few hours later, 'Tana sat in a box at the theater; for the party she had suggested had been arranged, and pretty Miss Margaret was radiant over the evening plan...

LIFE AT TWIN SPRINGS. Over all the land of the Kootenai the sun of early June was shining. Trees of wild fruits were white with blossoms, as if from far above on the mountains the...

AGAIN ON THE KOOTENAI. Another canoe, with a woman in it, skimmed over the waters in the twilight that evening--a woman with all the gladness of youth in her bright eyes, and an e...