When she arrived in Whitefish in December 1875, Arabella was not exactly pretty, thin as a rake and flat as an ironin' board, gawky teeth, skin pale and ill looking. At 15 she was so stunted and emaciated that she looked more like a twelve year old.

By April 1876, and her 16th Birthday, with four months of good food and care under her belt, Arabella had grown considerable. She was a good two inches taller, hitting an upward growth spurt that effectively cancelled out any more horizontal developments. She still described her figure as "range-y", whatever that means, and many hours of posing in front of Ms Devereau's big full length mirror failed to display any signs of the voluptuous Victorian figure she desired.

Still, she was no longer a big girl, but more of a young woman, and one day told Mammy Cookie that she had, at last, been visited by the "Sin of Eve" The big chubby cook had, to her surprise, first slapped her face and then given her the biggest hug in the whole history of hugs. That's what some folks did, apparently. She was part of the sisterhood, now.

Now she has left the saloon and Mr Jolly's Funeral Parlour, saving money for her and her girlfriend Miriam Kaufman to move to New York where she will become, she hopes, a big, famous Actress, while she meanwhile learns her trade in the local White Rose Theater.

She has been called "A pain in the backside" by some, others have been kinder "She's a pain in backside but she's all right, I guess" gushed one particular fan. 

She used to be called "Reb" and "Bonny Blue Flag" by some drunken men when she worked in the saloon. 

Currently Ingénue in Miss Evelyn Hardy's theatre company at the White Rose Theater Kalispell.

Used to work playing the piano and polishing spittoons in The Stardust; and then played the harmonium at funeral services and polish coffins for a living.

She also ran the "The Kalispell Refuge for Christian Women and Girls (Blacks Irish and Jews Welcome)" with Frances Grimes. Unfortunately, they had to close after failing to recruit any fallen women.

Acting. Can also play the piano, work a photographic camera, and embalm people. 

All dead and gone to the great hereafter.

Born: Monroe, Virginia, 12th April 1860

December 1875: Nearly kilt in the destruction of Whitefish, she was rescued by Mike Wentworth and nursed back to health by Clara Redmond.

January - August 1876: works as a pot girl in the Stardust Saloon in Kalispell.

September 1876 - Working at Jolly's Funeral Parlour and the white Rose Theatre (she reckons it sometimes hard to tell the two apart)

October 1876 -: Professional Full Time Actress.