Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-11-27

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nonfS. yViifin. ~ kcua ~ crnelly
Gnasomlortten ~ beaaty Of de-
~ s8stEtde, md only ~ stern
xxs1sd within the frsil and
III walls There were ten oons
konso. which nv shelter
taa1von hmilioa Tho nOise and brxwl.
~ Wets -inOeanant, never seeming to stop
night q day, tx when It last tho sickly
cklldfon we're asleep, the night vas made
hideOus with he drunken blasphemies
~ Nv qusrrelh Of the DEGRADED men
nd W0men; md the reeking air was
thick md heavy with gin and tobacco
M dinase.
a 0f tAese rooms-it Wa in the
projecting uppsr story, which through
~ naususlly Wide window commanded
view 81 - and down the street-lay
~ ! straw pallet on the fsoor, barely
covered with n old patchwork quilt, q
~ ~ about fourteen, who, judging
fron III constant cough, lsbored breath.
tng and cmaciated limbs, VA In the last
neagea OF consumption. Beside him IN
~ narrow bed lay : girl : few years
older than ner brother last asleep. She
Whs pale md thin and dirty; but there
4 rAre beauty. IN the hrm soft curves
q = mouth and chin, and IN the low
broad brow, up from which was swept .
thick tangled MAJ Of curly brown hair.
Iears giistencd on the long brown lashes,
and the eycbrops were knit together in
. pAintul tr0Wn, which suddenly relaxed
1.-THE sick boy Watched her with tired,
sunken eye, and : sudden glowing smile
iighted up her lace.
" She . allus dream, and escape to
Tho beautiful world she tells me about"
~ MutteEed with : wistfal, impatient
d9h; = and ! can never oven Sleep"
fsa, she was dreaming, but not 90
dcepiy out that the movement and sigh
N hsr brother w0ke her. Whaten's
the trouble, Harry deari Be 20 worse
tn-nightY
20, no." be said, and sighed again.
~ 49, just ! wonderin' where 20 was,
~ smiled 20; and l l0nged to b there,
too"
20. Harry I was way Cd. out a. sirht
o. houses an, streets an, such like. All
alone in the valley; an ali the trees an
the howem an, the river spak 10 M. "a
give me comfort.n
aAhi the Valley aid the DICK hov
that's where I want to 60, ~ / used TO,
fore ! was took bad. II t could sleep,
p'raps / could 20, too" Hero VA In.
terfupted BY : terrible at Of coughing.
which only left him strength Is essu
fecbly for "water.n
a cracked cup without . handle stood
on the window-siil, and In II was Z little
water. The girl rese TO ret II: but :,
she wp handing It 70 her brother the
door opened. and their father staggered
children, and IN ! drunken At Of sense
ies1 passion struck the girl . savage
bunets which made her reel and shat
tersd ~ cup into fragments In her hand
Tho girls brow flushed crimson with
anger and pain, and her brown eyei
Mashed hTe. "You miserable drunken
brntet" ahe aaid.
Nose . yer sarce, gal, or I'll kill
ycfiV and he siared 81 her dangerously
with hts arm uplifted 70 strike,
Father, faithefl" commanded rather
than impl0red the sick boy, sitting NJ
with An effort, and holding out . thir
pale hand between them, while q hectic
red blsxed IN hischeeks and . vivid light
shone in his snnkcn blue eyeA "Don',
Ger strike her-d0n't yer strike her, OF
TOD VIII strike yor There was Z