Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-08

above its head. and, after wildly clasp
ing the hands, stagger out OF sight, leav
ing the square Of light to its former
snbroken Dimensions
All, doctor, we have recognized you
and will enter.
A square table adorns the centre Of
that room which owns the lighted case
ment, and round it are seated some half
dozen card.plsyers, all flushed with wine
and in uproaricus humor. In striking
contrast TO these boisterous spirits is tbs
f0rm~of poor Bone, bowed down to tht
earth with shame and misery, with hi
white hair falling over the lean hand,
which are strained to his face as If K
shut ont-What9 With a cry he sud
denly starts to his feet. "Boy," he
says hoarsely to the young baronet. who
il sitting there and turns TO him coolly
II have lost mine all-no silver remain,
to me, and l am in debt to thee. But
have some valuable things at home, the
most precious of which shall recompense
thee"
"rooh, pooh, doctor!" answers the
young fellow, 81 am i faith no merci-
less creditor: thou shalt have time to
collect thy rents"
"No time," says the other, miserably
enough, "can restore me what | have
lost; thou art young, boy, but, | all too
soon have to account to my Maker for
these recent misdoings. Swear to me-"
he cries suddenly, "swear to me that
thou. wilt take and preserve in all honor
what ! shall render to thy keeping, for,
God help me, tits a dear token and one /
would have well tended"
"Nxy," replies the boy hastily, dis
turbed BY 70 passionate an appeal and
the unconcealed mirth of his compan-
ions, and moved maybe, by the eager
entreaty of the applicant, "as thou art
20 determined, Doctor, I'll accept thy
gift, and, pounds, it shall not~be sighted
my hands!"
With this promise at once both poison
and nectar, the old man arose from his
knees, upon which he had latterly
himself, and with one piteous,
look on the table and its hate
Ful surroundings, rushed wildly from
he room.
With the exception of q few loiterers
he streets we deserted as this poor ruin
hurried through them with uncertain
sait and his thin locks streaming in the
hill bree re. With many halts and di-
from his course, he at length
.ncceeded in reaching his house, and,
himself in with trembling hand,
he mounted the stairway aud softly stole
into the, room in which his boy Geof-
frey was enjoying the dreamless sleep Of
-JD FIRE a@a|rr
hsf have beggafed thee" he said, with
q long, heart broken sigh, and the boy
woke up suddenly and wondered at him
round, sleepy eyes.
"Come, my little one" whispered the
II have a mission for thee; ask
no questions, pretty; thine old grandad
is sorely troubled" With a great sob,
he lifted the astonished but obsdient
baby from the crib, and waiting no
than to envelop him in a thick
crept noiselessly down the stairs
and out again into the night mist.
The small party in the room on Fleet
street having broken up was DOMINIC
and muller, when a feeble step
climbing the blight toward their
room door. This opened and DR.. Bone
entered, with his bundle 80
adjusted as to conceal the contents.
it gently upon the table, and
holding it, he turned to the young
baronet and said:
"'Tis the last stake I lost to thee, boy
thy words-oh, God pity me!
my wordsl"
He was gone before they had recovered
from their astonishment, when one ex-
claimed:
"Gadzooks, Harry. 1t is something
that moyes!"
Sir Harry strobe hastily to the table,
with a suspicion of the truth, un-
the blanket and disclosed the soft
form and wondering features of a living
child.
A moments silence, followed by a
boisterous roar of laughter, attended his
and a torrent Of sarcastic con
gra,ulations and coarse jests were poured
upon the happy recipient of the doc.
last stake. In the midsto of it all he
turned to them with something like a
tear glittering in the corner OF his eye.
"Hold thy gabsle," he said roughly;
" the doctor had more reason than most
of US in his play, after all. To be sure
he saved my life once-though twas
professionally-and his wish shall be
fulfilled.
Seeing him in genuine earnestness,
they contented themselves with a few
sneering utterances, which he paid no
heed to. Sir Henry, taking the child
to his breast and sitting its ner-
tremours to the best of his ability,
wasalso leaving the room when acry from
one who had gained the house door ar
rested his attention. The last had STUN
bled e what appeared to be the lifeless
body of a man, and upon a light being
procured, the old doctor was discovered,
lying rs he had fallen, in a confused heap
upon the mat.
Yes, hope and love, and the cruel sem
tence of poverty could wreak no more
changes in those flmy eyes, and, as they
carried poor Bone to the room above, a
hush fell upon the little band which had
been unmoved by the earnest ~entreaties
of the living man..
With a gruff kindness the baronet laid
little Geofrey away from the sight in
another chamber, and went to give no.
tice to the authorities.
As years passed on the report went
that next to his dog Pluto, Sir Henry
loved An orphan child he had adopted;
but the care with which the turf was
above the grave oil a certain doc
tor in an old country graveyard went Ia
prove another tale than this.-CasseA'a
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