Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-20

And love Is royal from his crowning day,
Though kingdomlese he live.
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BENEATH LOVES SUN.
From the Chicago Tribune.
There was statue, only common clay,
Which in the sunshine stood cne summer
And Just through one brief, magic hour, I'm
Because the sun shone so, seemed purest
gold,
There was hero, hero but to one,
Who had his gilded hour beneath Loves
Sun.
And then, ah mel the sunshine died away
And left the hero bare, dull, common clay.
Are you the hero, or are you the sun?
a word, mon ami, and my fables done;
dfyou must blame, be just, and blame the
sum-
Erica ceased reading. She laid down
the magazine she was reading, and lean
ing back in her rattan rocker looked up
at her sister with bright, serious eyes.
You are the sun, Bertha. In the light
Of your love he is above reproach. All,
believe me, dearl'
Bertha smiled and shook her head.
It is light which shall never die
away, sun which shall never set!" she
answered with sweet resoluteness.
She was standing in the great bay win
dow, leaning idly against the oaken cas-.
ing, two round, firm arms lifted angle-
wise above her head, two slim clasped
hands, snow white upon the blackness
of her hair.
The folds of the loose crimson wrap
per she wore suggested rather than re-
vealed the curves of a figure youthful
and exquisite. The small, shabby slip
pers covered feet arched and dainty. A
slender slip Of 9 girl, she. with pale,
regular. featured face, redeemed from
mere prettiness by pair of magnificent
midnight eyes. Undoubtedly Bertha
was the beauty of the family And
very large family it was, too.
There was q tall, h andsome, rollickinp
Rick, bronze-haired and blue-eyed; !;
there we're Dot and pnf;,. The twins, as
much alike as peas in y \; there were
half dozen younger children, ruddy-
checked and strong -lunged, to all Of
whom plain featured lovely hearted
Erica was father and mother in one.
And just now she was to wilful Bertha a
most gentle monitor.
But the bare. dull, common clay,
will be there all the same, nv pet" she
said. Bertha dropped her hands with q
restless gesture.
"No," quickly, II did not admit that .
"What a child it isp' Erica laughed
leniently.
A basket of bright -hued woods lay
overturned beside her chair. She be-
gan winding up each skein with the or
derliness natural to her.
You see we know 80 little of him, I"
she went on with dubious and deepen.
ing perplexitv. "Wait! You met him
three weeks ago at the Leonards. He
has called here four-was it six times?
You have gone once with him to the
opera, and-you are engaged to him. I
can hardly realize it, GEAR. It's all So
30 sudden it almost frightens me-"
Unlucky the wooine that's long
adding! gayly caroled Bertha. "Oh,
you ridiculous darling?"
A food Of sunshine poured in at the
window. In its clear light the room re-
minded one irresistibly of an impover-
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II don't ike lila face. NV net For
give me, don't: It Is nervous, and
shifting. and restless. He never looks
up straightforwardly to speak or an
swer. / hope this dislike of mine
ls unfounded prejudice; l do sincere