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


BENEATH LOVES sun.
From the Chicago Tribune.
s'There was statue, only common clay,
4 Which in the sunshine stood one summer
And inst through one brief, magic hour, I'm
Because the sun shone 60, seemed purest
gold,
There was hero, hero but to one,
Who had his gilded hour beneath Loves
Enn.
And then, al mel the sunshine died away
And left the hero bare, dull, common clay.
Are you the hero, or are you the sum-
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. Ah,
believe me, dearp
Bertha smiled and shook her head.
It is q light which shall never die
away, a sun which shall never set!" she
answered with sweet resoluteness.
She wsss 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 figure youthful
and exquisite. The small, shabby slip
pers covered feet arched and dainty. a
slender slip Off girl, she, with a pale,
regular featured face, redeemed from
mere prettiness by pair Of magnificent
midnight eyes. Undoubtedly Bertha
was the beauty of the family. And q
very large family it was, too.
There was q tall, handsome, rollicking
Rick, bronze-haired and blue-eyed; !;
there were Dot and Dos The twins, as
much alike as peas in i; 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.
meet santIa monitnr = - VIC :
But the bare. dull, common clay,
will be there all the same, my pet" she
said. Bertha dropped her hands with q
restless gesture.
"No," quickly, II did not admit that .
"What . child it isi' Erica laughed
lenientlv.
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can hardly realize it. aear. Itis all So
30 sudden it almost frightens me-"
sUnlucky the wooing that's long
s-doing! : gsyly caroled Bertha. oh,
3 a food Of sunshine poured in at the
window. In its clear light the room re-
minded one lrreslstlbiy OF an impover.
ished old aristocrat, seedy and out al
the elbows, but holding 9 certain sug-
gestion Of former magnificence. A ia
dca velvet carpet covered the floor,
chairs, venerable and "thready, = )
br0oded rigidly erect, and under foot
we're rugs 80 worn as to become snare-
N fnl e and hihllisfsc But TO carry out the
smile even an ancIent dandy may I'M
prove ms personal appearance with
bright tie, pair OF new tinted gloves;
Braithwoods' parior lost much ofits usu.
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