The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-09-12

ssrspt sofsly -. eonyineed the child had Won
THE BAR OF GOLD.
Look Nod, Look now. It's like them
c~urlecue things IN NrA Jones wal, ain'i
itsn
$50 VI, = said Ned, looking over his sisters
shoulder. Nell can do anything
ssIhis Amt 30 good,,' said Ncll, modest
y aI wish I could do anything, Ned; I'd
paint > nice lot Of flowers to hang over your
bed.r
ssDo, Neli!' Jim exclaimed.
'sYes. mako that for us, Nell,s Ned added, ~
he looked admiringlly upon the drawing on the
table AT that instant the little group
around the table were ailenced by . woman's
voice.
I wero your father, I'd take them notions
ont of You mighty quick, miss!"
The girl looked up, turninga frightened face
70 thaspeaker. Her lips trembled, but she mas
tered her emotions as she replied:
g washed the dishes, ma, and swept the
kitchen
AFTER I told you . dozen times or more. y
Anybody hearing that voice and tone would
have been prepared for bad grammer, and the
gross exasgeration a scold commonly indulges.
why don't you hunt nj your clothes and sew
the buttons on them, instead of putting all the
work on me.s.
sTh mend them, ma Ldidn't think it was
anyharra % learn to draw and paint . little
Learn to paint! What does ! colt like you
know about drawings It's downright ~laziness,
and fm gaing to see itsyour fathers going to
encourage it when you ought to learn to make
ycar own clothes. When I was as old rs you-n
Ihe supposed head Of the house entering at
that moment. Mrn. Chapman t1rred to him
vrathfuIy:
That girl has just had the %impudence to
talk back to me becanseI spoke to her about
attending to her wi clothes instead Of fritz
terin'away her time in nonsense on paper
ME. Chapman, who, after taking to himself ,
second wife, discovered he had voluntarily
plAceda heavy yoke upon his neck, looked at
The little group NOW huddled together mute,
and with sacred faces
II tell her, il Twas her father, I'd take that
lAxiness andnonsense ont Of her. A girl as
big - that ought to beto work You ought to
take her to the factory with you, Chapman.
She can carry spools ri and down stairs, or
do something useful, stead o. sprawlin' all
over paper and States, usin' up penoils.a
II didn't think Nell big enough to 70 70
work yet I'll thing about Il.
The father's heart pleadet for the little girl
whose upbraiding eyes forSibly recalled the
dead, and reminded him OF his obligations to
tho living
s.Wsn-only don't be too long thinking about
III said Mrs. Chapman number two as she left
tho room. Nell stole to her fathers side, and
sipped her hsnd in his.
s.Don't mind, pa. lit wasn't for Ned and
Jim, I wouldn't care, hut I'd rather be with
yon in the factory than At home"
"Hush!s He felt ashamed oft but he was
afraid his wife would overhear her. cru see
about it-don't fret-and don't talk back. You
must be good children This was addressed
to the group collectively. The boy nutineers
were preparing to knuckle their eyes, when he
fadded harshly, .ssNone o. that now!n whereupon
the boys chokedsiumps down their throats
md pushed their fists straight down into their
pants pockets, while their father glanced al
The paper Nell left lying on the table. He
bent suddenly over it, then turnedt to Nell:
ssYou copied ii
INC, indeed I didn't,
~ say hes sc i. saidJim coming to his sis
..she did It AL out Of her head, p, = Ned Of.
blushed a. she cast her eyes down.
" can do ever 80 much better than that, pa. y
Mr. Chapman sighed He wished he was not
quite 20 poor. He wished he could send her
to school. He wished-so many things thai he
realized keenly for the thousandth time, he had
made the mistake Of his life in marrying Han
nah . It would not do to let this nonsense
grow--to encourage it Best take Nell to the
factory. Work would occupy her time-keep
peace IN the house maybe.
30 It was settled to the satisfaction Of Mrs,
Chapman number two. Nell at the age OF
fourteen accompanied her father to the factory
the following Monday.
men, women and children who were shut up
IN it from early morn till night, so numerous
that . score moro or less were never noticed.
II inside q great difference oJima and Ned how
ever. The stepmother's breath grew colder
now that Nell was out OF hearing. They had
moro surprises nowi in the shape of smart blows,
and tho stepmother's voice grew shriller. Two
pillows were believed oftener with tears, and
W. trembling, fearful children became afraid
of their own shadows.
Meanwhile tho great chimneys Ut Hague's.
factory projected the smoke Of Thousands OF
TONS Of coal heayenward, the looms produced
acras upon acres OF beautiful and costly fab
rios and Nell Chapman's feet toiled up and
down stairways that seemed TO lengthen IS the
no end Of them. aN was easy work Mrs.
Chapman number two said ga baby might
carry spools.a Meantime Nell, with dark,
heavy ldded eyes, hollow cheeks, and tired
feet dragged herself to aud from the great
factory, until-butI will not anticipate.
b inhabitants Of N-were stunned one
burning July day with q sound that smote their
cars like the crash OF worlds. Doors were burst
open; wallis trcmbled the earth vibrated; every
pain of glass in the town was shattered. twas
glnes Ia Hagues carpet factory had made two
or three revolutions, when tho workers we're
appalled, by . sound accompanied by a blow
that threatened the total destruction Of the fac
tory: Thetowns people running to their doors.
l a1;s towsrds the factory saw q put Of vel
over one corner Of the mill. When the smoke
cleared away, . hole in the 7yall as II >os & tlis
side Of . small house WAS observed AySuad
this the workers In tbs factory, nn.s taie~
towns I people stsi %iissling With iii them sa,9 behsld . fns
courageous souls bearing out the dead engi-
sneer. and half q score manned for life. When
the authorities collected their wits, and inves-
stigated the matter, they arrived ct the unex-
ipected conclusion that it was . merciful dis
Sia.ed and but ono killed, when, had the SAC
cidents occurred Ave minutes later, or fifty
minutes earlier in the day, hundreds Would
have been killed and wounded by the explosion
Of the boilers.
Al II was, the factory would resume opera
lions in /. week, Or ten days ~ most
Chapman was among the wounded. "All
his own sfsulk,e Mrs. Chapman number two
said sIf he had been minding his own bust