The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

assured him that in the meantime I
wguldisiidakn to Boyd and wohlds .leti
|i3nh OanseD know hoW+the hoy; ;felt:a :,
sphs fsa 35 {tsns s yesFs Esz haa e. e. s.
| and MISS Dansersw4as fully that IL not
pain the course of three months BoEd
1iapd Miss Danser9 were, engaged and
EAhck did very well in his work, hpsing
occasionally into drink. IN, '5,' ,--.,ia T.
lQne" week missed him: ,s+...,,s -,,- -.
The woman with whom he had
T bbhrdedt said heshad been drinking very
'Aehvly and had gone ,out, one night
Fsinoe which time. She had heardnothing,
Il fgem him. sent to Miss Dapser. She
| WEote' hiSt Kei fiad called UPON herin an
Intoxicating condition, and had behaved
'so badly that she. thinkingt her father
fw6uld find him, had compelled him, to
,qeave and She had heard nothing Of him
rsiace. u felt alarmed andn sought the
aid of Supt. Jordan. Aleokc was found
on, ,Blackwell's s Island.
,9 "A QUEER HOME FOR x GAMBLER .,
On his relsase he oasne,snatural,y,; to
me. i braoed HIM up encouraged him;
gave him work. and ut his request call
tedrupon Miss Danser. I found her. in
ElNabctfi!strcet,, Ifthitki IN i quaint tit :
tie house, spictures{of religious subjects
| on the walls,ahymnsbeoks and Bibles,
1otracis and volume of Mrs. Heman's
RWetry on the table While waiting
ion heroI took uph Mrs Henlanss and
,fepnd that She had rnarkcd,' 20 y. = :
! i -, And was His mortal hour beset F'''7 > .
II With anguish and dismay!i r n :.
~ ioHow may We meet our conflict yet ! '''>' :
sJ4;o lnsthe dark narrow wa!a55 -t,E lG1H
| v How, but through Him, that path had tro1
n i1eaISaye or we perish, Son of God;
itand others. but that particular verse
cEHnderscored half a-dozen times, Well,
npw, Just imagine the position. 4, &
4 "A gambler S home, a gambler S
I daiighter.ira gainblerswithotAe. reputa-
z ton OF, being the sharpest .of. his, class;
tims, but enveloping this one child
sweetest of affections, the care, the
thought, tbe love. tie protecting yearn-
ing for his daughter and his daughters
good; and here in this room, the room
of the gamblers daughter, within call
4 .ef other rooms less. sacred, were these
i ,emblems OF her faith, these indices of
Il her thought, these. flowers upon the
I pathway of her existence. -
FSSF had a painful halt hour. with, her.
4 f:aeahe admitted with, fearful. protesta-
sEDons her love for Aleck; she told how
th greatly SHE desired Ms Happiness here
I mud hereafters but tiiough1f all it was
| painfuuy evident that as q Christian
I wofnan she believed with faith that
4 ,e6#ld no. be turned. 1t would be,a sin
ij'for:hef to link her lite with man who,
d hpAera tie Influence Of liquor, yielded
i up. every thing that was true everything
il thY iA her judgment was worth tll,li' living g
? Yet 7 MAIDS as' ao6d'a oiiseaof itfas |
q cossid.. and finally Secured herr promise
|,kilt if Aiecks would Sign and keep a
j Bled &C pf tatnlt abstinence Ifor sinontll
J. she, w01lad receivb him. and thati;mealt>
while ihH might write to aher}:pnGe I,
! week. Of5couSseA knGyl thaten it;
! for the moment man and woman. sit
d mated 'as tlief We're, iBeginfb write, look.
: ing forward to ~ mactnl 8; .lthes veriest
Il blind mast1 must Tbe. ahtc tessee the GER
~ The e sba cane. sIito.yi1,dt : ~ =:
They Ysre TeVpiitSed iS ana. q day Was sci sci
for their marriage, against Which the
"a father made most Vigorous protest, but
] Esyielded, as, fathers generally do, aided
| lsope#har toward that step by the fact
that Aleck had taken and had kept his
pledge, for three consec cutive5 months:
.Eii5'ln anfeyil hour the, young man was
/ /, sent to report Il French ball.
u lThc city editor Instructed him to re-
main until 'the7closi4fg of tfn DOORS II OF
: to be content with the Ordinary routine
Report, but to supplement- it by truth.
Y fhla and provable record of the late,
scenes and the hurley-burley which
I, generally attends the, breaking up.
l Bright and handsome, dashings and full
+ mittee-reom,s and,y welding, to {, the
pressure of hospitality. teok al glass o
! Wine. Thoughtlessly he took another
a=and landed in the station house.
ID Reckless, hi rlunged into the vortex
He was not icontent with that dis
! grace,Io but, Wildly tempting his fate
i dove TO fife ,,dreggs;;. "finanscr, with. al
e oufbutst Of passionate fury his daugh
. t.terhaa neysr-seen bsfoEe, lswore tp. kl
d =hin at sight if he, ran across, zhis 7pnth
9 tMyi favor could not longer siIieldthiIh n
D the ofiice,-hhd lie sank, litsle 'by'little
Z to the depths. Of a dirty, sloathsome ,ya
grant Time apd. again. in the earl 4 II
$ hours <of the morning. when the cit.
s MAS asleep. he crawled into the, publ
u eaticl :e.tliee, bis st9ckingless, feet j
/, pAhbers, scantily clothed so foul ap'
r odiSs.aqgreeable as ato, be absolutely often
] fsye, andsbegged for the least ptJtanee
RI Danser wentton blithely and brapel
# through life. His daughter thinne'
= down Her face was like parchment
y her eyrsg'always large tood ottsroii
n, ipent under Rer 9arched' bfowss AsS 7
|, Seem tlistorted. Herg'slips 'beeaiRe tiiiS
t and puckered. Never strong, alway
!. pahy in appearance, she literally shrTy
h elisd. Danser grew pa ana strong anll
81 stout, and very, very, rich.6 He temp
If edhis daughter with .Aoney. he hess
n ged her TO. go abroad. be g.. sought f,hat j
a every possible way to, distract her q