Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

could Well, then he went away and
forgot all about his gold he'd left be
hind him. And, bv-and-by, them trees
grew up, till the part that had been the
tree got way up into the the branches.
And finally these blew off, with the
gold all hid in EN-! And then comes
along and burns up them thar branches,
without knowing a thing about the
fortune that's slowed away in EN-! And
look! There go the gold-pieces now
the winds a-pickin' 'em up and a-blowin'
'em away!"
We looked. But to our gross gaze,
Johns gold pieces" were only cleaning
sparks.
1t was my turn TO speculate now.
So after an intermission in which Hiram
stirred up the fire to an inspiring sput-
ter, I began:
well. it was about million years
ago, L guess, that race of men lived
around here, who were so bad that
they were doomed to live here forever!
SO they grew older and older and
older. And at last they got so tired Of
living and talking, eating, and drinking
and sleeping, that they would have
been willing to do anything that would
make them free to do nothing! So they
tried every scheme they could think Of
to free themselves from the chains of
earth.
But nothing succeeded.
cat last, they took to stewing them
selves, till they got thinner than-skele-
tons. In fact. there was nothing left of
them but gray, misty forms they were
| shadows!"
We'll, about fifty years ago,
some of them buried them
selves in the oak-twigs growing up
about here, in the hope that when the
trees grew up, they would be part of
them, and so wouldn't be shadows any
more, But when .he twigs became
monstrous oaks, the shadows were still
crouching in the branches, whittier they
had climbed, so as to be in the growing
part OF the tree.
But one night the wind took pity on
them. And so she tore off the branches
and cast them to the ground, whisper
ing to the Shadows as they fell, Keep
up your courage and all will soon be
we'll !-For the wind was prophecies,
and she knew that those same branches
would soon be struggling with the fire
fiend, in the midst Of glorious bon
fire And now, when the
shadows hear the roar of the fire in
their ears, they laugh aloud in their
joy, for they think they will soon be
free! But will they? Will the Shad-
ows ever be Free [ wondcr"
At this moment Mrs. Cadv's voice
in upon my revery, calling frora the
distance in the ve,l-knczn cx.sl .oaas
Gear, .e>..s. s-:nss .sy::: q: :..zse.
Don't you know it's Z O'clock, and high
time for you young folks to be abedE"
MEN JyORSIfI1' EEIi.2-.
LII IS Gil nonsense to tell women MOI
to make up" They will do it, and we
must confess that some are positively
repulsiye mostly because they endeavo1
to do away entirely with all the dainty
accessories so necessary to charming
and attractive toilette. The trouble i.
that so many silly women in their anx
iety for self-improvement overreacl
the mark which divides refined eleganc,
from grotesque vulgarity. The faul
lies not so much in the use of some on,
or more articles to improve defects, bu
the way in which they are used. ALI
the men ale so fearfully incol sistent
That is the trouble. How often the,
are heard to declare, in terms most EN-
phatic, that woman's greatest charm i
in being perfectly natural Now watcl
them, please, when introduced to
fascinating bit of femininity. Do the,
stop to study up causes and effects t,
/, to find just what has given that delicat
tinge of color to the pretty white cheek
to inquire why the eyes look so darl
and brilliant as they dance and spark,
beneath the curly, fluffy bang? O
, course not. The inconsistent creature
man, realizes but one thing. The cir
is lovely, and he who is so ready to con
denim is also the first to admire. TIL
: cute little woman laughs in her sleey,
and goes on her way rejoicing, feelins
) quite repaid for the extra attention
given to her skillful and artistic max,
up.
THOSE PRINIEAS AGAIN.
The following remarkable paragraph
recently appeared in country newspa
) per:
: Jake Baker, tramp, was charged
, with willfully damaging a poor boy
, atthe Chapel of St. Agnes, by breaking
open the same with a piece of iron
) Evidence having been heard, prisone
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