The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-11-22

sHEAIfNGESS W.
zled $4,000 from a firm whose book
keeper l was and went to seek my for
tune in the mines of Colorado, whittier
I was never traced.
'Ten years later, we'll supplied with
money, / came here, where 1 located UNI
der the assumed name Of Walter Burns,
my real name being James Stanley, and
have rapidly increased my worldly pos
sessions.
Immediately upon my arrival here
sent a note to my half-sister to come
to me at once and she did, without in
forming her husband whom she was to
visit, as he did not know that she had
a ha%lf-brother who had been a crimi-
nal.
a remained with me a week, as /
Wast1n poor health, and, returning to
her home, found that her husband and
aer only child-a boy some z or 8 years
among the missing nor could
she gain any clew to their whereabouts.
Within a month she came back to
me, unable to account for their disap-
pearance, so completely broken down
that h soon died and her remains
were buried in the Woodland cemetery
in this city. .
Her husbands nam was Alfred
Darling; the Christian name Of her
son was Thomas. I long ago reim-
bursed those who had suffered from my
embezzlement, and wish my entire.
property to be conveyed to this son. I
also desire you, on the recommends
ton Of DR.: Ashton ! 81 to act asgFmy execu-
tori G%
He stopped as he had many times
while stating the above, and Mr.. Sew
ard inquired:
What il Thomas Darling isydead or
connot be found?"
Dispose Of my property for the bene-
fit of the POOR" the dying mar replied.
The will was drawn UP and sproperly
signed and witnessed without delay.
Then, having placed it and the ''inven-
tory in his pocket, the lawyer took the
testator's hand in his own, babe him
Good by" started to go from the room,
whispering as he did so in the physi-
clans ear:
"Be sure to come to my Office. at Z
this evening"" W. $
Dr.. Ashton promised to do SO and the
lawyer took his departure.
In his Office we again look upon Law
yer Seward, not calmly seated, as when
We first saw him there, but nervously
pacing to and fro, as he was left there.
His reverie, evidently of a somber
character, was broken by the advent Of
Dr.. Ashton, to whom he said:
II have something to state to you
which will surprise you, ! think
"Ah!" was. the m~onosyllabic reply.
please seat yourself" Mr.. Seward
observed.
Both sat down and the lawyer asked:
"Do you recall the name of the bene-
iciary of Mr.. Stanley's will?"
"Thonas-Thomas Darling, was it
metz" :
"He and l are Identical" 2
""What?' almost screamed the doctor.
Read that" and, drawing a time
ard passed it to the doctor, who I'M
folded it and read:
"B--, June IL, 1S-.-My Dear
Kate If you lovesme. asyou have in the
past, come here without delay, to the
house. Lovingly yours,
JAMES"
When the doctor raised his ayes from
the paper Mr.. Seward began: Z
1.-TWO days after mothers singular
departure from her home, father &C.
cidentally ran across this note, which
she had left, Internationally, it is pos
sible."
Having for some time suspected a
man Of the name of James Newton as
trying to ALLEVIATE her affections from
himself, and as this man had disap-
peared from the place a few days be-
fore, father, naturally inclined to be
jealous, imagined him the writer of the
note. He had never known, as Mr.
Stanley said, that his wife had a half.
brother.
unable to endure the disgrace thai
would be his when her infidelity was
made known to the world, he at once
moved to a far-away place, where he as
sumed the name of Seward. He never
looked at a paper from fear of seeing
her name in it, lived in misery for six
years. died and was buried.
Naturally the supposed conduct OF
my mother Influenced me to regard all
women as tickle, and father did all il
his power to incite ME to shun girls
Eayo. ryacS dnun1nnnd NH OF - u.
other day denominated my insensibil.