The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-22

one gentleman had said: "''Twould
be a shame for that cat-eyed cousin to
carry her Off"
Sulphur creek. and stopped the car
riage to admire a dilninutive cascade
which poured out Of a cedar-crowned
limestone cliff. and dashed itself to
spray on The rocks below. At the base
of the cliff. under a little squirting
stream, some ingenious boy had fixed
a mimic water mill which lifted and
dropped by turns, a small hammer
on the bottom of an old tin pan.
Thump, thump, thump. all daT and all
night long, the busy hammer struck
the tin tambour with rhythmic blows.
$50 beat my heart when the cholera
fell upou me- said Adolf.
Not quite SO loud, cousin" replied
Vivette.
Il am afraid, my lear Vivette, you
left all poetic sentiment behind you
when you came to the Springs? Now
my heart is beating again;wu you not
minister to it as willingly and success
fully as bcfore?"
why. cousin Adolf. You are not
pale now. out b%lushing red. What
can I do for youo!" said Vivette, with a
questionable smile.
Il can bear this suspense no longer"
p%assionately declared Adolf. Say
you will be mine, Vivette, and end it
now
II can not say it,"
"You mean you will not?"
81 feel, cousin Adolf, that an honest
candor is best for both of us: and,
while it troubles me to tell you so-you
can never be my husband, Adolf
never!!"
That is straightforward at least;
and l ought to thank you. But you
should have left me to die of cnolera.
But I too am a Molier, and henceforth
my lips are sealed. We will be cousins
if we never can be more"
Then, cracking his whip, he drove off
down the valley, over the stony road
by the bridge, and round the tobacco
fields back to the hotel. Not a word
was spoken by either on the way.
:Uh, uh!' said old Winny, as they
passed the laundry, hes done got
shocked, he ISL
The hostlers looked at each other as
Molier drove rapidly by, and, through
the evergreens, up to the hotel door;
and one said:
DE gals shucked him, shoa!'
On the next day after Adolf Molier
had heard his fate with certainty, he
began to think of bringing his stay at
the Springs to an end; and, going into
DR.. Goforth's Office, was received with
unexpected courtesy. On asking for
his bill, DR.. Goforth urged him to be
seated, saying that it would be unsafe
for Molier 10 attempt a journey with.
out a few more days rest. Molier was
in a humor to accept the doctors in.
vitation, and soon found that, under a
rough exterior, DR.. Goforth was really
a warm-hearted gentleman.
You thought me pretty crusty,' he
said to Molier; but you had the uni.
versal panic, and it was necessary te
get rid Of that first OF all;
but doctor" replied Adolf with 9
smile, do you talk to all your patient:
that way??"
.Oh, no.. l treat each according tx
his temperament. l saw you were {
gentleman and sensitive to insult; ant
; / knew you would die i'll did not driv,
; off your panic. No man is big enough
to hold two conflicting passions a
once. so reused your indignation, ant
: let your sense of insult drive out pani
you understand"
Certainly, doctor, / do now"
"You are Of the New Orleans Moliers
l thinko!' said the doctor, interroga
lively.
i "Yes; do you know them?"
] 81 know of them. They stand =
No. L. But how unfortunate the
should generally be small. Now tina
doesn't hurt a woman, but it is bad 70
a man
I What is that, doctor? ] have nc
thought of it,"
d Because a little man never get
credit for half he really is, and a larg
, man gets credit for much more than h
{ is, in most instances. And, ~phrenolog
q or no phrenology, there's something j
the influence Of magnitude. and pei
pie feel it without knowing why
81 guess that's so, doctor" sal
Molier.