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

strong native ability. And stra e
enough, women r more controlled
by this matter of size as an indication
Of superiority than men. Curious,
isn't it??'
by Jove. that's SO. doctor: I know
IT.,
He thought of the stalwart arms
which pitched him out of the window
and afterward pulled him out of the
river.
DI. Goforth saw instantly that he
had touched a tender spot, and sought
to change the drift Of conversation.
"You were prejudiced against Gallo
mel?:" he asked.
81 was. doctor. l am not now"
81 should think not! 1t brought you
right up, soon as a little stuck"
Then the doctor dilated upon the
great remedy for awhile. and both
gentlemen drifted into general con-
versation. until Adolf left for supper,
surprised and pleased with the doctor
who had cured him by substituting an
ger for fear,
After supper, Adolf was sitting in
his room alone with his thoughts and
his cigar, when Mr.. Sam Blake, the
acting host of the hotel, made him a
call. After congratulations on Molier's
recovery and general conversation,
Blake said to Adolf:
There is a gentleman of your name
at Cincinnati, | think?'
"Yes: my fathers brother"
"Lives-or did live many years ago
on Market street??"
s'Yes; Lower Market. He lives there
still"
Have you seen much of him?"
Not until recently. l have spent
some months at his house before COM
ing here
Ever hear him speak of an idiot boy
named Joeo:"
'Joe Gust?'
Gle lived with a man named Gust"
81 rather think have heard of him.
sHe is no idiot now, by a good deal.
Got struck by lightning, and SO came
to himself again.
"You don't tell me so! L~ightning??"
"Electricity-all the same. Was at
the big show, the Internal Regions
touched the oars and got shocked so
badly he regained his senses
"And his memory" inquired Blake,
with much and manifest earnestness.
Not wholly, as L am informed.
Could not remember his name, except
Little joe and couldn't tell the
names of his kindred, nor where they
lived"
"What became of him."
"Gust, the gentleman who took care
of the boy, adopted him as his son,
educated him, and he is now a lawyer
and a ~fne-looking man Strange, isn't
it??'
.Have you heard from your uncle
has he escaped cholera"'
eyes; he says in a letter that he is
in usual health. Do you know any
thing of the boy-now a MANI"
Nothing at ALL" replied Blake. 81
{ once heard of him while in Cincin.
natl"
"He thinks himself a Kentuckian
ard is rather proud of it."
GLOW does he come to think that
do you knows"
"My uncle thinks it is guess work
But he is a man Of spirit, and does NJ
5 discredit to the claim"
! On the next afternoon, old Ton
/; Blake fell down paralyzed. From the
hips down, all sensation was gone
and DR.. Goforth found other very
grave symptoms, and advised the ole
g man to make final arrangement of hi
t affairs for the last journey.
. Doctor said Blake, deliberately
4 and firmly; my will has been made
r for years, and l see no reason for alter
ing it."
e ..Where is it, father?' inquired Sam
: who had just come in.
S SIT is in safe hands, Sam; you an
Myra are left in joint possession o
q everything until
sUntil what, father?"
"Never mind. | shall make n
e change"
i sLet him rest, Sam" said the doctor
Q 1.-The less he is worried the more pros
pect that he may revive and tempo
a rarily recover"
Sam Blake went out modify, an
the old man asked for Myra. Whe:
o Mrs. Blake came in she was crying
a The old man look her hand kindly il
d his own. and said:
e you nave been a true woman, Myra
h and poor jeff knew better than
Vt Where's the paper l gave you t
d keep
ic She drew an envelope from he
bosom and cave it to him with the sea