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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-08-28
lsora's Bridal Vow.
by BLOUST.

cit is about a child, a missing child,
IT you please, ma'am."
What! Are you Lily Graham?"
eyes, ma'am.''
''Where have you been? What
ails yOn now?"
81 have had a fever, ma'am, and I
never knew till yesterday that l had
been wanted. | came here as soon as
l had strength to crawl"
$50 | see. And the child: Is that
with you9n
"NO. ma'am."
"Where them"
"a nm that Stephen knows has
the care of it,"
~''Stephen, who is hep"
"My cousin, ma'am."
"Oh. | see. The mysterious stran-
ger who was kind enough to turn
shopman for Mrs. Trotter.n
eyes, ma'am."
"Well. come in, child. If you are
the daughter of John Graham of
Treston, l am your cousin by mar
riage, and I will see that no harm
comes to you. Was your fathers
name John?n
Eyes" said Lily, eagerly, "and he
belonged to Treston. He was a gen.
tleman's son, moreover. but he fell in
love with a poor girl and married her,
"And got disinherited for his pains,
l know. | have heard the story from
my respected mother-in-law a hun
dred times. Well, child, | have been
cut off with a shilling, too, in my day,
and | know how nice it is. Come in,
cousin, and you shall have a glass Of
wine and something to eat for you
look fit to drop"
She was able to sit upright in her
chair, and to tell her story in a
straightforward way to the elegantly
dressed and hammered lady, who was,
after all, her own cousin, though only
by the roundabout way of marriage.
That did not matter. The poor girl
had been feeling so desolate and for
lorn, that the mere thought of hav-
ing a relation anywhere in the wide
world who was willing and able to es-
pouse her cause, was like cordial to
her fainting heart and sinking spirit
all the while. Stephen had terrified
her into obedience by telling her of
the suspicious attached to her sudden
flight by the good people Of Treston.
Overcome by the tidings of her un-
cle's murder, and fearing from
what he said hat the police
were actually:V on her track,
she had fled at once with the man.
whom, in her innocent ignorance of
his motives she had thought her say
ior. But the prolonged excitement
and ervou fear were too much for
her delicate frame. Before the next
day dawned she was laid PROSTATE
with a brain fever, and Steven had tc
seek elsewhere for a nurse for the
child. He found one in an ignorant
but kind hearted old woman who lived
in the neighborhood Of Fulhan, and
there the child was at present healthy
and happy, and quite unconscious Of
the sudden change of her destiny.
LAS for me-" concluded poor Lily
with a deep sigh, Il dare not go after
her, for Stephen lodges near by, and
he would murder me if he knew tina
l betrayed him. But when l heard
my landlady read the account in the
D I could not rest till I came here
to find Miss Kent. And | am ready tc
tell all I know to Sir Laurence Grey
even if I am taken into custody the
next moment for murder. My pool
-, ,,o1ai. uooua1 ypnurc nora,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-08-28

ed the baronet. '%sIsora, ours was a
mock marriage only"
81 held it true" she answered.
:You never were really my wife,"
81 was at heart. Let heaven Judge
between u.s."
''Pshaw! Isora. It is foolish to trihe
with me like this. You have no wit
ness even of that mock marriage"
"None save in your heart and mine.''
"You cannot harm me, them
"Can | not?" and she looked at him
with the wild and cunning CLEAN of
insanity in her eye.
"No; if | feared you once, it was be-
cause | thought your story would cause
my wife to hate me. But she lovns
me now-do you hear?-she loves me
and she is the mother of my child"
A great change came over the mad
woman's face.
'Your child? All, Laurence, I was
the mother of your child once"
"And you stole hers away from me
by way of reminding me of the past, |
SUPPOSE" he said.
Il did. But fate was stronger than
l. You have your child again-aye,
wife-two wives, Laurence = lucky
man that you are!" she answered, with
a hollow laugh.
"Will you hold your peace, woman?
You are not my wife-you never
were!!"
There was a long silence. Then she
rose from her chair. Her hand
clutched nervously at her heart; her
large, dark eyes blazed with the fire
of madness.
"You say that to my face?"
II do"
"And am I to 60 from this house,"
eyes,
''If | refuse, what will happeno"
"%Isora, l may as well speak frankly
with you. / am willing to support
you always; to make such provision
for you as will keep you in ease and
comfort to your dying day. But I can
not tolerate such %intrusions as these,
for my wife's sake and for my own. If
you do not go now, or if you come like
this again"
"What then, L~aurenceo"
"My servants shall turn you from
the door. Forgive my speaking so
plainly; it is best that you should
know the truth"
"Forgive you?" she said, with a
harsh laugh. ''Certainly, Laurence.
| forgive you all-everything. Take,
with this, my last farewell, and par
DON"
Something bright flashed in the air,
and descended swiftly to bury itself in
Laurence's breast. He groaned, stag
gered toward her, then sank help
lessly upon a sofa of velvet, and was
silent. Rudolph Bergen, coming into
the library as the clock struck -, to
thank Sir Laurence for his kindness,
shrank aghast from the sight that
met him there.
A dead man lying helpless1y on the
velvet SOFIA pool of blood yelling
from his breast upon the noor-and,
bending over the corpse a tall, pale
woman, with flowing black hair, who
pointed first at him, and then at Sir
Laurence's body, and gibbcred mock
ingly:
'ISOra'S Briday TOWl
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Nitrogen Observation-Disclosures is one of
the leading elements in the structure
of the plant, and without it no plant
growth is possible. Phosphorus and
potash are also elements often lacking
in the soil, but usually there is a large
quantity of both these minerals there,
only they are not always in the most
useful or immediately aIailahla form
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Raising Apples.-Do not attempt the.
raising OF too many varieties of apples.
If for home use, they should be timed
to come in at all seasons; but for mar
ket too many kinds will make a great
deal of trouble, without yielding a COR
responding degree of benefit. Let
neither the early nor the late supply
consist of more than one or two va
rieties.-EX.
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band. she was her own mistress at
last, and evidently we'll pleased to re-
main so. And deep down in her secret
heart laid a secret that the world
never knew. Her father, on his death
bed, n year before, had told her the
secret which had oppressed and over
Swallowed his own life.
Jamie-her first love, for whom she
had shed such bitter tears, Jamie was.
not dead.
He had been obanished from her
presence by her fathers stern decree,
and had refused to obey it. There
had been quite a struggle. almost a
deathly one, but not quite. thank
heaven! not quite!
And Jamie, somewhere in the wide
world, was living yet, it might be. It
was strange, and passing strange, that
he did not seek her out. now that she
was free. But courage! Somewhere
on earth her Jamie was living. her
Jamie yet; for had he not sworn to be
true to her forever:o
Thus musing, she walked out in tn,
twilight, one pleasant summer even
ing, and took the short way across
Winstead park toward the humble cot
tage where her early years had been
passed. 1t had been closed for some
time after her fathers death, but now
it was open once more, and good Mrs.
Irotter. retired from business with a
handsome competence, lived there in
company with her sisters Youngest
child, whom she had adopted for her
own.
The little girl was playing on the
greensward before the cottage door
even then, while the young Verona sat
on a turf seat beneath the shadow of
the vines, listening to Mrs. Trotter,
as she told for the hundredth time, the
story of her discovery by Rudolph be-
meath the arch of Temple Bar.
The two were so deeply engaged
with the story, the child was so busy
with her play, hat not one of the
party needed the slow approach of
Lady Grey, as she turned down the
woodland path that led toward the
lonely pool. In silence she stood upon
the 11OWer-strewn path, and gazed into
the clear, calm water. How often. oh
how often, had she stood in that self
same place thinking of him whom she
believed to be lying beneath that
CLASSY surface!
ooh the years-the weary years."
she sighed, as she turned away at
last, to 60 and meet her child.
There was a rustling in the under
brush, a hasty step, and a stranger
stood before her. A tall, stately man,
apparently about 40 years of age, sun
burned and heavily bearded and wear
ing the two epaulettes of a captain on
his naval uniform.
Il called at the hall, Lady Grey, and
heard you had walked this way,n he
said, eagerly. Il would not come till
| could offer something in exchange
for your rank and wealth. | have
wealth of my own now and here is
my rank, wOn by sheer hard work and
hard fighting.
He touched, his epaulettcs and his
sword as he spoke, smiling proudly
the while. Her heart beat fast, her
cheek was white, her hands were
stretched toward him, with q wild
gesture of cntreaty.
''DOn't you know me, Rose? Have
you forgotten Jamie?n he said in a
deep, low voice.
And then, with q long-drawn sigh,
she tluttered to his heart, and the
broken tryst Of thirteen years before
was faithfully kept again.
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Tired Reporter-Mr. Shears, the
man you sen nc to interview got mad.
Able EditOr-He did?
land chOked me-"
..Fh g'+,
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Of the district OF Cairo when Halieck assumed
the st. Louis command. He never encouraged
any special good will toward him. Grants
close attention to his dutiee. the intelligence
and snbordtnation he displayed in their dis
charge. and the viRor of all his
must. have been very pleasing TO Halleck. But
the-e:is not a line in the official records to in.
dictate his APP roval of his subordlnate's good
work. The tone Of his correspondence with
Grant Is short and .surly. He is continually
finding fault with his district commander. Yet
Grant.must have made q strong impression on
Halleck. for he was sent in command of the
frst great expedition up the Tennessee against
His s-bseouent treatment OF Grant. a we'll
known story. is characteristic of Halle-k's
p fS@e 3 aff he Ee PrGPeas, to w.s Aite E,e she thai fan he he
had heard Grant had fallen into his old drink
ing habits; that he had neglected his duties
mission had leeft his .eommsn nd and Visited
Nashville. Then the military authorities au-
necessary. Thereupon Halleck wrote to Grant
O harsh letter dema ndlng to know why. all
these things had happened, and. telling him
been cons;ientiously engaged Ia .he perform
SIC ID .stween himself and HalIeck he asked
TO be relieved from further duty, in that de-
ene 1~S Grant tf to be was a u hSd hn man. and SO' ~an,e ed
his services. When Grant a second time re-
questee to be relieved, he was assured that
everything had been satisfactorily cleared up,
and that from now on he WAS ex-ected TO go
forward ind win new victories. Grant there
upon quieted down: nay. more, he was CRATE
full to Halleck for having 'sQuared" him with
the Government.
What Halleck's purpose was in this queer
mRneuvre is q mystery. Grant was a rising
man. and perhaps tho commanding General
deemed 1t wise quietly to impede his danger
Gus growth. Grant ntver know until after
the war. whom he gained access to the official
records of the period. tlat the Governments
dissatisfaction" with him originated from
the deliberate complaints of Halleck himself.
This, OF course. Is the worst construction to
put uoon the matter. 1t is true that Halleck
got no reports from Grant for several days
Just after Donelson. and perhaps he hastily
felt himself justified in complaining to Wash
ington. The fact. however, that Grant had
Just won the greatest victory of the war up to
that date leaves Halleck's procedure under tho
ban Of susLtcion at least Grant was dissatis-
fled with his treatment by Halleck during the
advance on Corintl. in which he was totally
ignored. but their relations otherwise appear
to have been BILE until the close OF tho
war. When. Halleck came East to become
General-in-Chief he left Grant in the command
in Tennessee. He was too able a man not TO
commend himself to Grant after the latter
superseded him In the general command. 1t
is discernible in the records that Grant had
great respect for Halleck's military Judgment.
Halleck. was born at Westernville. Oneida
county. N Y. Jan. 10, 1915: he dieu at Louis
vile. KY. Jan. o.. 1872. LESLIE J. PERRY.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20, 1896.
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1rA11'a NEW SHIPPING BoUvrIEs.

Large Sums Paid for Construction and Mile
aGe to Increase the Commercial Marine.
The law for tho encouragement OF Italian
maritime which was promulga,,d n
July %. has just been published in the oflcia
Italian newspapers. No doubt many will doubt
that the new law will be eficacIous In promoting
the industry OF ship and engine building to the
extent that the advocates OF the new law have
declared. Others will declare that the bounty
schedule Is intended as q blow TO the German
steamship lines trading between Italian and
South American ports. However. the new Law
must attract the attention and study OF those
and its principal provisions will be Of interest Il
them. They are as follows:
For every iron or steel steamship built In italy.
OF native material, a bounty of about SIS Der
ton, gross register. will be paid: for the engines,
per indicated horsepower. SO. 80; for boilers,
per ton weight avoirdupois, $ls. 30; for auxiliary
machinery, per ton weight avoirdupois, $50. II
the material of construction be of foreign pro.
duction 1t must pay the full customs duties.
There are also provisions In tho law for the
reclassiication of the material where different
portions of 1t are OF foreign manufacture. Should
the vessel be built of wood instead Of Iron or
steel, the bounty TO be paid 10 only 1928 per ton
OF gross register, instead of SIS.
Then there are premiums Or bonntles provided
So III
classes, as follows: Voyage beyond tho SueS
Canal or the Straits OF Gibraltar. 10 cents per
ton Of gross register for every 1000 miles dur
ing the first three years of the vessels age. de-
orehsinR by two cenis per ton for each succeed
Ing three years. For voyages to tho Black Sea.
Azof. and Mediterranean ports. and coasting
Voyages, two-thirds of these rates are TO he paid.
Steamships or sixteen knots speed and over,
made on n twelve hours trial. however. get 90
per cent. additional to the above rates. Steam
ships to be entitled to the bounties must he of
not less than 500 tons gross register. and OF tho
highest class in the Italian registry and Of
Italian bnild; or, II built out OF tho country,
they must have been registered under the Italian
fifteen years old. The law Is to remain In force
ten years.
1t will make the matter clearer II We take, for
example. a steamship of 1000 tons register.
stsaming an average OF ten knots per hour. Tho
builder or owner would receive $50. 900 ON tho
gross registered tonnage; for 2. 900 initial horse
power of engines, $4,000 moro: one hundred
tons weight OF boilers At SlS.2O would give
SLIGO: and nifty tons OF auxiliary machinery
at $50. 81 900, This makes n total Of S57. AGO.
In addition. sbe receives the mileage bounty
Calculating that she steams 100 days out OF the
1858, In other words, steams "a. 400 knots per
annum, the rate for the first three yeaJs will be
sixteen cents per gross ton for every thousand
knots, ana Tor the second three years fourteen
cents per ton. The shipownor will thus reosiye
In tho fret six years 3l2alSl for mileage, or q
grand total Of 100000 for his vessel.
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The Pacific train was on its third day out
when the man IN tho gray suit became restless.
He walked up and down the car like a Gagged
: ion, Rrumbled because a baby cried, and made
audible remarks about the weather. Finally lie
stopped In front of q mild-looking man and
asked him TO join him in q game of cards.
Excuse me-" said tho stranger, my wife
has scBu pies about"
"Oh. It's no Natter interrupted tho uneasy
man. I'm ask some ono else"
He approached a travelling man with whom
he had. played several games on the trip. and
asked II he would Join him in a game OF enchre.
myself n little thing like that, but there ia a
minister on the car, and I'm not certain It
would he advisable.
The man in the gray suit sat down at a win
dow of the car and sulked. Presently he said
TO his ne ghhor opposlte:
The country Is going TO the dogsl"
"GoOdnesS alive, man. what makes you think
so p asked the surprised traveller.
why. look at the farmhouse we are passing,
every man, woman, and child sitting idly at the
doors. There's q farmer now" as the train
rushed by. He and his men loanng around,
while the corn ,staIds, In the fields and the
you can tell by the way they loaf around ~"
My friend" asked the opposite man, are
Certainly"
We'll, as this is Sunday, It does seem as
=" Sunday" roared the man in this gray suit.
+" that accounts for the milk In tho cocoanuti
Here I've been trying to yet up a game nf
euchre. Well, all ] can say 10 that I've Loaf a
day on this COMPOUNDED trip" and he wiped the
beads OF DsrsDIration from his troubled brow.
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thing about IL or II 1 had IL Wa that I would

thing sbou. Z. Or II l had 1t was that I would
change to the, Turk. and the audisincs remsined
until / had finished. After the lecture the min
mako a little confession TO me. He had ar
ranged q few nights before for some sort of fes-
saSsi II IN ms er SspfG To to @ Ssy Of e s a dSSt Se s sc h STi
contracted with a florist TO decorate the church.
ne supposed | had noticed the decorations; l
Of the house and we're frost bitten, but that WAS
his fault. The florist charged. him 5000, and
liuuidated the claim by nearly one-haif, and tho
aeot on the organ was in statu quo. And 1t had
up to lecture that IL would be n good idea to
charGe admission, which he hoped was %satisfac-
ro,y 70 ine, ana thus lake In enough money to
the organ debt.
III Il had not been for his ministerial earb
and gall, ! think l should have hit him. But
the combination compounded my respect. He
said i9 conclusion that they had taken in
how much should 20 to the florist and how
much should 90 to the organ, He thought
he was in n hole about the lowers. asked
$40. The debt on the organ was SIPS. but be
fsotaror in New YORK Won would walt ak
! So ana 50 c0 are sh iso SH and fso trd 5nnf rs l %Sa.a y.
e Z .p,a mn IL was all right and he said, OF
have something; in fact, he had paid him SIS.
Il II was not satisfactory. no wonld stand 1t.
no hotel bill to pay, and no hall rents, so l
bowed my consent.
The next morning the willy brother said he
mad arranged for mo to lecture In the next town,
In The church. of his denomination. He urged
me 70 go, as the town was wealthy and the
Reople patroniZed everything that came along.
He said he had not arranged everything about
the pay. but he knew l would be we'll treated.
went there reluctantly. But l made q re-
solve that | would not go any further. When I
reached the place I called on the minister with
my letter. and he told me no had Spoken To his
people about me, but. he said. unfortunately.
there was a theatrical company in town that
night and a political meeting. and while he
might keep his flock from going to the former.
ne did not dare. interfere In the latter. He was
a financial point OF view.
thanked him. 1t was refreshing to meet
such q man. He had made no dates ahead. I
returned to New York on the next train. am
now looking for q Job that will carry me through
the winter; and for the man who frat mentioned
the lecture field TO mo as q means of livelihood.
l only want to see him i've minutes"
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sroNINGToN. Oct. 29.-The largo catboat Liz
Eie, Capt Ethelbert Sands. has arrived here
with her Captain, his wife. end their three chill
dren. The boat which is thirty feet long and
nneiy fitted up, has been the home OF the Sands
family ever since the fall OF 1888. when they
lett New YORK 70 cruise along the Atlantic
The boats roomy cabin affords abundant shelter
from storm and GOLD, and a large cockpit ana
Ing the years the Sands family have pIs.sd In
drifting and sailing they have visited scores OF
clties, towns, and inlets along the coast. remain
Sands carries a ducking boat and q strong bat
terry OF duck guns with him,
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GEN. HALLECK.
PERHAPS THE lBLEST MILITARY
STUDENT IN THE co UNTRr.

n Great Organiser. with Ample Experiense
-His Reputation as = Pubiieist-Hin Soc
oras and IIts Wherein He Was
LaekiuE-Eis Strength and weakness
The recen: publication in the editions Of TIM
SUNDAY Sun Of n series of articles relating TO
the Western campaigns OF Grant, Sherman,
Thomas, and Rosecrans, with the incidental
purpose of showing their relations to each 9TH
or. and then again the relations OF each TO the
Government, has OF necessity dealt largely
with the name Of Gen. Henry Wager Halleck,
who was General-in-C Chief OF the army from
July. 1859. until March, 1894. When Lieut.
Gen. Grant was assigned TO the supreme COM
mand, Hslleck gracefully assumed the nomi-
nal position Of Chief Of STAFF in WashinLton.
In this secondary capacity ne still remained In
close relations with Lincoln. Stanton, and
Grant as their trusted military adviser. and
exercised great influence in determining the
Governments war policy until after Lees sur
render, when he was sent to Richmond TO COM
mand the Department Of Virginia
Hcnce, from beginning to end Of the war,
Halleck was a conspicuous haure. For two
years he.was practically sole arbiter In the dis
position of all purely military Questions, and
ssems to have retained to the end the entire
confidence OF both Lincoln and Stanton. That
4 why his namo appears so prominently In all
discussions relating 20 the operations OF the
Generals In the field. He was their superior,
and by him, or at his suggestion. or through
him, all their operations were directed. Any
discussion of the characters and services of
Grant. Sherman. sheridan, and Thomas, or the
shll greater civilians. Lincoln and Stanton,
would be incomplete without including . study
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rrotrenoa Against DOG rh,.<s.

Minnesota has n society for the pro,ctlon Of
dogs from dog thieves. It's memberslp is over
800. and It protects over 500 dog. mostly
sporlsmen's bird dogs. The society ws organ.
ized rs a result of tho theft Of yaIu bile dogs
ron sportHmen whose hunting trip and tho
s o worH OF THEIR dogs had heen Rated In =
me society pays rewards only in rare in
s,AnGes; out adyertises and tries 70 ecure tho
e9nslcilono OF tho thief. Az = result "oSt dog A"
~ ysrtlselnents have fallen or over 6Cper cent
ths aAlly newspapers of ST. Paul. / Is pros
b0eso 70 extend dog protection 70 sVsTIstAtA
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his Shoes Made of nuaaa sL,..
! rom tho Philadelphia Tlms..

A Philadelphia physician has his sho.
rom tie hAln oil negroes. He obtains the snt
ddsrmts from bodies which have been used Tor
The thighs are thred. and the skjn Ihns rss'
cured Is ,sn1 TO WomSlsdort, near Reading. and
ITHhn n y ssniieI ny " stoild Berks county yeSmai.
s1ft and plIaelr, very lu.trous. and %sasgest11yy,
Of n hne Dut very thick piece of kid' TbS
feet Finn,yi THIS story Is told from actual p .ae