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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
CHAPTER x.

On this warm afternoon, as she lay
IN the hammock, she was thinking it
all over and wondering where Valdane
was, and what or who was keeping
him from her. She was thinking, toe,
OF the open admiration in Bernardo
fine eyes the night before as he leaned
over her piano.
NO doubt he was handsome. She
thought she could win him; would il
not be madness-utter madness-to leg
MIN go Tor the sake Of a man who hae
never IN so many words told her that
ne loved her, and whom, if she married
at all, she would have to marry with
out her fathers consent?
A footstep brushed on the grass
Lady Mildred half rose. Bernard was
there, looking admiringly down at her.
Mr.. S%telling! I thought you were
shooting"
l was, but when I found the picnic
party had arrived without you, l gave
tnem the slip, and meanly sneaked
home through the woods. hoping to
nave the luck to discover your retreat.
fortune favors the brave, they say.
would not have missed a sight of YOU
here for worlds!"
Mr.. stelling! 1t was very foolish o,
you to lose all the sport"
so long as you don't add hat it's
very lmpertinent of me to intrude I'm
c%ontent! Your pose is really perfect.
used to be able to sketch a little.
Would you lie still for ten minutes
while l try my hand?"
"Oh, n~onsense!"
No nonsense at all. Oh, you won't
be SO unmerciful as to move. Do let
me have five m%inutes!" He had taken
out a small book and leaning against
the smooth trunk Of a beech, was
sketching rapidly.
There! That fan fits in well-we
Will call the picture "A Summer Day.
Keep your hand and arm still for a
minute, please! Do I weary your"
"No'-she was half laughing-"I am
too comfortable. You can't have done
anything in SO short a time"
Just enough for a remembrance"
he said. "You keep so still. Nv sis
ter and her friend, Miss Lilbourne. al
ways fdget so dreadfully; 1 shall tell
them to follow your good example"
CTO be continued.)
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down, down-hopelessly down. Lady
Mildred knew that it was she who was
expected to retrieve the family for
now weighed upon her mind, for she
had been so foolish as 10 fall in love
with her mothers cousin, Valdane
Martineau.
Valdane was what Lord Umfraville
would have superciliously called an
impossible" person. So secure had he
been of the "impossiDility" of this
young man that he invited him each
year to C%larindale, feeling confident
that no daughter Of his would think of
a young man who was a solicitor, and
only moderately we'll off. He ignored
the fact hat the man had the manners
Of an aristocrat, the bearing Of a per-
feet gentleman, the experience of a
man of the world and the reputation Of
being irresistible. To Lady Mildred,
alas, he was irresistible! She had
succumbed to his influence before she
knew it. Now it seemed as If she
could not break free.
Accustomed as she was to admira-
ton, she never doubted that he more
than reciprocated this Partially. 1t
had, therefore, been a decided surprise
when her father received a letter from
Valdane, saying that he could not get
away for the first, and begging to be
allowed to leave the date OF his ar
rival at Clarisdale uncertain for a few
days. The letter was cordiality itself,
but It left Mildred sore and wounded.
She was %astonished to find how keen
was her disappointment, and how fiat
and dull the first had seemed without
his accustomed presence. That even
ing her father took her aside.
Mildred" he said, "do you remem-
Der that young SIZZLING who was at
Oriel with Laurie-that very handsome
young fellow who was so attentive to
us when we went up to Commemora-
ton? Would you believe it-through
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CASTELAR, . Newspaper Man.

Cadiz Correspondence Chicago Rec
ord: The late ex-president Of Spain,
Emilio CASTELAR,, was a newspaper man
all his life. and after he had practi-
cally retired from political life his
literary labors kept him alive in the
esteem of his countrymen. Yet his
conspicuous work as a Journalist, no
IeOs than as man Of affairs, was done
during the third quarter Of a century.
In the COS, when CASTELAR, had become
famous by his share in the meeting Of
the Seatro Real, where Gonzales Bravo,
the master of oratory. marked him as
the rising leader of the young demoe-
racy. he wrote his first article for Ell
Tribune. He dissolved his connection
with that journal when it sought to
brand him as a monarchist. La So
berania Nacional, on the other hand,
he abandoned because it was too radi-
cal. Then he Joined the staff Of Dis
cussion. resigning his position in 1864
to found the short-lived Democracia,
which he published and edited for two
years.
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"You know it now" she said, gently.
1T isn't too late"
He rose to his feet suddenly. "No -
he said, in a voice that startled her
1T isn't too late and I'll justify your
opinion of me yet. l will 20 now and
shovel that snow. Good-by. Pm glad
! saw you" He grasped her hand so
hard that she WINGED, then strobe ont
of the room.
she listened to his retreating foot
steps, then turned in her chair SO that
she could lay her arm on its back and
bury her face in the crook of her ell
bow. In a moment she heard some one
coming, and stood up hastily, giving
quick dabs to her eyes with her hand
kerchief.
n snow will have to wait lust
a little longer. Something more i'm
portant comes first" sale. Simeon. com
into the room. why, Keziah! YOU are
not Why, what is it dear?" for
keziah was crying softly in his arms,
A little later, when they were more
calm, Simeon said: What 1 came
back to say was this: l am going to
get away from the pernicious influence
of that lazy, good-for-nothing Sim
Walker, and / thought it would be a
grand, good idea if at the same time
you would break way from the per-
nicious influence of Miss Cynthia
Thatcher"
Keziah's eyes sparkled. 81 will do
it." she said, and there was that in
her look which told that she had at
last freed herself from the domination
of her sister.
There were other things that had to
be said and by that time the fire had
gone out and the grown cold.
Why. where are the scholars?"
cried Keziah. when she saw that it was
10 o'clock. They must have stayed
at home on account of the snow"
So they left the s%choolhouse to-
gether and Keziah walked slowly
home, dreadiag her interview with
Cynthia, while Simeon, with his shovel
over his shoulder, went briskly in the
other direction.
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would not have got the schoolroom
much warmer than il she had left the
work to the boys.
"And BESIDES" Keziah continued,
apologetically, II didn't know it was
so drifted."
Something in her voice made Simeon
turn and look at her.
you are cold" he said, gently.
What have you got on your feet?
Whew! Nothing but rubbers." He
looked obviously across the drifted
yard to the schoolhouse door. Then his
face cleared. Where is the key?" he
asked.
Keziah felt in her pocket and drew
it out. He took it and without a word
turned and began blowing slowly
through the snow. When he reached
the door he unlocked it and opened it
wide, then returned to Keziah who was
watching him wonderingly.
Now" he said, as he reached her,
II am going to carry you to that door"
ooh, no, please don't! I can wait till
the path is made, perfectly well. I'm
not very cold, truly I'm not.
II am going to carry YOU" said
Simeon, and there was a strange note
of command in his voice. Put your
arm around my neck-so. There, now
I can carry you easily"
ooh, Mr.. Walker! I wish" she
protested, feebly.
Slowly and carefully he walked
through the snow, reached this steps
and deposited his burden inside the
entry.
start the fire while I finish the path"
1t took but a short time to finish
that path, for Simeon worked as he
had never worked before. He Smiled
as he looked, up and saw the smoke
ascending from the chimney. When he
went into the schoolroom, after stamp
ing the snow off his boots, he found
that Keziah's fire vas a roaring sue
cess. But perhaps neither the hea.
of the fire nor. the previous cold quite
accounted for the bright color in
Keziah's cheeks.
Simeon glanced around the room.
ut looks natural" he said. "but awful
small. I don't believe I've been here
since ! went to school, but you've spent
a good part of the time here since
then. N.Y. that fire feels good"
He drew two chairs up to the stove
and after Keziah had taken n he
seated himself in the other. Isn't this
cozy!" he said, in a tone of satisfac-
ton. II was. on my way to Benson's
Corner to shovel snow; but l guess
the snow will keep and It isn't often l
get "a chance IT, speak to you. Why,
how long is it since we were allowed
to see each other /"
II don't know" Keziah's eyes were
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FILIPINOS.
Said to Exceed All Other People In
Imitation.

OF all the races peopling this mum
dane sphere not n has such an ex-
traordinary spirit of imitation as that
which inhabits the Philippine islands,
according to the new American paper,
Manila Freedom. This race of people,
OF Malay origin, which occupies all the
archipelago of the Celebes sea, lacks
entirely the esthetic taste necessary
FOR the proper combination of colors,
constructive ability, uniformity in ar
chitectural designs, and the good taste
which is required for the culture and
advancement of a people. They have
no ideas of this kind, and in all mat
tiers of taste do nothing more than
what they see in races of the West.
Any n who has observed the Fill
pinos will have noticed that they have
no ideas at all in regard to the proper
combination of colors in their wear
ing apparel, as, in spite of their dusky
compilations, they select in their cloth
ing the colors which are least suitable
to them. You will see Indian girls
and half-breeds as brown as berries
using IN their dresses and scarfs such
colors as blue, green, yellow, brown
and black. A woman of dusky COM
pleXlon with a dress of any of these
colors presents an appearance that is
hldeous in the extreme. It is not I'M
common to see dark-skinned Indian
girls dressed in such bright greens that
II they should encounter a cariboo
they are liable to be eaten by that fes-
tive animal on accoun of their SINH
larity to punches of hay. The reason
why these people cut this ridiculous
figure is that they see these bright
colors on European women, and, with
out thinking of the effect which, on
ccount of their different complexion.
such hues are liable to produce, readily
ADOPT them and consider themselves
the most elegant of the elegant. No
sooner does a new fashion arrive from
farls, Vienna or Berlin in shoes, trou-
sers, hats, shirts or neckwear, no mat
ter now ~eXtravagant, the Indian and
the half-breed Immediately adopt
them. The American troops had been
in Manila only a few days with their
brown suits before the stores on the
hscolta were besieged by natives and
half-breeds buying all the brown cloth
~obtainable, wool, cotton or silk, and
in a few days they were all arrayed in
suits OF the same color as those worn
by the army of occupation. They no.
tlced the hats of straw or felt with a
blue polka dot band, and in a few days
all the Indians and half breeds were
wearing the same kind of hats as the
Americans. l believe that the Ameri-
cans will have but little trouble in in
PRODUCING here their usage customs
and language, as to that end the spirit
OF imitation which predominates in the
native race will be a powerful factor.
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the death Of an old wornan-his god
meSher-no relation at all, they say
ne mas Just come into a fortune Of
what do you think? Twenty thousand
a year,! All the papers AZ, full of it.
NOW Mildred. my darling, every girl
OF your acquaintance will be after that
young man. But II you gave your
mind to It ! am sure you could-eh?
lnlnk. my pet, what it would be for
us all! Twenty thousand a year!. And
what's your beauty for. Mile, II not to
draw you a prize-eh?"
Had such a course of action been
proposed two days earAer 1t would
nave met with his daughter unquali-
fed disapproval, but at that moment
her n desire was to punish valdane,
SO q only smiled her slow, sweet
smile and asked:
Is he coming here?"
This evening, my darling"
remember" said Mildred, "that
he was very handsome"
He was-and most distinguished
looking. What will you wear tonight.
Mlliie?" asked Lord Umfraville casual
~, inwardly rejoicing at his success.
Leave that to me-" Mildred an
swered calmly. II will wear-you will
see what" and her father left her
with a blissful feeling that all was 60
Ing Just as he wished.
When Bernard arrived that evening
Lady Mildred received him alone. It
vas chilly and she had a fire kindled
IN the drawing-room. She sat on a
very low chair, a red glow over her
crimson draperies and golden hair.
n greeted the young man with a
pretty mixture OF cordiality and shy
ness. She made him sit opposite to
ner IN a chair which was the ideal Of
comfort, and apologized prettily for the
tact that none Of the men were In vet.
andgall the girls were dressing. She
gave him q cup Of tea from a tiny table
near. and insisted that he was hungry
after his long journey, and must eat
some tea-cake. which she lifted from
the marble fender with a dainty pink
handkerchief between her delicate
hands and the hot porcelain. There
was no light ave from a branded clus-
ter Of wax candles on the; tea table
ana the warm glow Of the FIRE. The
corners OF the tastefully furnished.
room were In darkness. q
Bernard began to realize what life
might be. now that whatever he longed,
for was within his reach. In his.
h~ouses--the great house he meant to
buy-he thought his drawing-room
should be inst like this. The man.
locked IT Lady MildEed-at her per-
feet toilette her delicate skin. the turn
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TlNTERN
Famous Home May BE Purchased by the
British GOyernment

Famous Home May BE by the
British Government.
There is an M in Monmouth and
there is an NJ in Macedon," Fluellen
observes in Henry w." comparing his
warlike master, Harry Of Monmouth,
to Alexander, "and there is a river in
Monmouth and there is a river in
Macedon." The river in Monmouth is
the Wye, associated for ages with the
loveliest scenery in West Britain: and
on the Wye stands Tintern abbey, says
the New York Tribune. 1t has been
reserved for this generation to hear
Ilntern abbey spoken of in connection
with "a good speculation and that by
a British cabinet minister. Between
Tammany hall on this side and the
duke of Westminster on the other the
project OF buying Killarney, to be made
into a public park, has been kept be-
fore the public and this, in turn. has
suggested to the British government
the purchase of Tintern abbey from the
duke OF Beaufort. The abbey is prob
ably the noblest of the many noble ar
chltectural monuments left all over
England by the Cistercians. This or
der, the Reform of St. Bernard of
Clairvaux," is the white-robed division
OF the great order of St. Benedict. It's
abbey of Tintern, like those of Foun-
tains. Kirkstall, Netley, Rievaulx and
Whallay, was modelled in general plan
upon the mother abbey of Citeaux. the
famous monastic home where St Rer-
nard is supposed to have written the
original of the hymn, Jesus, the Very
Thought of Thee" It has been also
pointed out by a%ntiquaries that nearly
all Cistercian monasteries were built
on the banks of rivers. At Citeaux.
where there is no river, a small stream
has been artifcially led close to the
abbey walls. The reason of this ar
rangement is supposed to be in the
need of large quantities of fish for the
food of the inmates, who abstained
from flesh meat during the greater mart
of the year Tintern abbey was found
ed about five miles from Chenstow in
1l3l. The church, however. the r,,ins
of which now form it's chief attraction
was not built until the end of the thir-
teenth century, and became lannon's &C
one OF the NOSE severely perfect exam
Piles on a large scale of the transition
period linking the early English with
the decorated. Its length is 2sS feet
and the height of its nave seventy feet
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1T COSTS So MILLIONS.
An Enormous Sum Spent In Rebuilding
and ~Re-equippfng the b. & O. X. Il.

and ~Re-equippfng the b. & O. X. q.
The receivership of the Baltimore
and Ohio RAILROAD, which has just come
to a close, was remarkable in many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
not follow precedent, but went ahead
and placed the property in first-class
shape, instead of attempting to main
tain 1t in the condition that they found
it. OF course the receivers were up-
held ny a majority OF the security hold
ers and the court, but the Baltimore
and Ohio receivership marked an epoch
in such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended were put out
in '96 and 81, when trade was at a low
ebb and money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
1880 box cars, 6,751 wooden goudola
cars, 5000 pressed steel cars, 80 mis-
c%ellaneous freight cars, postal, express
and dining car equipment, at a total
cost of SIT, 000, 900. The PIG locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
1886 tons, costing s2,142,152, and
there were bought owe 5000, 900 cross
ties, costing 81, 200, 900, and $50, 900
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
$525, 000. The new steel bridges agsre-
gate in value $3.50, 900, and fully as
much more was spent in improving tie
several terminals, erecting new bull.
ings, reducing grades and changing the
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls, or the amount paid directly
to men employed in making improve
ments on the tracks, ETC., in three
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
s35, 600, 900, of which about SIS, 900 900
were secured by the issuance Of receiy-
ers' certificates and the balance
through car trusts, earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu-
featuring concerns were in great need
OF orders to keep their plants in on
Grafton. Steel rails are worth now from
Sc to SO a ton more han when the re-
ceivers made their purchases, and To-
comotives have advanced from So, 900
to 100000 in price. The equipment
alone, if purchased today, would cost
$4,000, 900 more and the other improve
ments 81, 600, 900 more. President Cow
en- is authority for the statement that
the new company intends spending
10000 900 more in improvements in
the next year or two.
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CHAPTER v1II.-(contil asd.)

CHAPTER VIII.-(ContiI fSsed.)
How odd!" she said absehtly. 81
nearly remembered that name again.
Ny memory must be coming back,
think"
"Let me trust it u.s." said Valdane
rather %nervously.
She leaned her chin upon her hand
and looked thoughtful for a few mo-
ments then, raising her eyes
"Mr. Martineau," she said, with a
little sigh, II should like all this bust
ness set on one side for a few weeks.
please. MI. SIZZLING is gone for his
holiday-to Lord Umfraville's for the
shooting"
ITO C%larisdale?"
Yes" She paused, and asked in
some establishment, do you know
Lord Umfraville?"
"Well-a-yes; his wife was my
cousin. / generally stay there every
autumn"
Indeed? Viscount Thornheath is a
great friend Of Mr.. Stelling's."
"Ah, perhaps we shall meet! You
wish then for me not to institute in
quiries just yet?"
MOI Just yet. please. 1 don't feel
strong enough-not in quite good
spirits enough to-" She checked her
self bravely. Not for worlds would
she have limited. ever to herself. that
she thought Bernard might before all
things have taken steps to ascertain
whether or no she were free. But he
had chosen instead to go to Clarisdale,
and she was too loyal to murmur even
to her own heart.
To Valdane it seemed like a respite.
Will you let me have a line when
you wish me to pursue this matter.
them? he asked, rising to take his
leave.
"Yes; or Mr.. SIZZLING will come to
nee you. May l keep this copy of the
will?"
Certainly. but please don't lose it,"
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cast down. ut is some years. I don't
know what Cynthia would say il she
- She paused abruptly.
Simeon smiled spontaneously. II
know that sister Of yours doesn't ap-
prove of me, but that's no excuse for
her holding over you the way she
does.'
"oh, Cynthia has so much more
sense than l have" Keziah murmured,
deprecatingly.
Simeon looked at her qu~izzically. 81
suppose she has told you that so often
that you have got so you believe it.
But I don't believe it."
There was an awkward g pause.
Keziah looked at the clock and half
longed for, half-dreaded, the arrival Of
the first scholar. Simeon frowned at
the stove, and wished he knew how to
say what he wanted to say. At last
he cleared his throat.
"Keziah, let us have one good, long
talk together. We may never have an
things I'd like to know about. Will
you tell me the real reason why we
didn't get married that ~time-ffteen
years ago, wasn't it? Was one reason
Cynthia?"
She nodded. 4-''
We'll, l thought. What were the
others? l know you told me at that
time, but somehow they didn't seem
like reasons you would give"
There weren't any other-besides
Cynthia"
She must have told you things
about me. I wonder what they were?"
keziah turned away her head. She
said that you were shiftless," she fall
tered, and never would get on in the
world"
He made a wry face. "And I sup
pose she has kept her eye on me, and
has had the satisfaction of saying, I
told you so,' every little while, and
congratulating you on her good sense
and your escape. Well, I guess she's
right. wonder If you cared?"
Yes, I did care" she said, almost
vehemently. II wanted you to succeed
and justify my opinion OF you and
when you didn't she would exult and
sometimes l wanted to go away and
never come back"
Il wish l had known-I wish 1 had
known" was all Simeon said.
She looked at him pityingly, then she
laid her hand timidly on his arm.
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New York's Highest Point.

Perhaps the highest point in the bor-
ough of Manhattan is at Ninety-sixtb
street and Madison avenue. This is
where the New York Central Railroad
tunnel begins. and from this elevation
a fine view is obtained of Harlem to
the north and'the East river and Long
island to the east. One can look over
the roofs of the five-story houses of
Harlem clear to Washington Heights
and distinguish many points in the
borough of the Bronx.
From here there is a sharp decline
to the East river, and the tall chimney
at the foot OF East Ninety-ffth street
does not look SO very high from this
altitude. 1t is altogether a sigh: well
worth SEEING.
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When to Put on Now shoes.

There is a time for everything, and
that includes a time for trying on new
shoes. The feet are different sizes at
different times In the day. In the morn
ing they usually are larger, and much
walking, too, inclines them to swell,
SO that new shoes should not be worn
at such times. II the shoes are in
clined to be tight, one road to relief
is to battle the feet in cold watersand
dress them in new hose. Tight shoes
Should never be put OF directly after
taking a hot bath,
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A Tribute.

/. The model for the Winnie Davis me.
mortal monument is completed. 1t is
a figure of the Angel of Grief. In the
pose are blended dignity and sadness,
while in the face of the angel is an
expression OF unfathomable sorrow. 1t
is a touching tribute to the beloved
Daughter of the C~onfederacy. When
completed, the monument will be un-
yelled at Richmond.