The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-22

There was electricity in the air of
the pretty sitting room Mrs. San
ders' well preserved matronly face
wore a deep frown and her daughter
was apparently rebellious and denant.
juding from her expression.
anyhow" Mrs. Sanders wound up a
lengthy argument, Il should THINK
mere pride would keep you from uolng
as you do Is there any use IN pro
claiming to the world that you are
madly in love with a man VINO is of no
account? Warren Raster hasn't cent
to his name and never viii have! de
is only rs and has already ueen In three
different kinds Of business There is
no telling When he would be abe to
maryland that's wnar l told MIN
when l wrote him a week ago.. she
shot a dubious glance at her daughter
as she maze this admission.
Sara Sanders ralseu an indignant
face, her eyes dashed.
80 you wrote MIN, did you? she
said. THAI explains it all; that Is
why he has leIt loWii and has written
me that 1 would better forget MN.
l thought he did not care Tor me any
more and it nearly killed me, but NOW
see he has acted as lie has because
OF what you must have written MIN.
ought TO be satisfied, Tor you've spol4ed
my MEL and with this astonAanl!lS
OutburSt she fled the room.
Her mother sat with compressed
lips. She was u woman fond OF set
ting affairs after her Owl mind and
since sara had grown up she hiu
proved hard to handle. But Il there
was one tnlnS upon winch Mis-. san
derS was resolved, it was that Sara
oh at RI = q
struck the good lady as beng an un-
desirable party, as compared With Den
Reed, for instance. SIle could prevent
Sara marrying Warren, but whether
Is Reed, Tor instance. She could prevent
was an entirety different question that
made even 1naSterful Mrs. Sanders look
serious. She was going to have her
hands full. AT amy rate, Warren KaS-
ter was out OF the way, thanks to her
diplomatic note, Which, without &C
tually saying so, had conveyed the
idea that Sara had come around to her
mothers way OF thinking and wished
to give him up. 1t CHANGED to arrive
at a moment When Warren was feeling
blue and discouraged and he accepted
it as final without seeking Sara for eX-
plantations, as he would nave done in
another frame of mind. He had a
chance to go to another city and took
it, sending Sara a bitter little farewell
note and no address,. Now that she
understood his curtness it was not SO
hard to bear. She became almost
cheerful.
That is, except when Denis Reed
chose to appear at the house. Her
mother wisely had said nothing, but
Sara understood. Here was the sutton
favored by Mrs. Sanders and the
daughter tacitly comprehended it was
expected she should take him.
1t pleased her to compare the two.
She recalled Warren, handsome, hon
est and with eyes that appealed a
heart Of gold and empty pocketbook;
then she thought of Denis Reed, who
was amply blessed with this world S
goods, besides as, years to his credit, a
manner which repealed her and a
glance which stirred some secret ter
ror. He had manners that We're suave,
but underneath the girl detected a
lurking brutality which her mother
passed by. Mrs. Sanders was more inn
pressed with the fact that Reed could
Settle grocery and dry goods bills than
anything else, and besides, he was in
tereSted in her charity school and had
delightful comprehension of her ideas
on mental culture. She welcomed Reed
to the house, and Sara employed her
time in escaping him. She was always
''just going out" when he arrived or
else was stricken with sudden head
ache and obliged to so to her room.
After a few weeks OF this open war
was declared.
you shall not treat Mr.. Reed so,''
her mother declared in evaporation
You are not even civil; He is fine
man, worth ten of Warren Raster
do believe you are incoming over him
yet. If a man threw me over as he
did you I wouldn't wear my heart or
my sleeve. Any girl might be proud
to marry Denis Reed and he is GER
tainly madly in love with you
Il wish he wasn't" flashed Sara 81
haven't encouraged him, goodness
knows knows hate him; he bores me
to death and wish you and he would
leave me alone in peace"
Her lips quivered. 1t was hard thai
all these weeks should go by and M
line from Warren 1t was unkind OF
him, and little by little a feeling O.
doubt and hopelessness crept into hel
heart. What If he was forgetting her
what If her mothers letter had indeed
parted them for good. He ought t.
have known her better and trusted her
She submitted to Reeds attention.
listlessly, because she was too despond
ent to even be rebellious.
There was no doubt that he caret
for her. But his flowers and his book
and his theaters aroused8no feeling o
gratitude His efforts to be entertain
Ing only tired her, and she scarcel.
listened when he told her he loved her
Constant dropping will wear away
stone, however. On one hand he
mother constantly urged her to be sen
stble and marry Reed and on the othe
was Reed with his unwearying protes
tations, his entreaties, his eternal pres
ence. It was six months since Warrel
had vanished and she had come
think Of him as lost to her. There wer
shadows about her eyes and her prett
face grew thin with her troubles pas
and present She was in the fatal gras
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