The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-12
l.hLBoiT WIN Yov NEVER :
Ha9A GRANDFATHER. ROB-

income greater than even his promising
career before the bar could ever reach
under the most fructifying circumstances.
His wealth came to him from his grand
father. whose vast estate devolved en-
tirely upon him by right Of inheritance,
as there were 40 other closer heirs. e.
Save for the plangent breaking Of the
surf the beach was as silent as the sad
great sea. The twilight had come upon
the couple n the desertion was general.
The man had confessed his love and been
assured Of the girls In return. In tell
ing Of his family Robert Horton men-
toned the name Of his grandfather. The
discovery was a great shock to the girl,
for she knew Of the mans treachery to
her own father when the. latter was quite
q young man, how his business had been
wrecked by the yindictive opposition of the
former, and how finally her father had
quit the seething, triturating life of Wall
street to come to a new land to build his
fortunes on a. new foundation. She had
often heard tho story from the wronged
mans lips. In her heart she felt that
parental acquiescence would not be forth
coming when Robert Horton should ex-i
pose the genealogical map to the eye of
her father. @~54
OF course, the young men felt oppressed
at the unexpected difficulties Of his posi-
ton, He had heard and read Of the pecu-
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who was not a lovable person. In fact, he.
rarely agreed with him, and only protected
his inheritance by keeping as far distant
from his grandfather as was possible un-
der the circumstances. But he could not
use this disaffection as an argument to
Horace Wright. On the very face Of
things he could not demean himself or
abuse the memory OF one of his own
progenttors, even though 1t be to help
him rids smoothly through a rough sea.
That night on the porch Of the Del
Monte club house Wright and Horton sat
over their Scotch and sodas, discussing
finance. h younger man angled to draw
the older in the troubled water Of his
early Wall street career but without sue
cess. For more than an hour they talked,
and. Horton had made no progress. Then
just as they were about to break the parti
ipour deux, Horton ordered another round
of drinks and zone Of those heavy Ha-
wanna cigars The influence OF the balmy
air. thesWeet smell OF the flowers, the
meiloWness that comes from ~sociability
mingled with a fine Scotch and its tenn
&pering soda, reduced the reserve Of the
girls father5and he went hack to his Wall
street days.
The scared memory allowed no cicatriza-
ton He told of his early struggles and
the deathblow delivered by Edward
Thorncliffe, dan1ning without stint the
grandsire Of the man before him. His
vehement speech seemed to exhaust his
wrath somewhat ,,SS s for concluding
words of his speech were:
yet what good will ever come Of my
hatred to Edward ~Thorneliffe? He lis dead
now, and the law Of God orders him to be
allowed to rest In peace.
Here was the chance the young man
had been awaiting. Without q moments
hesitation he Jumped into the midst st his
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