The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-30

Eustle and whisper. The patter of the
qEfpuntain stream over the powders and
Its swish over the sandbar are very
audible in the midnight silence. From
EAe inner room come, soft and regular,
sbe deep breathings of the tired house
mother and the trundle bed contingent
The lamp flame fickers and moves
Che mans shadow on the wall, but he
sis as still as if he were dead.
Wei, when hope is dead-hope and
p e.sergy and days and gold all poured
Gpto an ever-gaping black mine mouth
zflat is as hungry and empty and black
as ever when the last dollar, the last
n@pe are swallowed up in it-how much
Better it would be, would it not, if the
tNaH. too. were dead?
Toll, privation, danger, they had been
70tbjng in themselves. They would be
nothing now, if he had been able to
come home with the golden guerdon he
Gzad striven for. But the homecoming
bad 5aen hardest of all.
CaGdled on a cot in the corner, n
giytish figure stirred restlessly. His
eyes sought the glow of the golden hair
Rowing over the pillow.
Focf Golden halr-the NINE had been
Esamed for her. Was this goIden-haired
Sillie's life to be as black failure as
tbc mine had proven? Was that name
NJ hope and pride to be Stunned now
as a word that hurt that was mock
ery?
4'- lurhea again Dreamy to the pa
ger before hlm-hls lie insurance; the
e~aN' plank between the beloved niue
E''1'i ana the hungry sea OF absolute
sSpNfFll' ENerythIHS elSe' togelhel
"!'h ihe pest years OF ms me- lhe
f1'i'E h"o SWailoWeo' II ne IiIed' TN?
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s'f'h0oa 10 Womanhood' She had been
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