The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-27

| and saw none but clouds of gold in raaa
long vista of their future,
I could only sit and gaze longingly
and eagerly while the phantom faded
away from my gaze. Another picture
now rose before me-.
I saw myself clad in a cheerful morn
ing robe. Charles had prospered in
business. gold poured into his Golfers,
and With gold came fashion, with am
bition and pride and a score of demons
in her train. 1t whispered: /.
You are young and you are beauti-
full. In the great world YOU would be
an acknowledged queen. Put your
husbands wealth to use. Let not your
beauty fade out in the nursery. Your
child will get on well enough in the
nurses care. Live in the world and
shine like a queen"
And this was the beginning of tho
shadow which darkened the picture. I
saw the glitter of the bali. the splendid
furniture, the silver plate, the gay
e%quipaCe and the stately apartments.
and amid it all through the opened
door of a neglected nursery I saw a
male drupped A-vn,r-o,d child SLOWLY
DIVING me- apd cama Two INV rosa,
Wood ca le+ was closad nNar re faa-
t,,res of Tho ch,I1 VINO d;ad of rnotbarlv
NEGLECT 7 saw y stronn man hend IN
c]o6vn,sed grief over HE daaI how and
than 90 ouf siIentiy onG ,ronling srav
ar day Nv dav t,rn 10 his hnsinass
og,in TO- 49, y 49, - 20 nries
&c., ~ ..riaIon ~. e ~
clasned NV inrrolad bonds n nna,,ish
80 ~ "
"a ,ons pause zen between, ana lnen
a,to'hgi' .ne iast, picture iei, peiore
~ ieeosniAeu l.s ai.lilu,tress d.
omre' { sedrs i'telVeheo between
~ piI'ule Wy .he Pleceuihs one'
naa Iot changed save 70 luller anu pei
iecteu peauty. ENeryIhlns was as pam
aS y-.ne niasIliieTii luihisnihss
- ne nolie, WIN me rsrslan Iarpets'
Costly taples, oronIe ana rnarple stat,
ues anu Ghiha anu SILVER wares anu
,nrousn .nese WalEs l moved, d colo
ana peautlui woman o. ice; ! shrann
lrprl tre pollfaituie WIN oisllay' but
m %ids : q ~ sanvo -, ~ pior ~
fhe ~ - eynression T Nd often saan
mon nv bnShand,s foo How,
chsnged he looked FROM Tho bonafnI
n,anIy CHARLES Gordon Who ha1 stood
before me in the moonlight! He had
been a grave and silent man ever since
his bow died. but there was now fresh
rouble eating away his life.
"What has brought this about?" I
asked.
In a moment my question was an
swered. Into the magic picture came
o shadowy finger which pointed to the
paper-strewn table at which my hus-
band sat. I gazed and beheld a revela-
ton, and mechanically my eye ran over
every paper he opened. The catalogue
was rearful-a long array or oils
plate, furniture, statues, jewels, silks,
a long array of which 1 recognized dis
tlnctly my own agency, ana Dalanci'tg
us oa.atosue s.oou lansieu 1919:
s,ipty coiels; WIN lne Wofu aIlr ~
h. = as VII q Pc u ~. ~
! ~ ga. anu uhlolueu eacn paper ny
ia no ~ asios : s.oie 5earet 4nu gal1 ~
l "poH tuS ~ hT hau JuSl 49,.
? Was my iatest OH, lne pill Ior my pai.
!, uiess. 1 mace d movement 70 snatcn
W. n. tini IA tiie spgii "as 49,
e "hae ~ ~, o. Daisy . ~ as,sep az
4 amu uaeail4ls ! staltea ~ ~ h n
nhsseii esateu ~ tne sieal peisSl SN
t nv my nusoaha s'ahaihs pesiue hue.
s DIG l rail- asleep! l must. But YOU,
Charles, you nave not slept l1sald,i
e Tor just then | noticed that he was In,
f ms coat ana full dress.
e Il have been up late, looking over
some papers / brought from the store.
Q But 1 was just going up stairs. You
g should be asleep before this" he added,
/. half re~provingly, his eyes wandering
O with a sort of panied look over my
toilet.
..wbv do yo,, not sne.lr tn me-
charles2 yoil ora In some great trou.
HE 0h Cbar,es r baWa bad q drean ~,
- This ayan,nv That has sboy,n mo n,vself
=, - in NV true light T am nothinp more
- than nothtnr T on, a drog instead ~
% a hn1noaat swat ~ ,ea sharIas ana
toiI me- tta+ I,n, do no+ bota noe1
~ ..can Won haar tho vyorst Taisvo u he
- os,,oa 10 rsoIu 1iftimr his aves ~
!, ,nine ~ 49, =
;
Anything, anything, my oear nus
m haHd. nave peen nino, put the scaies
n nave iaileii nov: lei me eVer9thihs
are we rulneu
TO we are, ne Whispered IN u tnlck,
unsteauy tone. Inc crisis mas carrtea
me GOWN. l ha,e atasesu away ene
10 lohs hours OIL ms Iisht ltgins 70 de-
81 v-se SOME ioophole OF escape ou. an an
y VAN. l w no - :, ihs9eli, y ~
u you-you, Dalsy, ana ne sroaheo an