The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-05-29

south are all one now. shall be glad
| to do anything can to help the captain
! or his daughter"
ZACH. bat that's the sad story" said
Rachel. 1T was one day was waiting
in the shop for Amminadab. He'd
I'll tell dot story myself, If you
| please" said Amminadab sharply and
drew me hastily into the back shop, a
storeroom for dingy pledges and a place
| to which customers were brought for
| private bargaining.
1T vas SO, just as Rachel vas telling.
Vun day vas looking at some jewels
| in here. and Rachel opened dot door
and said, 'Amminadab! so come out
| into the shop. There stood an old, tall
man. His hair vas very white and
long, and he carried something under
the long cloak dot covered his arms
| So / just said, 'Vell?'
/ AT dot he kind Of flushed and
catched at vat he had under his cloak
and he looked SO grand and SO kind OF
sorry, too, dot / vas kind Of ashamed
! hadn't spoke kinder. So I said
/ Maybe you vas wanting to buy some.
thing you saw In dot window, STRIP
.No-no-not that he said, very
| nervous. I came in because'-and he
stopped as If he vas too sorry OF
| ashamed.
/
may be stuck for money now and Their
! these hard times
4 You go away, Rachel said. Tn
4 doing pisness here And so she come
4 in back here, and someWays the old
4 gentleman don't seem he was feel sc
/ ashamed ven there vas no woman tc
be plying him.
/ I do want to raise some money,
he said. Not for long. 1t can't be fol
long. I will pay you soon.'
Dots all right, sir told him.
don't lend money except on goods, anG
SO l keep my security all right
He flushed up again. give you my
/ word he said.
All right sir, all right. prefer *
i deal with a gentleman Of his word
i but it's pisness to look at the goods
4 You got something there, sir?
He fumbled at his cloak and drew
y out something narrow in a long, blacl
Il oiicloth bag. It's my sword, he said
i and he looked hard at the street doc
and said: I suppose some one ma,
come In at any moment. Have you nj
y private placer So I said, Please com,
q In here, SIR and Rachel went back t,
mind the shop.
81 offered him a chair, but h
wouldn't sit down. He stood RICH
there and pulled out the string at tn
!. enc OIL the Dag anu drew out DOT SWOrl
as careful as If 1t vas baby. The
some ways, with quick motion, h
wrapped the bag around his wrist, an
7 his left hand was on the scabbard, an
! his right vas on the hilt, and he stoo
UP very straight, and out flashed dc
sword SO quickly 7 Jumped up with m
!; two hands out before me like dot.
don't like the way that sword flas
j anyhow. But know swords like
! know everything, and 1t vas easy I
!, see dot sword cost big lot MOI
4 money than anybody would ever CIV
: for 1t again. Nj H
: IT'S the last thing I would borro
on, he said, and indeed it's all I,l
ia got left Of any value But I must has
money today 81 Is s
~ Vas you expecting to borrow on d,
sword, STRIP .s9.
y Why, Of course and heard hi
i. whisper to himself, My God, my Go
= that I should be brought to this!
Veil, sir, dot sword Is got
is sword, but there's no kind OF securi
B&I In sword 5.F.s 81 gS
What You can't lend on It II, s
valuable sword. It cost and i
i. stopped as II he was ashamed to spe.
more about dot. Is
?. !. How much was you wanting rs
" asked. DE- 81