The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-01
6be Grip Of the Machine.
By Clinton Dan1e,fo,d in co.nopoli,a n.

4 conductor impatiently checked her a
g she made for the door.
! Go back" he said brus1uely. You
: ticket calls for Garfield"
Yes J know" she interrupted "bu
In going 10 get off here instead"
The deuce" he nluttered.
hut the woman. with one disdainfu
glanc" at the flying train ana the for
, Torn station left behind it. turned swift
~ down a side path and plunged int
the forest ways that opened mysteriou
tracks To receive her
On and on she went. When the uui
etudc Of the woods was broken onl
by rhpmunks flirting here and there
or t"lSS snapping under her feet, sh
halted, sat down under IL great PIN
ANA laughed.
"They thought I Was gon' to sta,
In that smoky cart Lord I've smell
smoke enough in my time. They cal
culated | VAS goin to spend a week il
lGWh-me that despis"s The idee OF it
Town indeed, That means folks starin
ct yore hat and wondrin' why yor,
sleeves amt cut better. You know
what M lookiu' fer" she added. witt
puiZHical confidence, to the neares
chipinuuk. us freedom freedom
from every tie
She stretched ont her feet luxurious
~ on the rich piM"-needlc cushions.
lis good 10 he alone! Folks might
say | was alon" bE myself to home q
heap-but | never WAS There was
, somethin' standin at my elbow the
tainal time SaEiu. DO this-,!o that,'
She threw a handful of pine-needle
INTO the stream beside her and chuck
led to see them iout away.
What If stephen could see mo now
him that alters has been so careful
( to keep me UP 10 III" mark guess
the two of us amt wasted nary hour.
sence our weddin' tower Huh," She
shifted disdaintully, ",his beats a tower
all holnr,"
A woodpecl<cr in the tree above loo.-
nned bit of bark. 1t fell on her lap.
She threw it back up at him with the
eager amusement Of Il child
You Old scamp. you done i, a-pur-
The woodpecker. wisely unafraid Of
me ann feminine" merely went on tap
ping. The woman arose and after n
guilty glance around. hid her best hat"
IN a hollow stump. Then out OF her
satchel she drew Il ragged sunbonnet
and a red HANDKERCHIEF Tho banker
chief she knotted round her neck.
GYPSY fashion. The sunbonnnt she
pulled over her eyes. This completed
her ldea OF disguise. size broke Il young
sourWood, straight limbed and smoothly
red, for Il STAFF. and resumed her iour
ney, leaving the bag concealed by the
stump, Sunset found her far from the
Stre''n ana The pine tree. and found her
still unweary ana joyful.
She stood on a high hill watching the
der nr ,ho val IL ~ sSs"ty tnr Won
tho fr,rr,,,,, 49, utcu s'Fii'k'nS IN
Inc slonr 't tn,,., 49, Sn, hurried down
DAYS duties wara ,,,.a, l ne
cd ~ :, 49, ~ 81 wien Ni!e Fetch-
ot 49, i'''o''Se u'of~-She TOOK care
,r 80 $780,,
ne housewife eyed her beautifully.
~ nuo!'o'eV SH% Would give h",r y
IL 81 supper; hnd, yes, she might
S's ,r IN me barn,
lne new rnAde tramp ate her cold
SupPer us she ia% on tn" soft nay. How
" ot,i eacit HorSei Vas. It was years
though for conscience sake she had al
NY, swallowed something at the boun-
IN III nome table Eut this-this was
I1aHtl1 Inc sauce of keen hunger
mat me pitiiu. meal food for a god
=; @"2per over she lay there. soothed
a"u 'o'i'pah'on.d by the dumb beasts
III NE Slalls nai"W her. The occasional
restless STANDING Of horses never dis
lurhed her. Only once in the night she
WOKE ',oE, mat was when tiny thrush,
sleeping under the caves, sent forth a
sleepy exquisite song.
sue leIt the first arrows Of dawn
piece me darkness nnd sat up, confus-
.rlE -thei )oEiully as she remembered
.laL IN" Whoi@ day was hers. The cat
~ SlffeH S%npath"tita!ly. Sounds of
p"S,le ca'ne fFum the farmhouse
AT last she saw a boy ana girl lust in
theM teens, come down the path To-
s'eihef. tAe g!rl With pail III hand. l.u-
ella rolled out OF sight In hay ana over
heard an anxious dialogue
Don go in The loft. urged the girl,
1.fhiGl%. There's Il Gypsy asleep there