The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-16
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suddenly rose and proclaimed then
| strength. The current of his daily
| thought became changed the loneliness
which had depressed him disappeared
ne began to realize "A state of existence
| where the senses We're keener and
! pleasure and pain rose end sank 10
| higher or deeper depths than he had
! previously experienced
AT quite an early stage in their aC-
| quaintance she had let him kno" that
| she Was not as he supposed widow,
| forbearing to say more on q subject
that was painful. But that which she
Withheld was supplied by others to
/ whom her history was familiar and
with feelings of pity for her and of
aversion for him, George Bostock
learned the story of her married life
and the character which her husband
| bore.
TO have been able honestly to offe,
her his love; to have BON able to save
| her from pain and protect her from
! injury, there was no sacrtie the pub
Usher would not willingly have made.
| That woman 80 gentle. clever and
patient should be bound to a man.
brutal. dissipated and cruel. who had
made her life Il misery in the past. who
might again become her prosecutor,
seemed intoIernble to George Bostock,
and his mind rose in rebellion against
the injustice OF her fate
But before her or others no word of
this was spoken: no sign was given
in his name: of that which swayed
his mind and even when alone it be-
came his constant study to subdue and
turn from their course the wild
thoughts that sometimes suggest ed
desperate deeds.
He had sat in his study on this par
ticular evening for almost an hour
without perceptible movement. his eyes
rod l,t 4,
one elbow on the desk. one hand sup
porting his head. the lampight shone
full on his face; a striking face. with its
bare temples and straight black hair
the cheeks somewhat hollow. each
marked with Il crease; the eyes large.
gray and sunken under arched brows
the nose long with delicately curved
| nostrils: the mouth sinuous, the chin
square, face showing the dangerous
combination of imagination and action;
the ability to plan, the power to per
| form; latent gentleness and potent
| force which might carry to extremes
| the inclinations and passions which
dominated the mind
Rousing himself at length. he
| stretched forward his hand and took
from the ptgeon-hole OF his desk a bun
die of papers, each one brief and simply
referring TO business transactions. al
bearing the same characters. large. hr,r
and we'll formed. He read them at
tentively, although already aware OF
their contents. And from them he
looked toward panel portrait OF tn,
writer which stood on IA corner of tn,
mantle piece nearby.
AS he did so the clock struck ten
hearing which he left the ROOM put or
his oVercGat and his hat. and. as mac
been his custom for some time quite,
the house. There was no hesitation
i'll his movements; ne had already de
cided on his movements, which custom
had made familiar. His steps lee
to the HiXton road.
Arriving there, he neither sought no.
avoided the house where he was ;
familiar visitor, but contented himsel
by walking up and down in front OF
the opposite side of the road. From
there the lower windows of the dwell
ing could not be seen. While the topnos
story, visible above the red brick, ivy
covered wall, was in darkness Nov
and then he paused as to listen-mor
than once it seemed as If he Wolllt
cross the road Whenever foot passen
gers approached he continued his wall
as If anxious to avoid observance an,
disappeared when policeman came il
sight, only to reappear again when tn
road was once more deserted
AS he passed backward and forwar
George Bostock was quite unawar
that his every movement WAS bein
carefully watched by three"men. ITo
the publisher, having been shadowe
for some time by Mackworth's order.
the latter was aware of George Bos
tock's nightly walk, and the inspector
together with Quinton Quave and Mar
tyn, now closely observed him fror
the bedroom window, from which tn
young medical man had, on the nigh
of the tragedy. seen the figure that at
tracted his attention
The room behind them was in perfec
: darkness. no word was spoken betwee
them, their eyes were conferred on on
focus, their senses strained, their mind
alert, two of them contrasting and com
pairing their impressions of the ma
they mad seen on the night of Davi
Dumbarton's death, with the heiph