Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-04

letter and she begged him to come back
Andover didn't want TO lose Black
Hawk. He had developed as an athlete
-he could run and he could jump. anc
soon they had him playing football and
baseball as few white men have played
He u stay, they told him.
Come back" she wrote him.
Aud when Black Hawk did como
back and told the real reason why, the
white girl told him that hers was the
same IRRESPONSIBLE. loved him. and only
knew it when he went away
But she wanted him TO keep on
studying. So he entered the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, that he might be
close TO the pretty white girl who had
whispered Yes when he told her OF
his o and asked her TO marry him.
There he became a great athlete. In
every athletic contest In which the red
q appeared he came out q winner.
No red and blue flag waved more Wig
orously than the silkcn one In the
hands of pretty Miss Kenton when the
name of Albert Il. Nash" Went down
to glory time and again as a winner
for his alma mater.
But not a sou guessed.
Gradually the quiet rounds OF uni
versity life grew irksome, and still
more irlsome to the big Winnebago.
He wanted TO quit to go out In the
win tio idh q iiNStl tN1s = wv
or three times, he has confessed since,
he decided TO throw up college duties
and go to work, but the little girl who
always watched him from the side lines
wouldn't hear OF 1t. IL was she who
kept him anchored to books and lec-
lures when every fibre Of his wild be-
ing urged him to be up and doing for
her. &
Not a soul knew, but Black Hawk
and Miss Kenton became man n wife.
He was poor, very poor. All she had
was the allowance her family gave her
for clothes and pin money. He had
enough to buy the ring and pay the
marriage license fee, and together they
walked 10 the church of the Annuncia-
ton and were married In secret.
Meanwhile the son OF the prairie
had begun to carr money, though ha
still called his wife Miss Kenton'' in
the presence OF her family and her
friends. Finally the day came when
he could get a home for his bride and
that day he went TO Mrs. Kenton and
told her the secret that he kept for
eight months. Now all Philadelphia
knows 1t. But Black Hawk is success
full In business today and means to
stay there among the white people who
have given him his bride.
In Thurston county, Neb., where Al
bert Il. Nash is known as Black Hawk
the 0Nlll, Ills ldticT OWLS ~ IalCu. III
the autumn the young man is going to
take his paleface bride out here to
meet his father. the big chief. Letters
from the old man of the plains promise
a royal welcome from all the tribe.
Then Mr.. n Mrs. Nash viii come
back and settle down to the prosaic life
of white folks-that Is IL a happy mar
riage car be called prosaic ever.
Mrs. Nash was all bushes and smiles
when she vas asked about her ro-
nance. Very plainly she was proud OF
her red husband and his SUCCESSES. {.
'He has made a success OF every
thing he has undertaken" she said:
and then, with a blush, .even In his
wooing OF me. He knows that men
must work and he works for the works
sake as much as he works for my sake.
We loved each other from the day
we first met, and hen we finally
agreed that we wanted each other for
life. we Just stepped into the Church
of the Annuncjation and were mar
ried."
I'VE are married. W. are happy: r
am working. That's ALL" said Black
Hawk, as he proceeded with his work.