The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-08-09
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BIZ EFTIE ROWLAND

drew closer Peas bari gave great ss4p-
He struck one br4wuy land into the
palm Of me 0sssr.
-Tt's hin = Be Ezid TO himself. I'D
sgear 70 H.
Ard acting On q sudden irapulse, he
k.rO3e oyer the rough zro1Dd 20 meet Oos
whom bs ALREADY called his guest; and
Hut~rT Tenby's heart took throo Of nsE
life as hs saw that honest fellow stand
ing before hfr1 Eifh outstretched hands Of
wre5c0Be.
SIRE been boxing fO- you," Ben said.
II skought yOu woald come, lad l
thought az tsey'd never keep yoa shut
up after what you did thai day. But
yO1're fair done. You walk lame: lean
On re. When you've had food yOa shall
tell ne all
Tbe other man covered bis faee with
his hands for an instant. Wien be booked
Up there we're tears in bis eyes and an
expression Of deep suffering in them also
-Ah, friend" be said. unsteadssy, ~yocr
uozds strike into my heart. There was
not Sne Of my blood 20 speak Ike this
when my trouble CANE"
Ben Coop said nothing for moment.
He sat and looked Al the nan before him
With an expression of deepest sympathy,
affection, and jet Of doubt mingled on his
kfonzed face, They strolled 10 and fro
for a few moments in silence: then HE-
bert Tenby spoke:
How long ago Is Il, Ben, since 200
canse away from the old yiIlageT
.Ay, but it's long time. Going On for
night twents-six years. was Just TWEEN
~, earning fine wage, too. sir, in the
mines
What made you think Of coming out
10 this partT-
II just drifted.- Ben answered. -when
Jeff the village did not care much,
air, which way my feet went loved
the DID place. Just q few months be-
fore, IL any one had asked me, Ben. lai,
come away and make fortune I would
have laughed In his face. See how life
changes, sir. That was when / saw my
future, as / thought, in the little village
before lost the girl loved"
Hubert Tenby stretched out his hand
and rested II for a moment on the shoul-
der Of the other man.
Death Is sad he said. slowly. 4and
yrt ~ ~ nSb Always tnr saolrsA LhHss
Ben
.Ay, you're right there, sir. for ii were
no death that robbed me of my JOY. II
WAS such simple story, suppose, yet
IL weren't very simple 70 me. I had built
the whole Of my life's dream on my love
for my lass. We had grown up together,
sir; she was the bonniest little soul mans
eyes could see. Fool that / was" Ben
said. bitterly, II never dreamed that 9TH
ers would look upon her as looked, or
that she would find II. easy 10 turn from
my love. Anyhow, sir, that's the story
Of why left the old ptace and came out
here"
Hubert Tenby said nothing. only his
hand rested little more closely on Ben's
shoulder.
Il was a little lad then, just between
seven and eight, happy as the day was
long, playing about in that old garden ::
and ! had many a friend, too, IN the vii
lage, and. child as was, had paid more
than one visit down TO the bottom Of the
mine where you worked in the old days.
Life Is fall Of changes, indeed. Who
would have ever imagined that I should
have come 10 what I amp
II don't listen to what the world says,
sir" Ben answered. .'Teil me yourself,
just what happened. Put It in your own
words, and / will believe you-for, as I
told you the FIRST day / met you, know
you to be an honest man"
II. is an ugly story" Hubert Tenby
said, his voice growing hoarse. Il am
rot going to deny that / did run a bit
wild at Oxford-it is rather hard, you
know, Ben, not to DO as others do-and
then ! was launched with the reputation
Of being my fathers son--that Is TO say,
a man with unlimited money at his dis
posai. and that Is bad thing TO start on.
had plenty, bnt / had not as much as
the others imagined, and what had soon
took wings to itself"
The young man paused and sighed.
"How the money went don't know,
but go It certainly did: and then came
disagreeables--for I was ashamed to ask
my father to pay heavy bills when he
made me such fine allowance. My cous-
In Gerald, who happened to be working in
Oxford as a private tutor at the time I
was there. used TO tell me was fool.
What Ii the use,' he would say to me, of
having father who Is simply rolling in
money, and worrying your brain as you do
about finding miserable few hundreds 2
I wish now, Ben. had let his advice
urge me to 90 to my father
'He mast be older than you sir, by
'nsiderable few years, this Mr.. Ger
by said Ben. II mind him per-
:. used to come to Mill Cross
" there. He was not liked