Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-12

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David into all the best-known secrets
of this vice, and besides this. had ia
miliarized him with the use of a GER
tain hold out" of his own invention,
with which he had achieved incredi-
BILE results and which was new to the
fraternity of the river. Having watch
ed the players for a long time, David
convinced himself hat he could en-
ploy this trick successfully, and took
his place at the table.
David felt his way along with a
coolness that astonished himself, and
his very first experiment with the deli
cate apparatus concealed in his sleeve
was such a brilliant triumph that he
saw it was undetected. With a
strengthened confidence, he made the
stakes larger and larger, and his win
nings increased so rapidly as to make
him the center of attention. The crowd
swarmed our the table. The specta-
tors became breathless. The gamblers
were first astonished, then bewildercd.
AS their nerve failed them, DaVids as
a increased, and when day broke
ten thousand dollars lay upon the ia
BILE before him as the result Of his
skillful and desperate efforts.
Their loss ~astonished and enraged
the gamblers to sue a degree that
with n p~reconcerted signal they spranS
at their opponent, determined to re-
gain their money by violence. The
move was not unexpected. nor wa 30
~unprepared. He fought as he had
played, and so won the sympathies or
the ~bystanders han in an instant
there was a general melee in which he
was helped to escape with tho In
nings.
He was the hero Of the trip, and a
career had opened before him. Satel-
lites began to circle around him n
to solicit his friendship and natro~"-
When he disembarked at New Orleans
he hat already entered into a part
nership with one of the most notable
members of the gambling frater'".
Inc purchased an interest - &c of
those palaces" where games OF chance
attracted and destroyed their thou
sands.
The wspape made the C2y
throngs of that gayest of all cities ia
miliar with the incidents of DAVIS
advent. He and Pereeta became he
ak Of the town. Thew rn-ted a fash
ionable house. n swung out into he
current of the mad life of the metropo-
lis of the South.
For a little while this c--onent
and glory softened the pain in the
heart of the man who believed himself
to be a murderer and encouraged him
to hope that it might eventually pass
away. He played recklessly but sue
cessfully, for he was a transient favor
lite of the tickle goddess. When gam
bling lost it's power to drown the voice
of conscience, there was the race, the
play and the wine cup! To each of
them appealing in turn, he went whirl-
ing madly around the orto- circles of
the great maelstrom in which so many
brilliant youths were swallowed in
those ante-hellum days.
For two years David and Pepeeta
lived together in New Orleans. They
were years full Of import. and Of trou-
HE. A baby came to them. fingered a
few weeks. and then died. David pur-
sued the, occupation he had chosen.
with the vicissitudes of fortune usual
~ attending the votaries of games of
chance, and the moral and spiritual
deterioration which they Invariably de-
velop.
Pepeeta altered strangely. Her bloom
disappeared and an expression of sad
| ness became habitual on her face. She
was surrounded by luxuries of every
kind, but they did not give her peace.
With an ambition which never tagged
she sought self-improvement, and at
tanned 1t to a remarkable degree. En-
dowed with an inherited aptitude for
culture, she read and studied books,
observed and initiated elegant man
-4~o ~ -o ri51v, 1I~~~fy fIa hast
elements OF such higher life as she
had access to, until her natural beauty
and charm were wonderfully enhanced.
with David had brought her nothing
but surprise and disappointment;
something had come between them, she
knew not what.
"Dey des growed apaht," said the
Did negro "mammy," who was with
them during those two years. Seem
ed to des tech each other like mahbles
at a single point, stade Of meltin' to-
gedder lax two drops of watah runnin'
down a window pane. Mars David.
he done went he own way, drinkin'
and gamblin': he lax a mailman when
he baby die. He seem skeered when
he see Miss Pepeeta- She loo at him
wild her big black eyes full OF wonder
and s'prise, stretch out her lii hans,
and when he run away or struck her,
+ she des go out to the Ill baby's grave,
creeping along lax a shadder through
the gyahden, soft lax and still. Oar
she des set down all alone and sigh
lax de breeze in he old pine tree.
Some days she gone away all alone
ana de brack folks say h wanner all
aroun' in de woods. When 8 Sunday
come. she DIES slip into de churches lax
a III mouse, and nibble up de gospel
crumbs and den run away before de
priests cotch her. Dark days dose, in
de old Ballantrae mansion! And den
come de night when dey painted. You
done heah about dat?"
The old colored nanny was right.
They just grew apart" as it was in
evitable that they should. Perfect self
manifestation is the true principle and
law of love. M when a guilty secret
ome between two lovers, suspicion
and fear inevitably result. They be-
come incomprehensible to each other.
It was a frishtful discipline; but she
was sanctified by it. Day by day she
became more patient, gentle and re-
signed. and in proportion as she grew
In these graces. her lovers awe and
fear Increased, and SO they drifted far
Their and farther apart. Such rela-
tlonshipe cannot continue forever. and
they generally terminate In tragedy.
After he first few months excite
menf AZ hi8 new fife Davi6-s conScienc