Gold miners -- Fiction; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Short stories; Western stories
“That’s all there was between us! Smell it!” The room reeked of orange
blossoms. “She made it for me nights, to make some extra money. It’s
the kind you kep’ a picture of from a fashion book. I got it off your
dresser. Do you--do you like it, Rosie?”
She tried to speak, but could only nod her head. He patted her shoulder
awkwardly. The dress swam before her eyes like a pane of blue glass in
the rain.
“It’s goin’ to be the swellest weddin’,” he said huskily, “that little
old Gray Dome ever seen. An’ then--” he cleared his throat with a
rumble like summer thunder--“we’re goin’ to Denver an’ buy a house on
Capitol Hill an’ the finest auto in town, an’ a nigger to run it an’
drive around an’ tell ’em all to go to hell!”
[Transcriber’s Note: This story appeared in the July 1, 1928 issue of
Adventure magazine.]
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