The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-29


cides. And she agrees with'him. He
Will rc-enter business in the city; he 10
tired Of idleness. he says.
IL Is I'm the old town Of Westficld
that they chance 10 find that which
they seek. A house upon hillside.
looking one way down upon the dis
tant railroad and one way down upon
the green sea water.
1t Is pretty house when all Is fixed
and fitted. HIT il il lonesame--yer
lonesome for the womaisMho Is left so
much alone. while he Is absent in the
city. Left all alone with only a SER
want and the summer wind 10
speak 10 her. And SO, IL she grows
pale aud gloomy. aud ceases 10 smile
when he comes home, what wonder?
And he, too. seems TO have changed.
There is shadow growing up be-
tween them. Faint aud vague, yet
ever present. Ever present in the
long hours of the summer day. Ever
present in the long hours Of summer
night. And deepening and spreading
like "A wall 10 separate these two.
And gloomy looks and tears bring
no relief. They only serve to chill his
waning love.
Deeper and deeper grows the shad-
ow, colder and colder grows his love,
until-one day comes the end. Wearied
of her gloom and tears he speaks his
sharp reproaches, and they part in
bitter anger. He goes off to the city
and she sits nursing her dull heart
ache all day long.
Evening comes, but he does not re-
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does not come. She will not break
her fast or quench her thirst; but he
does not come. She hears the trains
come laundering i'm and ha kens for
his footstep, but she hears no sound.
Quieter and quieter IL grows. She
waits for the midnight train. She
watches at the gate, watches the road
as far as she can see la the cloudy at
mospherc.
She whispers his name over and
over, ''Francis, Francisi' and pleads
with him 10 come TO her once more.
II will never speak impatiently again,
never weary YOU, ii YOU will only
come, she says. "Only come, Francis.
my love, my allI'
There is great agony In her cry;
Is i'm. There are no more trains till
morning. Why does not the morning
Gomez Oh, whyP She filings herself
upon the earth and groyels in her
terror and suspense. Francis. my
love. my love! Only come back Ia
mel"
And dawn breaks and the sun Is
risen, and happy day smiles upon the
earth. But he has not returned.
The servant goes about the house
singing a careless song. Does the SER
want know the mistress agony?
Toward noon the servant goes down
10 the village postoiiice and presently
returns with letter.
Give il 10 me" the mistress says.
her face whittier than the white sails ON
the distant water
She is cold and dead at heart. She
knows his handwriting She must
read and--live or die.
The words must burn through her
eyes and fire her brain. Yet she does
not cry out or fall swooning. She
only reads and reads again his cold
farewell.
Better for Us To part at once. q. :.
We have made mistake. Before
reading this you will have heard of
your husbands suicide. You drove
him 10 II. He was a good husband 10
you aud you deceived him We might
live OH together even now, when love
Is dead, but you could hardly expect
me 10 respect you, knowing your crime
towards him. For my part am
heartily sorry.
The servant had gone away, and the
woman who read this fell down on her
face upon the floor.
"Godl" she cried huskily; "my crimel
He told me what TO do. He urged me
~ he implored. Ii was for his sake
that sinned. and now he turns 10
taunt met"
She had cried her last strength of
passion out with these few husky
words Now she lay silent for IA
time. IL was the end. She saw that
his love was dead and he could not re-
speet her. She would not have him
come back 10 her now, not for all the
wealth of the universe. She would
not have him back. But how TO live
without him? How TO live, TO think,
to breatheg How TO keep from Shrek
| ing 10 heaven TO let her diep
Francis loved her no longer. The
end had come. II was Nemesis. She
had wronged her husband; that hus-
bands death avenged the wrong. All
was over. and welcome death ut any
i hour.
The afternoon had dragged to It's
close; the sun had set, and soft breeze
stirred the glorious trees in the road.
Twilight dcepcned.
A slender form went out Of the house.
1 and dnnn ihn nnih aud ihrnlilrh ihL.