The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20

/5kssssz;F fellow have n SOM"
l%yIzz!. Lawyer Wilson
~ laughed. He wasn't
quite so hard on the weaker sex ms
Joseph Dillon; in fact, he had alittle
girl at home whom he wouldn't have
traded for the finest boy in existence.
She's very beautiful young lady, "
he said; land wish her greatest
luck in the world"
"Do you think she'll stick TO {,
will?'
I've not the slightest doubt on
the subject She knelt by old Johns
deathbed and promised with tears in
her pretty eyes TO do whatever he
wished"
"Of course he did it to keep her
out OF the hands of fortune hunters.
No one outside ever dreamed the old
fellow was more than decently we'll
off. | think he mightn't have told
the girl anything about it, let it be n
surprise TO herself MS well rs TO the
rest OF creation. Seventeen hundred
thousand to be handed over 60 her
ON her twenty-fllth birthday: But
don't you think if she marries the
husband will find it out?"
mot after her promise; no."
swell once she is married il will be
silly thing that she can't conide in
the man"
"Old John was always queer"
"Ofcourse she will marryp'
"Of course
"Its n great pity she isn't boy"
Mrs. Hamilton sat in low chair
by the nursery fire; she always came
mp and stayed with the babies while
the nurse was down Mt her supper.
Tie smaller OF tho two. the smartest
baby that ever lived. was sleeping
peacefully in his nest Of cradle;
while the loylicst baby on earth was
nestled in mother arms, laughingly
looking upin her face with widenwake
blue eyes. They mode pretty pic
ture, with tho freight Kissing the
mothers loosened hair and playing
with the little pink toes that would
peep out from Nelie's nightdress.
But Mrs. Hamilton was not thinking
OF Nellie though she held her SO ten
derly in her arms.
TWAS Christmas eve. Two stock
ings were hanging by the chimney;
one of them was mothers stocking
Ncllie's didn't hold enough for her.
the other was Nellie's bnbys didn't
hold enough for him. Outside the
snowilakcs were dushing against the
window panes; it was clustering,
wild night Nellie did not care, Old
Santa Claus and his reindeer could
get along now. I'll fink hear the
bells" cried this lovely baby, jump
ing up from her resting place, II fink
| hear the bells" She nestled down
again and closed her eyes tightly, tor
it would never do for the white beard
Ell gentleman 60 find her awake.
There were two great stormy tears
in Mrs Hamilton's brown eyes, and
one OF them, inlIing was lost in Nellie's
golden rurls. She had been happy
little wife for four delicious yenrs, and
Il miserBble little wife tor four drcary
months,
This is how il happened: There
had never been n kinder. gayer lord
and master than VIII Hamilton UNI
Gil last summer mt the seashore.
There was n girl there the very OPP
pOsite OF the brown-eyed Helen, n
girl with black eyes and a bold. dash
ing mir about her that cnptivated
most OF the men. And il was whs-
pcfed about that this was Will
llnmilton's old flame, whom he had
gone mad over, and been Tilted by,
tive years before. And then, sure
enough, Will suddenly changed. He
lost his careless, gracious manner.
lie kept out OF the way of the little
wife and the babies. He plunged In
Co wild gayety, stayed up half the
night dancing; rowed on the river by
moonlight.
The little wife put on the armor of
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