The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-24

depriving the glass Of very fine smut
at the same time.
1T Is not my business 10 tell her that
she Is now still more attractive than
when she got in" thought Stephen;
''she would probably give me into
custody II did BIackfriars? Yes. il
is. DO you get out hereP"
Yes. plunging at the door as she
spoke.
"Ah." he said, turning the handle for
hcr. IL don't"
There entered, before he shut the
door. small woman. holding la one
arm tiny bundle Of baby. and push
ing before her little boy. She sat
down. the baby keeping its position in
the sling formed by its mothers arm.
the boy holding close 10 her, pulling at
her shawl and continually asking her
In an unintclligibe muttcr for some
thing that she had not got or didn't
mean 10 part with. Her bonnet was
slipping of her dull. untidy hair; her
face was white, with tired, lusterless
eyes, pink. pinched little nose and dis
contented mouth. The poor little
apology for baby might have hung
round her neck by a ribbon, aud the
other child was small and sickly. A
shrunken. depressing little group.
just as Stephen was beginning to
weave around in his mind u pathetic.
tender fancy, the small boy becoming
more than usually importunate. his
mother said. with no flicker OF change
in the expression OF her face, but with
a voice whose rough grating easily
overpowered the noise OF the train:
Jest you stop worritin', Tommy.
else I'll tell yer bio ,min' dad when we
git 'ome--see If don't"
Stephen shut his eyes. and only
opened them as the little family bundled
out two stations further on.
"The Monument" Mark Lane!'
No further passengers invaded his car
riage.
II can't stand this any longer, and
the condensed fog chokes one. / shall
get out at the next station and 20
back"
"Aldgateln
Out he jumped and crossed TO the re-
turn platform, literally feeling his way.
The underground station at Aldgate is
often quite dark in the middle OF Sum-
mer. and on this day the fog was dense.
He found his way 10 a seat, and $50
thick was the darkness) did not dis
cover, till he had taken bis place at the
end OF il. that there were two other
people near him. One Of them, man,
was speaking in disagreeable queru-
lous voice.
I'm sure it's not my fault IL i get
nothing 10 do. | am always trying to
find something"
Yes; in other peoples pockets" an
swercd woman's voice. you want
the wage not the work"
Good heavensl that is Millicents
voice exactly" thought Stephen; what
an extraordinary resemblanceW
What becomes of money in your
hand can't conceive" she went on.
1T is Millicent's voice! What in
Gods name is she doing?" and Stephen
tried TO catch glimpse of the figure
that was screened from him by tho
man between them. and still more SO
by the darkness.
What have you done with the
money ! sent you lastPh
Done with itP Spent it. of course.
family can not live on nothing. IL
was not much for you 10 giye--you,
who live in luxuryi you. whose hus-
band is rich; you----n
MY husband is very far from rich,
and if he were so il would benefit you
in no way. Every farthing | have
given you for your wife was my own.
made by own work. /, a woman,
worked to help "A woman, as l would q
man. but not such as you"
Whatever you may have given you
owed TO my wife,"
II owed herp"
Yes; for taking from her what was
hers by right"
shall let this brute go on speak
ing 10 her?n said Stephen to himself,
j holding the edge OF the seat tightly in
each hand.
And now that she Is i'll and ia
want you in your prosperity grudge a
little help to her and her hungry child
rem
II have lowered myself by listening
10 you thus far. said Millicent, lin
order TO see IL YOU would not in time
say what expected of you-what |
waited for. Now that you have done
SO. will answer you fully this once
and never speak with you again.
feel that, you can not have lived your
life without some ones having called
you liar and coward. or without your
knowing that many had right to do
so; therefore | viii not pause TO add
my testimony TO theirs. When your
first letter came last year, addressed to
my husband, to wait an answer he
was happily, away from home. To
save time, /. contrary 10 my inclination.