The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-03-22

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MIR. Alleyn. II Owen does 60 back
there, I'm afraid IL will bring trouble
mean OF course II this admiration
that he Is so rapturols about Il moro
than mere passing fancy. Somehow
think tits )"
You mean trouble with Lady Eliza
beth ?"
Yes. She is--you know she Is
very ambitious for Owen"
But. said Alleyn slowly, ''he is
her heir he need not marry money"
Not money" assented Milly ex-
pressively; 'but. II you understand
Lady Eli abeth NJ all. you must know
that there is something that he values
far more. 1t Is absurd" she continued
vivaciously--" IL is n feeling | can't
understand or sympatli e with in the
lenst--l wonld not speak o it SO plain
ly 90 any one but you--out pride OF
birth Is Lady Eli4abeths principal
foible. Why she never would have
taken me 10 live with her ~ she did,
IL, instead OF being very humble
scion OF the Heaths o. Heath
Clitle. hal been no one in parlicu-
lar As though that could have made
any difference In me How ridiculous
tho who'd thing Is -
$50 think. said George cheerful
Is, conscious OF being no one in par
ticular himself.
=. 10 be sure Il is II l. really odd
in so sensible woman but she has
let the feeling fairly govern her Il g.
Why. she never would haze married
MIR. Ormiston, wea thy as he was, had
not his family been nearly, IL not quite
as good as hers-tho Latimers, you
know, Even now she does not like TO
hear IL mentioned that he was in
trade
- Did she call that trade
+" Dear me, yes, Milly laughed "a
superior sort o. thing, you know. but
still bearing the deadful stigma She
would never allow her son To have
anything TO do with it before her hus-
bands death and afterwards -
She broke OIL, as though hes.tating
whe her TO say any more.
This was sub Get upon which
Alleyn wished TO hear more IL he could
for he wa curious about IL, and 80 he
said questioningly-
" He gave her some trouble, l think
have heard ,"
"Oh, yes ~ Mlly hcsitated again,
and then glanced up at him with her
| former irankness. after all. | do
not sec why / may not tell you, Mr..
! Alleyn. Lady Elizabeth doesn't like IL
gossipped about, that Is why stopped;
and the story OF her son is more or
less sad, II only becauscs he worship
! ped him SO. | do not know many
details OF course; but fancy that her
blind indulgence OF him was one reason
| why he turned out as he did. He,
| Owcn-that was his name you know
was tolcrably steady while his father
| lived should | rather say he con
tinued TO be thought so. In reality,
he was drcadmlly in debt, and was
deeply cmbarrassed--so deeply that at
lat he went in fear Of arrest, and was
obliged TO appeal 10 his father. Mr..
Ormiston was very angry; but al
though he paid all the money, what
ever IL was, he declared that he would
not do the like "A second time. IL
ought to have been "A warning to Owen
! but IL was not, for he was soon as bad
/ ly involved as ever. He did not dare
TO ask his father TO help him and
Lady Elizabeth could not. Then he
married | do not know quite who
she was, for Lady Elizabeth will never
speak about It," Mlly resumed pres
emily, and moro hurriedly but Mt
any rate the marriage enraged her
dreadfully, and, much as she dotted on
her son. they quarreled over IL and
did not zee each other for "a long time.
| believe Lady Elizabeth declared that
she would never forgive him for, al
though Mrs Ormiston was beautiful
and very rich, yet her family had
been quite poor few years before
working people in fact and fancy
that she herself was hardly lady. IL
could have been only for her money,
and TO relieve himself of the worst OF
his embarrassmcnts.t that Owen Ormis-
ton married her for | have heard
enough 10 feel sure that he always
neglected her. and soon used her
shamefuily- J They had not
been married quite two years when
she-left him.
And serve him right" said George
curly.
That's nearly all there is TO tell. -
continued Mllly "Mr. Grmision died
soon after; and then Owen and his
mother were roconciled. You have
heard OF course how he died In two or
three years. | believe his irregular
way of life broke down his health