The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-02
A voca,i@sic ohos ns % Have
aronopoly of u In Portion Of
ia rrassay ss-cone Days
Recalled.

curve around th4ectlng mass OF i
rocks Mt the EMU little hill. and /
then plunges stcc avn into IA valley I
which is thrcadedI namciess creek,
and lined with ,tylcd massof low I
bushes, over-topp&e ana there by I
beech and hiclsorvs OF fair size.
..For some twetds the road runs I
alongside the ere Zen crosses u and /.
arises sharply tokher level where I
Il passes between III fields OF yellow
wheat in season. sunken poruoa (
of the road amople bushes Is the
dreaded spot
THE bushes arti enough To cover
IL with deep shadee wh te limbs of
these dead bcccbn the moonlight I
have ghostloolS and the
sad song of the wSeeins a sigh. Int
worse than oil thla Traveller passirg
here in the nightks, at first family,
then clearly and p distinctly, and
finally nc his sdarcver fast he may
ride, keeping clok him, n drunken
voice trolling out
There's old Sifnons,
And young ssimons.
who IL old himons' son.
And Young Simon,
WIN be old Slmons,
when old Simons Is COMO.
NOTHING is tofccn OF the singer
even when he seS,losc to the riders
elbow, but onlyat voice is heard
tingling drunkc1hs lugnbricus air
in minor key. hh belongs to that
ancient roystcreiyles' carol.
1T is said thbncc an unusually
courageous man ling aboard pretty
heavy cargo OF ! delight, hid the
nerve 10 st and JOIN in
the song the invisible
ghost. When thd~o WAS ended u few
moments of silei cnsucd. Then he
heard two voicq woman's ana
mans, talking How tone at first and
rising as If i'm alttion, but uttcring
no word that held understand. The
conference endetth sudden excla-
nation, oh. miodr i'm the mans
voice. There wtgony and horror in
IL. After all IL tsilcncc. but To the
excited sense of listner IT seemed
that he saw vagp shalowy female
form dart out b the bushes, fit
along the road Ire him and vanish
suddenly.
"There werctt wanting slSeptics
among the yor,r members OF the
community. Wild doubt upon that
story, avcring a4eir belief that al
Dution had aiggcr l,al OF bug
juice than u uahat n GILT. but the
old folks gcncE iclic,cd 1t, for II
was confil1natoi story tina. had
grown to be III tradition in that
neighborhooo cSlning trng'c oc-
currcncc lapp Il in that very spot
in ls47.
"In n quceSambiing old house
uron knoll nosvcrcd by u wheat
field, near wherlc road iiscs ont OF
the hollow, Tia lived at that time
two girls, half-sirs, named Ellen Doll
and Mary Riddle Their Inrcnts both
died in 1875, an hereafter the girls
continued to live tn, old place and
work the farm fcthcr. with the aid
=. hcir reputation was
-" -" man, = x-.anz -ru -.
good and theyt. not without suit
ors, for they vi both pretty, and 1T
was generally tratood that by the
division Of th@m, which they had
inherited ioinln equal shares. each
would have euh TO make "a comfort
able start in for young couple
about TO start be coping.
ELLEN, the r. was dark bru-
nctte, with fias g black eyes, heavy
raven hair, anIyebrows of jet. 1t
was said and hlarly Ielieved that
there was Indiblood In her mothers
veins. Mary,n the other .hand,
though not cxE n blonde. had very
pretty brown and hazel eyes The
dispositions OF two girls were "a
dissimilar as tr appearance. Ellen
was imperiouhnd high-tempered,
Mary gentle, attionate, and submis-
sive. IL was maps due TO this differ
ence i'm their dpsitionf that they got
along so well tether for some eigh-
teen months at they were left or
phans. Ellen TX the lead i'm every
thing, and ortd everything about
the place, an alngement with which
mild Mary seet content. So matters
ran along untihe spring of is47, when
the old farmhJ, who had until then
remained witlSem, took his depart
ure, went Weso locate farm for
himself, and ~ had TO engage an
other in his plh. The man so hired
was goodolxing young Fellow
named Andy haginnis. lie applied
for work, nndaough he had no recon-
Ding, AS he said. to his
being n stranf in that part of the
country and 1er having worked for
anybody but \ father before, he was
Mt once hired Ellen.
THAT ee thoughly understood his
work rs farer was evident from the
an the girls congratulated
o1hcir good fortune In se-
curing 40 corbetcnt, industrious, and
and handsome assistant. He was not
so favorablyrcgarded. however, by
some of the yang men OF the neighbor-
hood. who wet unquestionably jealous
Of him; for iladdition 10 his advnn'
tagcs Of pcrsonl appearances, he pos
sessed some accomplishments not com
mon TO them lie could sing q good
song. was an @gant dancer, had a fund
81 lively talk md bumor, played tho
fiddle pretty yell, and when not nj
work dressed natly. Which OF the sis
Icrs he was trying 10 win was n much
question. but that he would
.apturc one OF item none doubted. They
both seemed cqIally favorable TO him