The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-02-17

have been rather hard on the other
folks There's the Reeds and Maxwells
and Robertscs that are too poah 10
keep blood horses, and too proud b
ride behind anything else IT wouldn't
be the right thing for you 70 20 whirl
ing hy scattering our dust over them
There was slmething - ubtly pleas
mt IN this implied partnership OF re,
sponsibility that Colrtlanl forgot the
abrupt refusal and thought only Of the
tact that promptcl IL Nevertheless,
here a spell seemed u fall upon his usu-
ally ready speech NOW that they
were together for the FIRST timai "a dis
tinctly socinl fashion, he f3and himself
va,antly, racaninglcssly Silcat coatont
TO walk bcailc this charming, rlinmcry
presence. brushed by itsdcli,atc drapsr
les, and inhalag it, freahaass Present
~ II spoke;
1T woald take moro than thousand
fcct Of lumber t. patah UP the COW
sheds beyond the Mosely pasture, and
an entirely now building with an i'm
proved dairy would require only about
two thousand more. All the Oh mn
terial would come IN GOOD for fencing,
ard could be used with the new posts
and rails Don't you think II would be
bette, 70 haycan out aud out new build
insr'
Eyes, certainly, returned CORTLAND
4 n little confuscdly lie had not calcu-
latcl upon this practical conversation,
and was the more Disconnected as they
wcrc passing some Of the other couples
rho had purposcly fingered t. oycrhcar
them.
And" continued the young girl,
4 brightly, "the freight question is get.
ting 70 be pretty serious one. Aunt
Miranda holds some shares I'm the
Briggsvillc Branch line, and thinks
something could be done with the al.
rcctors for new tariff OF charges IL
she put pressure ON them. Taylor
says there was some talk Of reducing
IL one siXtccuth per cent. before we
move this ycar'e crop"
CORTLAND glanacl quickly NJ his com
panl )n's face. II was grave, bat there
was tho fcintest wrinl,ling Of the cor
ncr OF the cyelid nearest him. "llnd
nc not batter leave these serious qucs.
tioas until Tomorrow" h said smil.
ing.
Miss Sally opened her eyes "Why,
you aeemed 50 quiet, ! rcckoned you
must be fall OF business this morning;
bat II 20 prefer company talk, wei
change the subject They say that so
and Miss Reed didn't havc much trou
bic O. find one last Sunday. She don't
usually talk much, hut ahe keeps mp q
power Of thinking. hhould reckon,
she added suddenly, eying him crit.
ically. "that yo' end she might have d
heap o. things % say O. each other
She's "a good deal ~ so fashion, connie
--she don't forget, bat, more slowly-
81 don't know that Macs altogether tn,
best thing Tor yo'W
caurtland lifted his eyes with affcctc,
confederation. III this d Ia tho ligh
OF another mysterious warning, Mis-
Dlws, warn you that my intellect &
already lettering with thom Last
sunday Miss Reed thrilled me for a:
hour with aun~stltion and Cassandra
lilsc prophecy. Doa't things ever hap
pom accidentally hcre-and without
warnings?'
~ n7aa," rctlrncl tho young lady
with her usual practical dirc,tncss
4, "that 'Tavc Rccl remembers goof
many h3rrid things about the wah thai
she ought @ forget, but don't But,
She continued. looking ~ him curioua
! ~. "she allows she wa3 niIhty cut M
by her cousin'g manner a. y0'."
! ~ am afraid that Miss Reed WA
moro annoyed than wac, said Court
land II should be very sorry II she nj
, taehcd any Importance 70 H." nc added
, o1rnestlg
\ "And 80 don't" c,ailnrcl Mias Sally
"No Why Dhoald g." she noticed
however. that hc had slightly drawr
himsclf up little moro erect. and sh'
smiled. a. Ia continued. ~ dare say
should feel as he docs u I were In hi
place"
fro M coSr1NUEDI
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