The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-28

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should go TO Aunt James.
He had been received with kindness
which was not Intentionally cold.
Miss Preston desired 10 do her duty by
her orphan nephew He was well
provided with all that n boy belonging
in well-to-do family should have.
But before he had been for week in
the big house on the big farm, Jim, IL
he had been that kind OF a boy, would
have cried his heart out with lonely
Inconsistencies.
Not being that kind OF a boy, be
took refuge in things about him, maxi
ing friends with servants and animals.
soon liking and being liked by all ex-
cept Aunt Jane. She, cherishing a
belief that boys were prone TO lido
ing and must be held down, did her
best TO keep him depressed by her chill
manner.
He grew fairly TO hate the measured
tone, sometimes indulging in a willful
bit of mischief by way Of finding re-
lief in rousing Aunt Jane 10 little
show OF anger
AS he now lay In the hay, his whole
soul arose in rebellion quite foreign
TO his naturally genial disposition.
With n little management Jim could
have developed frank and generous
good will which would have made him
a most lovable inmate OF any home.
II won't stand it," he cried TO him
self. II hate Aunt Jane. and-she
hates me- Yes, / know it. She always
stops me In everything want TO do.
j won't mind her. Ill-go 70 the fair
In spite OF herr
1t was a daring thought, but the
relish of IL increased as he dwelt on IL.
Yes, / Wilt III go, and I'll stay
all day. And I'll do everything ] want
To do. IL she'd been good about II and
let me go, I'd have been good boy
"What'll she say when como
home?"
The wild thought grew with the
cherishing.
IL won't come back hate II here.
I'd rather go and work for my living
somewhere. Ill-ride race-horse."
The idea was delightful in its utter
recklessness. Doubly SO because il
would be shocking To Aunt Jane.
Early the next morning Jim stood in
his room, firmly set in his new pur-
pose.
The suit OF clothes he had worn at
the county fair lay on chair, mended
with the painstalSing care which Aunt
Jane brought to all that she did. IL
Jim could have remembered a single
really tender word or look from his
aunt, IL may be supposed that his
heart would have been touched by this
evidence OF her care for him. II even
she had once in while roundly
scolded him, IL would have been, Jim
thought, refreshing; but that cold
look and measured voice-ahl
''Ill wear my best suit-yes, | will
What's the difference? AS I'm never
coming back, she can't roll up her eyes
and look shocked at me. And don't
care IL do spoil EN-, either"
An hour later at breakfast time Jim
could not be found, nor did any reply
come 20 the numerous calls OF bis name
I'm ready TO guess know where
he's gone, though, ma'am," said the
housckeeper. ~ saw him go out the
side gate an roun' the back Of the barn
just after got up So ] reckoned in
my own mind he'd gone to the fair.
Possessed about that balloon he was
all yesterday. Just like boys, you
know, ma am, with look which con-
yeyed an appeal for mercy for the
criminal
But Aunt Jane set her lips together,
thinking within herself that for lady
who had never done such foolish
thing as get married IL was really
80 th.r hard - Ia. lnthcrod 10 tk.. b,,,a
) OF other people
Butas the hours wore on Miss James
hardness relaxed little. She was
uneasy at the thought OF the scatter
Drained boy being at the fair, with no
one TO look after him.
! The quiet of the place seemed op.
pressive. She had learned, scarcely
realizing TO herself, 10 like che sound
OF the careless shout and rafting talk,
, not TO speak OF the bright eyes which
were So like those Of her brother who
left home so long ago as the result OF
a trifling quarrel never 10 come back.
II believe I'll drive over TO the fair
grounds myself" she observed early
in the afternoon. II really wanted 90
get hold OF a few OF those premium
Hubbard squash seeds. And this being
the last day | could likely get them
Jim was having glorious time at
the fair lie whipped boy who was
abusing a smaller boy, dashed in
among lot of horses TO catch hold OF
one which was getting beyond the con-
troll OF the woman who drove IL, found
lost little girl and walked around
with her for an hour in search OF her
friends, drank too much lemonade and
ate too many peanuts quarrelcd with
some boysa at n mcrry-go-round and got
knocked off one OF the wooden horses,
rode donkey in race, and, after
having been lavishly dined by the
mamma OF the found little girl, was
fully ready to enjoy the balloon as
cension.
The crowd was collecting around IL.
with the usual inside fringe OF boys;