The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-04-28

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"A HE STEPPED UPON THE SIDEWALK
HANNAH AND HER SON WE'RE PASSING.
Squire Watson, what young oman
that's putty and Is hard TO git can do
with fellcr that want her the dis
tractcd bal way that Wiley Anderson
show hissclf by scch offer, which I'm
obleeged 70 acknowledge that il mako
me see more gum in Vile, and more
giz..ard, rs the sayin' Is. than thought
he have. They tell me he never seemed
To kcer SO pow'ful much for his wife;
but she were a plain female and ruthcr
! siclsly. while IIarnah-I see her this
very morain' at her mas, where she's
now n-visitin', and declar' she look
gorgis as a pink and bloomin' as-I
come mighty nigh sayin rs shc moon.
I'll see her this very cvcnin' on my
way back, and ! shall talk TO her like
! I'd talk To my Cwn child, which she
have always been Almost like one of
my Children, and | shall rip'sent the
case in the true light OF settlin' quoils
and difprtirs', which never looks well
amt quite the fcllcr he's in gen1 been
took for I've been for compcrmisin'
this thing from the jump, and I'm
thankful that the way seem like opcnin'
for It,"
MIR Flint, | am very glad to hear
you talk with so much discretion and
with an eye both to business and kind
ness. | haven't considered Wiley
Anderson as bad as Some people pre-
tend Go say, especially Of late. When
his father died. he didn't think il would
bc quite becoming in him TO tear up
the will that had been left with him
for safe keeping, and go about telling
people that the old man hadn't sense
enough TO know what Co do with his
property after working City and sixty
years 10 get it.
"Why, in the name Of tho good Lord.
Squire Watson" cried the old man,
lifting his arm with energy, lin course
not i'm course not; and it's what been
tellin' people that rs for Pcarcc Amer
son not bcin' in his right mind, it's
simple foolishness II he weren't a
smart man, long us ! see him, I'm
fool and allays has been, which nobody
that know Lishy Flint has ever went
down so low as To make any scch a In
sinooation; and rs for If SO bc Vile
did put the old man ng'ins' Hannah,
which II he done IL, as some shy he did,
he oughtn't; but il he did, IL this don't
mount Go talsin of it all back and more
besides, don't know what do. Amt
that the way you look al IL, Squire
Watson2"
Certainly, Mr.. Flint. Why, Mr.
Flint, my notion Is that the main OBJ
lection the old gentleman had TO Miss
Enlow for a daughter-ln-lnw was her
want OF property. Many a parent has
that"
yes, yes. Yit they is not much
doubt that the old man were put up by
Vile 20 have ruthcr high fnmily no.
tions after he married among the
Marstons OF Putnam. He got over II
at lcnlst, and ] allays wished he'd "a
got over IL sooner'n he did. But what
Vile done towards sech as that, look
Mt IL now, he have more'n took back by
the compromise he offer to IIarnuh."
81 feel much gratificd, Mr.. Flint,
that you take such sensible views OF a
very grave situation. IL the matters
I'm dispute can be accommodated i'm the
way proposed ! shall hope, and so |
know will You, that Il viii prove TO be
not only satisfactory but happy for nll
parties"
Them words, Squire Watson, Is
egzact nccordin' 10 my view OF the
case, which. arfter I've done what lit
tie business | has with Jecms Rainer
I'll perceed on home and stop for n
chat along o'Ilarnnh. It's been long
time" smiling with some mischief as
he rose, "scnce has used co'tin words
20 female, but maybe they'll some OF
en- come mp TO me when / git sorter
warmed up In the case. | wish YOU
mighty wei, Squire Watson, In all
your healths.u
After transacting the business with
Mr.. Rainier, first informing him In n
very loud whisper what he had beer
wanted for at the lawyers Office, and
suggesting that he bc careful about
mentioning II TO too many people, he
repaired again, as always just before
leaving town, 90 the Big Indian" Co
get what he called his "hnual closin'
teddy for that day and have another
chat with Rachels. with many words
he 1oniided 10 this dear friend the
service which, ~ solicitation from such
high source, he had undertaken 90 per-
form. Rnchels kindly acccdcd 10 his
request 90 station themselves at the
lever end OF the counter, near the
door In the rear, leaving tho clerk 90
wait npon the customers.
~ want % git your opinion on u,
gusius, a-bcin' tho man Of Judgment
you've always been, and see what you
Thought about IL on the av'rngc. IL
delight mo, whlph, o. yoa know, Two
boon for a compcrmisc al the time,
a-bclicvin' in my soul compromise O.
somo sort were the onlicst thing 10
settle n; but ! weren't na, ! weren't
nnigh a-countin' ON Vile bein' so lib'l, !
and hain't q idcc he'd done 10, cxccptin'
iInrnah have so struck him in'nrda.