The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-10

H Mrs bro"*Ar. Brown. HeipI
murdcr!"
Buckley.
II viii. Jul IS soon as / can get
breath and strSth enough mean To-
wake the hoo the neighbors-ths
whole town, lean"
mo, you Ctr Buckley started
across the roo
''Stopi" sheicd.
He stopped The voice was COM
manding. Iseemed already quite
strong enou6 to scream. He said:
."You promis not 70 scream"
'But you f,<d me TO PROMISE"
"Are you eug to scream?"
~ am" Svas getting her breath.
ooh, don't lease don't. If wanted
to / could n you. don't want TO
hurt you. Ahave pity on me-"
The bold, 4 sophomore was down
on his lxnetVith his hands clasped
toward the ek, where the voice came
from. He Is very sorry for himself.
''You stayght there In the moon
light"
Right hc?p
Right tie; and IL you dare to
move I'll sclm with all my might"
Buckley ftshivered, and then froze
as stiff as ia hair-trigger rife were
pointing ahim- How long must /
stay here?''c asked, without moving
his head
Until nihps--until daylight" re-
turned the)ice.
"Until dlightl" repeated Buckley
There was 'mething impressive in the
deep, richioice of this tall young
woman, al whoever she was, Buck
ley could 4. from the refined tones,
that she as lady. He could just
make out . CLEAN Of her face and OF
one arm irhe dark corner.
''Ple ascoh. please, whoever you
are" he gan, in earnest, pleading
tones, wit you forgive me, and let
me go?"
There w no answer.
az am aentleman-- indeed ami I
wouldn't arm n girl for the world.
Please lehe go. III be fired--I mean,
expelled nm college for this. I'll be
disgracedbr life. Ill"
'StopTThe voice seemed to be
calm nov "While It may be true
that you d not intend to break into
my roomiith intent to rob or injure
a defensess woman, yet, by yonr own
confessiG you came TO torment a
weaker l,son. You wanted to haze
one of tlfreshmen in this house, that
was it. nd when my husband"
''Oh he mercy on me. Won't you
have mey?" Then he began to tell
her VIII, q good boy he had always
been, arhow he had always gone to
church, ID how fond his mother was
of him, ID that he was the pride and
ambitio Of his family, and similar
rot, shong how completely scared he
was. slst think what this means to
me-" hconcluded. IF I'm fred from
college.ll never come back. I'll be
disgrace for life. All my prospects
win beoliQhted, my life ruined, and
my moer's heart broken"
She we little hysterical sob, as IL
the strn was TO great for her. Yes.
for yo,poor mothers sake; yes, gov'
she exlimed.
"Ohthank You with all my heart.
My mher would. too. II she could
lxnowI don't deserve TO be treated
SO we shall always think of you
as M merciful benefactress. / can
neverorgive myself for causing you
pain. oh, thank YOU"
Wb a happy stroke of his to call
for mcy in his mothers name. This
=as appeal tha. touched : respoH-
sive lord in the heart OF this pure
WON'T before him that neither apol-
ogy pleading could soften. Pc rhaps
the fine called up TO her some vision
of II own dear, sweet-faced angel
MOTIF now no more. What mattered
the w and the why? He was free
agai-that was enough for himl
Blkley, the sophomore, who had
strdsinto that room SO manfully, in
theull pride of his sophomorish
str@th and orange and black.
Qr5lled across the room and out of
..f,eoor, then tiptoed his way down
theahll stairs, silently pulled back
thcatch OF the door, and snealxed off
lika dog with his tail between his
leg
Ie outside air did him good, aud by
thdme he reached his impatient class
mssf he had thought up a fairly good
licbout the freshman's being i'll, quite
sc 3usly i'll, and about his stopping To
LOO after him n bit, which they adj
mbed was the only thing to do under
I'll circumstances, though II was
btned hard lines, after all the trouble
nv had taken. Better luck next
re, Buck" they said, and went to
"a
" the ten o'clock mail next morning
Itkley received letter in strange
lndwriting. 1t said: Just as tall
oman looks short IN mans makeup,
docs short man look tall in a
,man's makeup. and you should
Aow that blondes are hard 70 recog-
Be In brunette wigs. / could have
PIE more artistic acting il you had
'me up earlier, when had on my full
'stume. You ought TO know that a
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