The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-12-28

$40 The old b r b
baiIifr Of Krohn pushed away the pref
" little hand that his eldest daughter
sought to place over his mouth.
-No.~ he said. Il will not keep quiet
lrepeat that the whole custom of send
Ing New Years cards is a cursed bad
one. and IL is time to put an end to il.
What are the results of such nonsense2
FIRST. | get my mail bag an hour
later than usual. and. secondly, il Is
crammed SO full with the stupid stuff
that can hardly get il opcnl"
At length the old gentleman's efforts
were rewarded. the bag sprang open.
and he emptied its contents with i'm
patience on the breakfast table.
ITO Fraulein Katherine Won
Krohne.'" he read. "My Godl are they
all for you. Kathinka?"
Don't be so unbearable. papa, and
please don't call me Kathinka."
The old gentleman replied TO his
daughters request with an unintelli-
gible growl and went on drinking his
coffee.
Just look what lot there are for
me-" cried Katharine. piling the let
tiers upon the table in front of her and
her face lighting up with pleasure.
Are they all for you?"
"Yes. all. Now you can see what IL Is
70 be known as a beauty"
And an heiress." added the father.
'Yes. and an heiress." she repeated,
thoughtfulIy.
but is there nothing there for my
little Lili?- asked her father.
Katharine shrugged her shapely
shoulders impatiently.
why. of course not. fla girl expects
TO be shown much attention she must
be little more pushing and impor-
tant."
"And an heiress, too" vas the fathers
laconic addition TO the sentence.
II really should be very grateful. IA
Their, IL you would not nlIude SO much
10 my money" was the rather curt pro-
test.
II can't help II. Katharine, when
zee my little Lii here, as beautiful as
the flowers chat gave her the name. ana
well. she is not an heiress, do you
understand? That's the whole thing.
Katharine made no answer. She was
busily studying the handwriting on the
envelopes.
A young girl who had hitherto sat
opposite to her In silence left her seat
went up TO the high bailiff. and putting
her fair young arms round his neck
gave him kiss.
A world of love shone in his eyes as
he looked at her with pleasure ana
stroked her soft checks.
"Never mind. Lili," he said. slowly
Il am glad that you don't get sucn =
pile OF letters. I'm grateful. too, that
you're not an heiress. Perhaps tnen no
one will take you away from me-"
Tears came into the girls eyes Tot.
though she said no word. yet the thought
that no one had remembered her or
cared enough for her 10 send her New
Yenr's card made her sad. But she
forced herself not TO cry. and tried 10
conceal the few tears tbnt would not be
kept bncls by kissing her father again
lovingly on the eyes and lips.
The high bailiff az Krohn. the father
OF these two girls had mnrried twice.
Hia first wife, lovely. proud. but vain
woman. died soon after the birth OF a
little daughter and left her the whole
Of a large for,une. His second wife.
tho daughter OF country clergyman.
brought him no wealth but a sweet and
beautiful disposition. When she. too,
died after swo years married life he
felt overwhelmed and had never since
wholly recovered from the blow.
Kntha~ina. the elder Of the two step
chlldrcr mad just finished her Goth year,
and. a. she was as proud. pretty. and
3ust a. vain AZ her mother. had already
laughed at many proposals for her hand
land money. No one had 20 far been
able 20 take her fancy.
LIN was In almost every respect the
opposite Of her sister. Small OF figure.
quiet and retiring. "a happened ihst she
~.s often entirely overlooked. Ia eer-