The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-10
PAP AND JIM.

to travei in a No. ] light shoe; but she
wore something like No. cow hide
shoe on Sunday. Her education had
been somewhat neglected, judg rg from
her original methods OF grammatical
expression. But she was genuine, in
nocent, unpretentious, big. strong
healthy and happy country girl. May
be she has plenty of lovers. for she
ought to have; but there is only one
who is regarded as regular company"
He is strapping big fellow about %
years old. and as unconventional rs tn,
big bloodhound in the backyard. lie
must be six feet four inches tall. and
his shoulders are large and well pro-
portioned. He is well-bult from the
ground up. and they say he is the cham
pion runner and jumper of the county;
but he never went with any girl as
regular company" until this season.
Jane Fair is her name. and il would
be appropriate to call her Fair Jane,
for she is very pretty, very fair, and
with n complexion that would make al
most any city girl ON earth intensely
envious. ] never heard his name. but
they called him "Jim." from which
the inference is drawn that his name
was James. lie called on Sunday morn
ing, sat in the front yard whiting and
saying nothing, until shortly after ten
o'clock the old man came out and Jim
accompanied him to the barn without
saying even good morning. Jim helped
hitch up the team, and when they came
back Mrs. Fair got into the wagon on
the front seat beside pap" and Jane
climbed into the back seat beside i'm,
and of they went to church. Jim came
back and had dinner with the family.
After dinner Jim and pap" sat under
the trees i'm the backyard and smoked
their pipes and talked about the wenth-
er and other topics of interest at
IIepsidam. Mrs. Fair sat beside the
kitchen door knitting, while Jane took
backless chair and sat near jim.
The women said but little during the
afternoon. That is the way Jim does
his counting. 1t is generally accepted
that they will soon be married. jim
is accepted as regular company" the
lold man likes him, the old lady has
no objections, Jane sits near him and
keeps quiet and that settles il. They
don't do counting that way in The
cities.
There are no carpets on the floors OF
Hepsidam. They have plenty of rag
carpets for the whole house, but they
only use them in winter. Ii would be
prodigal and improyident 70 tramp out
the carpets of IIepsdam in summer
time. They are all done up with cam
phor and tobacco TO keep out the
moths. and they will be laid Down some
time In November when the first Z, est
comes. Probably Jim will then be- "a
part OF the family and assist in lay
ing the carpets and putting up the
stoves. There is only one stove run
ming in Hepsidam during the summer.
and that Is the cooking stove They
built big fire out In the back yard
for two duys and boiled 10; OF ash
I've and nat refuse meat. and made a
couple Of barrels OF soft soap. The
ashes were In barrel and were packed
down. Water was poured into the
barrel, and when u ran out below into
q big pan. II was strong lye. They don't
waste anything at Ilepsidam.
There are snakes about Hcpsidnm.
but they are not serpents OF the still
such as some men see In the ci''rs.
These are big black and mathematics.
They are not so plentiful as they used
TO bc. for snakes are killed - borrower
found. They can't Kill hogs. hut hogs
have killed many snakes at Hcpsidan.
They never come near tho
house, hut sometimes venture
into the barn or barnyard. They
tempt fate in doing SO. A city
chap killed black snake i2 feet tong
with shotgun right near the chicken
coop at Hepsidam. lie will be found
Dragging about II for years among his
city friends.
SMITH % FRY.