The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-08-19

myself as thus compiled my gains | had
two friends. one of whom oath or no oath
should come TO no harm from mankind
while | had an arm to intorpose.
had suggested the Jersey shore as a mat.
ter Of duty ! had heard their determine
ton TO abide with me and share NY for
tune, be il high or low, with something OF
a feeling that put new power into iac, and,
| fancy, a new hight in my eve chad they
been looking closely, not caused by the
dazzle of the sun. Our destination lay, then.
first for the Vineyard. There would place
this now homeless girl in care of my mother
and sister. who were probably mourning for
lac as lost, then TO New London TO deliver
prisoners and cargo to the proper author-
ties and after that well, | would wait and
see.
Az, I would wait and see. One need not
plan ones life for months ahead Somehow
there was a brilliant spot in the future
which ! cared neither to define or get be
hind-a Will.o thewisp both tangible and
elusive which ! could not analyze. being
content with the glow il spread over my
mental picture. The radiance lay on the
ancient island farm. II fell on the ancient
house and livencd its homely interior. II
won't abroad over familiar fields. dusky
woodlands and swamps, and gave a color
10 the stretches of lonely beach. IL made
life more than living. and changed he dross
81 existence into something very like gold
knew ] was dreaming dreams and build.
ng air castles as | stood my trick at the
wheel and hove IL over to meet the low run.
nng swell aud forestall the vessels yaw.
hut what picture equals that Of the brain :
ia progressive stages | mentally doubled
Alontauk. raised Blockhousc island. sunk il.
and saw the mist OF Norman,s Land, aud
then swept around the great western clay
cliffs of he Vineyard, and was nj home.
Every detail was real, yet iaircr than reality.
Ry some queer change IN me ! looked less
.or glory now than had the month before.
War was well enough II IL must be; glory was
Z prize easily gotten, but there was nothing
10 equal peace. | had tanned wonderfully
nothing to equal the delights Of home and
domesticty. | had acquitted myself before
lay fellows, and for time would rest on
my honors In short, had by then gotten
into a weak knoed mood, the like OF which
every man knows at some moment Of his
life; harmless enough, possibly, and for the
enjoyment Of which he can thank God for
Withholding the knowledge oil what the
next hour has in store.
By this il was about four in the afternoon
as | figured from the height Of the sun.
which, though clear. shonc from a sky that
had become faxed as though fine drawn
smoke had settled over Il. Though the
wind hung still from the west, IL was lighter,
aud the schooner dragged through the water
as il it was travelling uphill. It's sluggish.
ness | knew was due somewhat 10 the char.
acter Of Us cargo. which was the deadcst Of
dead weights, but more TO the marine
growth which had collected on her bottom
during her long anchorage, and which could
easily be seen streaming below like long
and ragged green beard Beyond the dull
gurgle OF the cutwater and an occasional sob
in our wake, not a sound broke the intense