The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-01-06
MISS BEECHER'S JOURNEY.
An Exciting story of Chicago Girls Trip
10 the Maine Woods.
miss MAUD BEEcHER was Chi

M ISIS MAUD BEECHEk was Uni
iVI cago girl. She came to Boston on
a visit 10 her cousin, Miss Teresa Hol-
land, a girl with fad, and that fad was
old historic houses, of which Miss Te-
resa had made large number Of photo
graphs. If Miss Beecher had fad it
was the adornment of her own stylish
person, especially with jewels, of which
she had a rare collection.
The two cousins did not find them
selves very congenial and Maud soon
tired of wheeling through the historic
parts of Massachusetts, in search Of the
most tumble-down houses there.
She got on better with Tom Holland
and often begged him to take her wheel
ing with the other fellows" Tom was
II and he found his cousin very anus
ing.
At last Tom and the other fellows
went TO the Maine woods for a hunting
trip, Mrs. Holland and the younger
children left for their seaside home, and
Maud and Teresa were left alone in the
great city house. Teresa had almost
finished an article on "historic houses"
and Maud generously offered to remain
with her till il was completed.
She repeated her rash offer as the hot
summer days came on, but Teresa pro-
tested that il was cooler in the library
OF the big city house than on the piazza
OF the beach house, where the glazing
sand reflected in ones face, or in the
Maine woods, where mosquitoes and
black flies made life miserable.
Maud curled up in big leather chair
snr read till her head ached, then she
spent long hours doing her hair differ
ent ways, and trying on different cos
tunes, to see If one might not be triae
cooler than the others.
When Teresa announced that she had
decided to write an article on photo
graphic art studies before going away,
Maud walked out of the room without
word
Teresa WAS surprised an hour later
when Maud appeared with her travelling
bag in her hand. She wore a covert
cloth skirt and a silk shirt waist. She
had fastened costly diamond pin in
her hair, and another in her breast, to
hold in her watch with its jeweled
pendant. On her fingers were many rare
gems.
We'll" exclaimed Teresa, where
now?"
''ro the Maine woods to see Tom
Maud replied, gayly. Teresa dropped
her pen in dsmay.
Going 10 see Tom" she calculated,
''nnd wearing all those iewesl Really,
Maud, shall have to telegraph mamma
II you insist on this wild prank. Come,
will give up this article and 90 with
you TO the beach IL you wish. thought
you were quite contented."
''No. Teresa, will not let you sacri-
Zee your precious article. / am quite
determined TO go fishing with the boys.
Don't be n goose, Teresa; let me 90.
AIRS. Burridge Is up there cooking for
the boys. ! shall be chaperoned all
right. It's no worse than wheeling with
them all over Massachusetts"
Teresa gave IL up and went back 10
her article after remarking that nj least
Maud ought TO have sense enough TO
take OFT her jewelry IL she didn't want
Co get robbed.
Maud protested that Il was safer on
her person than anywhere else and
that she had a chamos bag around
her neck with all her stones in IL. Then
she started of down the street and
Teresa soon forgot all about her. re-
nnaimng absorbed in her work till the
dinner bell rang. THEN she remem-
bered with a pang that her cousin had
done n very uncircumspect thing and
felt bound 20 write Mrs. Holland
about q.
Maud enjoyed her Journey Immensely
and was not at all alarmed 10 find she
must spend the night in Portland. and
leave az an unreasonable hour i'm the
morning. She accomplished all her ar.
engagements without difficulty. and was
treated with respectful courtesy by all
The railroad and heteI officials.
As the train bowled along northward
In he early morning she was congratu.
lating herself and thinking with xcorn
of iimid young maidens who never
travelled alone, when she became con.
scious Of pair VI eyes riycted on her