The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-11-17


Produced on the canvas therc!
Malcolm and Faith faced each Other
IN silence. aud then Faith put out her
hand.
"Vin you shake hands with hired
Girl Mr.. stanley. for fathers sakcr'
She said half shyiy. half In tho manner
she had inherited from Malcolm Kirk.
"Xill III" cried Malcolm Stanley. Tho
way he shook Faiths hand noeureu
everybody that he had no hesitation %
the score Of Faiths position. They
had all three been suddenly smitten /,
with unusual solemnity. and Malcou,r<
cnevsctic handshakc made Ra o
iaasl Faith followed r@ad 49,
Joined In. sinu-<A-- -s-strmeu OF thar
sudden meeting passed ipfo Question
and answer.
''ls'x Aax way from the deck o.
that sfeamcr1 tifsSf studio. said Nal
CON stanley. "Rut tNsdh rxRnger
than fiction at least any Action I ever
read" And then he went on TO givo
Faith some account OF his life since
the time when Malcolm Kirk Ind left :
him with his aunt In London.
The aunt had died when be~ -.
years old. and he had been adopted In
TO the family OF a distnptrcqtive. TAX
ing the nasQc Of MD rom Mt his aunt's
request In l6Ss} Emory OF his queer
nurse. The MI THAT Kirk had rails
oil on board the steASner had been for
tunately Invested On coming Of age
this fund enabled tht young man to lit
himself for an engineer. lie had risen 4
IsxS
to place OF great responsibility. The
company for which he worked had In
tercsts In the United States. and NAL
com had come over To superintcnd the
opening of some mines In Colorado and
New Mexico. His business interests
had made him acquainted with Mr..
Fulton. aud II was through him that
he had made the acquaintance OF Mr..
| Raleigh and finally purchased the pic
ture. with the intention of giving II TO
Malcolm Kirk. The artist had insisted
on practically giving a large share OF
the value OF the picture to Stanley. anu
the latter had planned a surprise for
Kirk on his way west.
All this and more did Faith hear
wondcringly The short winter day
was going by. and Raleigh suddenly
interrupted the conversation.
ave shall have to give up our trip to
kcnwood today, Faith"
"And | must be getting back to my
voykr' cried Faith. rising. She was
IKE enc who had been In n dream OF
the day. 1t all seemed so strange
the studio, the artist. the picture, tho
big. hearty, honest young Englishman.
She found II hard to realize that she
was actually In the heart of the great.
rushing, prosaic, selfish city. All this
was so like story, like things one
reads about. but SO seldom knows In
.,~s~ur father were only here now"
! said Raleigh. whose romantic tempera-
ment was moved deeply by the events
oe the day, this room Nonld coutan
all he elements OF a genuine story. ~
AS he spoke they all three turned m
stinctIyriy toward the entrar,cc Of the
other room. fnGis sttUod Malcolm Kirk
his tall. heavy figure filling up the
opening and his homely. loving face
showing unusual emotion.
Father cried Faith, and the next
minute she was In his arms, sobbing
and cxclnlmIng
Then she stepped back, little
ashamed OF her sudden outburst as
she remembered the presence OF tho
two men behind her, hut she kept hold
OF Malcom's hand and drew him lnu
the studio,
| "iIow did you come here. fathe9
We had no idea"-
It's not a long story, my dear"
said Malcolm. =
"ats. Raleigh. how do Sou uor,~1fts
q long time since 1 saw YOU nlthe
deck of that steamer" Malcolm pdnt.
I ed to the picture. and still his meat
brown eyes rested on Malcolm StaIley.
who was standing there pale and ex-
cited.
Raleigh took Kinks hand and shook
~ heartily He then turned quickly to
| Stanley
you ought TO know this gentleman,
Mr. Kirk. You met him before did"
Kirk stepped toward Stanley. Both
men were deeply moved.
You were with my mother when she
died, MIR. Kirk" said Stanley In n voice
that tremblcd little
III we were Russians. we would enl-
brace each other now. cried xlafom
Kirk. but as yoa nrt nm English >Hn
and J am an>AmerIcan supr>ssc
handshako Is tho uearest Wa cad get 70
! it, -
As he said II he grpsped SANKEY'S
big palm, which went out to meet Ills,
and Raleigh said nfterward he wns
sure he heard the bones snap. but moi
ther man winged.
"1'he heart goes Win H." said Nal
cop Stanley, admlfng Kirk out OF his
honest face witht loving look. -"
Kirk drew bar little and gagged at
the sialwart sollns iiearp, Then 10
glanced NJ tle painting.
y wouIdaot IKE to take tho contract
~ hold:n< you In my arms now. ma
did fh,a. BUT M I ra,oa.,,.