The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-03-10

| maklnB III up loI inc NOON fuihons
For time Stanton had been writing.
Now he blotted two papers, took them
up, wheeled his chair about, and sat
facing the scribe. The smile quivered
| like lamp-name In q breeze. Stanton
sat silently watching him for q mo-
ment, and with n twitch about the lips
the smile went out. Then, speaking
very slowly, the lawyer said:
"There are some mistakes In what you
have rehearsed, and also some distorted
facts, which were obviously given you
by man named Raymond, with the evil
dent intention of injuring a woman. Ii
would prove "A serious matter 10 the
| journal which published them. Person
ally, the truth is at the service of the
world il any journal wishes 10 retail it,
and for what have actually done i am
ready TO take the consequences. For
what you and your paper do you must
accept the same. III you wish to pub
lish your story and TO add an interview
with me, there you have IL. 1t is all l
have to say. But for the woman in
| question / have word for you which
is not an interview. 1t would be pos
sible TO keep within the bounds of the
law in such an article as you propose,
and yet do an incalculable injury 10 n
woman whom no one but Richard Ray
mond could wish to harm. Here is my
| check, to bearer, for $1,000. Use il as
you see fit. One year from to-day
shall be here in this Office, il | am alive.
If in the meantime there has not a
word appeared in any New York or
Brooklyn paper connecting the woman
you mention with the story you have
rehearsed, come 10 me on that day and
/ will honor this other paper, which
calls for $4,000 more"
| The interview was at an end, but the
scribe hesitated. First he tore from
his notebook dozen pages, remarkng:
I'm sure it's an exclusive so far, sir,
and that's all / have" Then he laid
the second paper on the notes, adding;
IF succeed you will not forget. That
| paper might fall into other hands and
make you trouble in some way. hope
| / shall be back in year."
With that he went out; but he was
hardly gone when the trustees APP
peared, as full Of curiosity as the Office
boy. They were handled almost as
roughly, however, and quickly subsidized
to the business in hand.
DR.. Borden had hurried TO Judge Rus
sell with the official news, and the two
had notified the trustees, only TO find
| that Raymond, too, had discovered the
facts and had been there before them.
lie had withdrawn his claim and APP
piled for the $4,000 under the terms OF
| the will.
1t was easily arranged for them to
retain their charge OF the property for
another year, as Stanton briefly in
formed them that he should be away.
| They left with much better feelings
toward the young lawyer than they
had possessed for years, for charity and
John Olmstead's millions were old as
sociates.
IL was late in tile evening when STAN
ton returned TO his home for the first
time in two days that seemed longer
than lifetime.
DR.. Borden had been zealously spread
ing the news Of the marriage, as any
one but Stanton would have antici-
pated. The card table at the door was
covered with congratulations and in
quiries. The good doctor had made
an earnest search for information con-
corning Esther Thorndike, too, and,
| finding her one OF the best unknown
individuals in all Brooklyn, he had left
note for Stanton ominously request
ing a call from him at his earliest con-
venience.
Thus everything warned the poor fell
low Of the increasing horrors he must
| face. He reached his home longing for
nothing so much rs rest, but in less
| than an hour he was on his way TO
hotel I'm New York, having left instruc-
tons with Sam and his wife TO pack
for him such things as would be neces-
sary for n journey and forward them to
his Office, then TO discharge the servants,
close the house and remain in charge
| of Il till his return.
The dearest associations OF his life
still chung as tenderly as ever 10 the
| grand old-fashioned mansion, but il had
suddenly lost all sense OF home. A new
longing had taken possession Of him,
| filing the great house with emptiness,
in spite of logic TO the contrary. lie
could not solve it, and only realized that
il drove him, disappointed and desper-
ate, from everything that had satisfied
him; while every expression of that
longing centered in thoughts OF the
yelled face, the music of that voice and
the touch Of that warm, soft hand, with
| its diamond set in pearls.
These new thoughts brought no com
fort, however, for they always came
to the same conclusion-a shuddering
realization OF the chains Of the condi-
ton which bound him. never 20 rccog-
nizc or communicate with his wife.
With all the rest, his Office and profess
sion became intolerable. The sooner
he could abandon them and get away
the better. lie secured the services OF
a young friend in the profession TO oc-