The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-12-21

>soeo trnot0 the tfdckluE OF Wuips,
mingled with excited shouts and ex-
carnations Of anger.
Nevertheless the advantage remained
with Michael, which might be very i'm.
portant TO him II the relay were poorly
provided with hcrses Two carriages
were perhaps more than the postmaster
could provide for. at least IN short
space of time
Half an hour after the berlin was left
far behind, looking only q spcck on the
horizon on the Steppe.
1t was s O'Clock IN the evening when
Michael and his companion arrived at
the posthouse In Ichim
The news was worse and worse with
regard TO the Invasion
ilcre had arrived just a short time
before two men.
The one was English. the other
French, Both were tan and thin, hut
the latter WAS sallow os are the south.
ern profncals. While ;hc former was
ruddy Ike a Lancashire gentleman
The Anglo.Norman. formal, cold. grave
parsimonious Of gestures and words
appearing only TO speak or resticulate
under The Influence Of a spring operat-
Tag ~ regular intervals. The Gaul, on
TIE contrary was lively aud petulant
expressed himself with lips. eyes
hands. all al once. having twenty diff
ferent ways Of explaining his thoughts
whereas BIS lnicrocutor seemed 10
have only one iminutably stereotyped
on BIS brain
@he strong contrast they presented
would "a once have struck tie most
superficial observer. bat q pAysiogno-
mist regarding them more CLOSELY
would have defined their particular
characteristics 10y saying that IL the
FrenchmHn was IAN eyes, the Enc
llshman was "all ears,
In fact The visual apparatus Of the
one had been singuarly perfected by
practice. The sensibllity Of It's retina
must have been as Instantaneous as
that Of those conjurers who recognize
a card merely by a rapid movement IN
cutting the pack on 10y the arrangement
only OF marks invisible to others. The
Frcnchman. indeed. possessed ia the
highest degree what may be called the
memory Of the eye"
The Englishman. on the contrary, ap
peared especially organized to listen
and 20 hear When hls aural appara
tus had been once struck by the sound
Of a voice. he could not forget IL. and
after ten or even twenty years he
would have recognized il among a
thousand Ills ears. TO be sure, had
not the power Of moving as freely as
those OF animals who are provided with
large auditory flaps but since scien
ti6c mon know that human ears pos
sess, In fact q very limited power of
movement. We should not be- far wrong
in affirming that tiose If the said
Englishman became erect ana turned
Ia all directions while cndeavoring 10
gather IN the sounds In manner ap-
parent only 90 the naturalist IL must
be observed that ,:is perfection %
sight and hearing was Of wonderful
assistance 90 these two men ina their
yocat ion. for tile Enelishman acted as
correspondent for The Daily Telegraph
and Tie frcncbnan as correspondent
OF thg-of what newspaper or OF what
ncwspa pcrs ~ Gid not ay ana When
asked he replied IN q jcCular manner
that be- corrcs pundcd with "his cousin
Madeleine" This Frenchman, however,
benealh bis cUtpicss surface was won.
derfully sbreWd and sagacious Even
while speaking az random. perhaps tile
better TO hide his desire 10 learn, be
never forgot himself His loquacity
even helped him 10 conceal bis thoughts.
and he was perhaps even move discreet
than Ills confrere Of The Only Iee-
graph.
II Is needless TO say that hcse two
men were devoted So their mission IN
the world that they delighted 10 throw
themselves in the track Of the most un-
expected intelligence; that nothing ter.
ritied or discouraged them from sac-
ceedlrr 1907 they possessed the lu-
perur ang froid and The genuine
intrepll3s Of ncn ID thcir calling. En-
thusaste j0gkeys this stceplcchasc,
this hunt after info0tion, they leap
cd hedges. Gro pd rivers, sprang over
fences f ilc a,f or pure b.oodc,l
ncers W4u wil r-n n good lrst' or
die
THOR journals dld not restrict them
with regard TO money, the sur T. Tie
most rapid. the most perfect element
OF information known 20 this day. II
must also be added ~. i honor. that
neither the one nor t'H az a.' ever look
cd or listened at g., walls Of private
life ana that they only exercised their
vocation when political or social inter
csts were M stake. In n word, they
made what has been for some years
called the great political and military
reports
Ii will be seen in following them that
they had generally an independent
mode OF viewing events and, above ALL
their consequences. each having his
own way of observing and apprecint
ing The object TO be obtained being
of adequate value, they never failed TO
expend the money required.