The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-08-30

lay curied among tl~NGs AZ the back
OF the wagon. the ~ Ina his breast
resting on the sheep iaring machine.
II was finished now. cd right thought
had struck him the day before as he
sat half asleep, watching the water
80 over the min wheel. lie muttered
90 himself. with half closed eyes:
Tomorrow smooth the cogs. tighten
the screws a little, show il to them"
Then after a pause. cover the whole
world. the whole world that
have nader lie pressed the little
wheels aud pulleys IN his pocket TIL
thcy cracked. Presently his mutterlng
became louder. And sJ0-a black hat
for my dadda. for Lyndall blue silk.
very light. and one purple like the
earfh bells, and white shoes" He mur-
tered on: "A box fun. full OF books.
They shall tell me ALL all, ALL" he add
ed, moving his fingers desiringly-
why the crystals grow in such beauti.
full shapes. why lightning runs 10 the
iron. why black people are black, why
the sunlight makes things warm. |
shah read, read, read" he muttercd
slowly. Then came over him suddenly
what he called the presence Of Cod
sense Of good, strong something
folding him round. He smiled through
his half shut eyes. "Ah, Father, my
own Father, IL Is SO sweet to feel you,
like the warm sunshinel The Bibles
and books cannot tell Of you and all
feel YOU They are mixed with mems
words, but you
His muttcring sank into inaudlble
confusion till, opening his eyes wide,
Il struck him that the brown plain he
looked at was the old home farm. For
half an hour they had been riding in il.
ana re had not known II. He reused
the leader, who sat nodding on the
front of the wagon In the early morn
ing sunlight They were within half a
mile of the homestead. IL seemed TO
him that he had been gone from them
all year He fnncicd he could see
Lyndall standing on the brick wall TO
watch for him, his father. passing from
one house TO the other, stopping TO
look
lie called aloud to the oxen. For
each one at home hc had brought
something for his father piece OF to-
bacco, bought az the shop by the mill;
for EN- thimhle, for Lyndall beau
tiful flower dug ont by the roots at
place where they had 'outspanned,"
for Tant' Sannie handkerchief. When
they drew near the house he threw
the whip 10 the kailir leader and
sprang from the side OF the wagon to
run on Bonaparte stopped him as he
ran past the ash heap.
GOOD morning, my dear boy Where
are you running 10 SO fast with your
rosy cheeksY
The boy looked up nj him. glad even
Co see Bonaparte.
II am going 10 the cabin" he said
ont OF breath.
You won't 1nd them In just now
not your good old father said Bona
parte.
where Is hep asked the lad.
'"rherc, beyond the camps" said
Boraparte, waving his hand oratorlcal-
~ toward the stone walled ostrich
camps.
"what Is he doing thereY' asked the
boy.
Bonaparte patted him on tho cheek
kindly.
I'VE could not keep him any more.
II was too hot. We've buried him.
| my boy" said Bonapartc. touching
with his finger the boys check. I'VE
couldn't keep him any more lie, he.
hey' laughed Bonaparte AS the boy fed
away along the low stone wall. almost
furtively, az one n fear.
AZ O'Clock Bonaparte knclt before
a box In the Germans room. lie was
buaily unpacking II.
II had been agreed upon between
Tant' Sannle and himself that now the
German was gone ne (Bonaparte) was
| 20 be no longer schoolmastcr, but over
seer OF the farm. In return for his
| past scholastic labors he had express
ell himself willing 10 take possession
OF the dead mans goods and room.
| Tant Sannie hardly liked the arrange
ment. She had a great deal more re-
spect FOR the German dead than the
German living and would rather HIS
goods had been allowed to descend
peacefully 10 his son, for she was n
firm believer in the chlnks in the world
above, where not only ears but eyes
might be applied TO see how things
went on In this world below. She new
er felt sure how far the spirit world
might overlap this world OF sense and,
as rule. prudently abstained from
doing anything which might offend I'M
seen auditors. For this reason she abb
stained from Ill using the dead Eng
lishman's daughter and niece, and for
this reason she would rather the boy
had had his fathers goods. But II was
hard 10 refuse Bonaparte anything
| when she and he sat so happily togeth-
er In the evening drinking coffee. Boz
naparte telling her In the broken Dutch
nc was fast learning how he adored
| fat women and what splendid farmer
he was.
/ So at O'Clock on this afternoon Bo-
naparte knelt In the Germans room.
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