The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-11-15

wo.a.n who crossed H. II had rained
~ Locrs. ana still the rain poured
on. The fowls had collected-a melan-
choly crowd-In and about the wagon
house. and the solitary gander. who
alone had survived the six months
want OF water. walked hither and
thIther. printing his webbed footmarks
on the mud, 20 have them washed out
the next instant by the peiting rain,
which mt IL o'clock still beat OF the
walls and roofs with undated ardor.
Gregory as he worked In the loft
took no notice OF II beyond stutiing
sack into the broken pane TO keep u
OCT. and. In spite OF the pelt and patter.
Ems clear voice might be heard
through the open trapdoor from the
lining room. where she sat at work,
..nging the Blue Water
"And take me away. ~
Andsske me away.
And take me away 80
To the Blue Water
lat quaint childish song Of the people
hat has world OF sweetness and sad.
-ague yearning when sung over and
ever dreamily by woman's voice as
20 sits alone mt her work. But Greg
y heard neither that nor yet the loud
lighter OF the Kaffir maids that every
~ and again broke through from the
!tchen. where thcy joked and worked.
VI late Gregory had grown strangely
npervious 70 the sounds and sights
L.. Il him. His lease had run out. but
n Ind said: do not renew II. | need
.ae 10 help me- Just stay on" And she
lnd added: You must not remain In
,o..r own little house. Live with me.
You can look after my ostriches better
,.."
I'D Gregory did not thank her.
Mat difference did IL make TO him.
nying rent or not. living there OF not?
was all one. But yet he came. En-
vished that he would still sometimes
als OF the strength and master right
man. but Gregory was as one smit-
"A on the cheek bone. She might do
Sat she pleased. he would find no
att had no word TO say. He had for
ten that IL is mans right 10 rule ON
at rainy morning he had lighted his
nr M the kitchen fire and when
akfast was over stood In the front
aog watching the water rush down
ie road till the pipe died out in his
OLth En- saw she must do some.
..-g for him and found him large
il!co duster. He had sometimes talked
putting the loft neat, and today she
ala find nothing else for him to do
she had the ladder put To the trap
iar that he need not go out in the
~. and Gregory with the broom and
sjrr mounted 10 the loft Once NJ
Ork. he worked hard. He busted
1wn the very rafters and cleaned the
oxen candle molds and bent forks
!ai had stuck In the thatch for 20
ears He placed the black bottles
atty In rows on an old box In the cor
or and piled the skins on one another
nj sorted the rubbish I'm all the boxes.
nj at IL o'clock his work was almost
one
He seated himself on the pCcslng
ase which had once held Wald)'5
uoks and proceeded to examine the
ontents OF another which he had y u
~ looked At. IL was carelessly nail
1wn He loosened one plank and in
~ 10 lift out various articles Of r.
70 attire old fashioned caps.
ons. dresses with long pointed bod
srch as he remembered TO have
na his mother wear when he was 4
le child. He shook them out care
ily TO see there were no moths and
.tn sat down TO fold them up again
3t ly ono. They had belonged 10
Us mother, and the box as packed M
death had stood untouched and
soften these long years. She must
I'VE been tall woman that mother
Ems. for when he stood up to shake
"t dress the neck was on level
% his. and the skirt touched the
tound Gregory laid nightcap out
y; his knee and began rolling up the
,;rings, but presently his fingers NOV
al slower and slower. then his chin
'ested on his breast. and finally the Inn
,,Oring blue eyes were fixed on the
f~ill abstractedly. When Ems voice
called to him from the foot of the lad
Ter. he started and threw the nightcap
nenlnn MN.
She was only come TO tell him that
his cup OF soup was ready, and when |
Ia could hear that she was gone he
picked up the nightcap again and a
srcat brown sun "kapje." just such a
'knpje" and such a dress as one OF |
those he remembered 20 have seen a
: .ster Of Mercy wear. Gregory's mind |
VAS very full OF thought. He took |
Town fragment OF an old looking
g.ass from behind beam and put the |
"sapic" on. His beard looked some
what grotesIue under II. He put up
his hand to hide II. That was better. |
The blue eyes looked out with mild |
gentleness that became eyes looking |
out from under "kapje" Next he |
took the brown dress and. looking |
round furtively. slipped II over his
head. He had just got his arms In the