The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-07-12
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rne' and wonders why the Rev. Arthur
Mfntorex thinks so much OF her. The
zem Arthur also wonders many
Hz1xs.
a crises like these Miranda and |
2ne sometimes hlnted desperately TO
YsGs another OF an eternal Separation.
rII a capital s. We have drawn
1Nrtietic pictures Of how we would dl-
E2e everything between us. and she
rbnst go and live with her mother.
uhEzs strobe into life's highway.
1rufully putting the past behind me
eessder 10 become great. and, instead
a& going TO theaters. spend my even.
Azy sitting by the fire. waiting her
.ssistep on the stair. Miranda would
gnsFays get quite worked up by this "a
tkEie picture until she rouemleFed
AZ II was useless taking half the
.xkzgs. because her mother had no in.
isxrion of turning the house into n
aaiUage company for the furniture OF
MFRS So the trouble generally blew
iEpE But this time II went as far as
NJ naking ont list OF the thacs In
NJ -den" before we were reconciled
nsnnda saw then that she was on the
kefk OF mn awful prccip!ce. and II
ri her SILVER So II did me. be-
snl+% there's n beautiful bronze Brit
81 Non (frem .Ia~m IN my den
s'fEeh sie has set hcr heart upon hay
~, 500 Know We should have SQUAD
- Il over that Wien shv siys. "D.cky.
ss.sEr sGca q dfarr pats my brow nnl
49, t'.c cther hand takes the verj
E-g Gcn't want her H. have. the
1'les 81 the situation drgenerates IN
hfsdrc and unl-oh. YOU know whai
.rz-ng wives are IKE! The next time
ASari$ | shall choose solid. estmu
A1s a'fy of mature age, with false
So ami without what little Noel
ssssts 'paror tricks"
4S soon rs Miranda told the Rev.
sExnur Greatorex about her projected
gkngpong tournament he smiled Ia
tzhssed way and said that he himself
ps1ld be the first TO take two shil-
hsG ticket. lie also threw out dark
Mn1s that Miss Jarvis would like TO be
Gsesd. They're not really engaged, be-
1851 ttlt NV sAAIluI udcI
nDney to marry but he calls Miss Jar
We dear sister" and looks at her, II he
Gnzks he Is unobserVed, in the same
wsT that Sir Lancelot did at Guinevere
w4sn King Arthur was out. or course
Asanda knew all about this "ge~hilty
rr3sion," as she calls IL. and that was
,EIy she told Miss Jarvis that the Rev.
AzsAnr was going to play and then in
Named him that Miss Jarvis would
GhD be there. So she had them ''in the
ns-." as il were, and the members OF
me blanket club almost cried when
ntS they were too old to play. To
pAzse them, Miranda made special
rae that If they liked to take tickets
afnJ could get some one else to play
M them, and, as the old men were
&nzf OF excitement. they pawned their
mEnaining blankets and bought twelve
'&ikets for the tournament. at do my
MI cart good 90 get little permlskus
Ezyt Ike this ere" said CATER Hind.
h. 10 Miranda. "and I've ROT four
atcrts on with joe Burridge as llttlc
SssSie' pointing 20 Noel" IN play
81 Me anl knock DIS ugly cad or.
s. .e,er gs 'ow Mistress Jarvis sewing
rsi.s l,e coin TO us 70 knock us out
ned illfro's twelve ou us wants little
tssSie Co DO her best Tor Us. II 40
nxsn our old carts. i do. 10 have 4
Nt ~ real sport ike this newfangled
saiie Most as good as days rattin'
Ahe, furelio>
Nhen Miranda asked her little niece
aool 70 stay with Us, she said that
&,e's blue eyes golden hair mournful
1sce. with It's IL do want to be loved
1sfore heaven claims me for its own"
kSnd Of expression, made her uneasy
2 did me also. knew the child, and
2 vas also aware that heaven could
se along very well without her--for a
Nme. at all events. She was a little
1smon at lawn tennis and could pick
~ any new game In ten minutes. Be
zdes, as she told me. she had been
working hard at pingpong In order to
lick Brother Tom" had little
Wactice with her before the tourna-
uent came Oft. and She But antIci-
rats.
Dfiss Jarvis, although she loved Mi
znda dearly, did not like the success
40 the blanket club. After all. we were
MY newcomers. aud we ought, like
2gag. to have walked deiicatelyr for
y few years before bursting into such
nsteoric fame. II occurred TO Miss
1Ervis when she saw the special rule
nat IL would be sporting kind OF
ming for her sewing club members to
inter en- masse. Though most OF them
Fsre the wives OF the blanket club
nsn. she never seemed to realize that
, house divided against itself cannot
tand. So she bought a dozen tickets
ar the sewing club and. when Miranda
demonstrated with her on this prolific
expenditure, as good as limited that II
sas no business OF Miranda's. New
omers In the place could NOT be ex.
'ected TO understand ~the dear people
, well as she did. or course when she
.ot nasty" like that Miranda nightly
':ayed that the blanket club players