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

II wish You would be quiet" said
Lyndall without moving ~Does Il
give you snch felicity TO let Ronaparte
know he Is hurting you? We viii ask
no one IL viii be supper time soon.
Listen. and when you hear the chink Of
the knives ana forks we will SO out
and see him."
I'm suppressed her s0bs aud listened
intently, kneelnng az the door sud
denly some one came 20 the window
and put the shutter up.
WHO was thatT' said Lyndali, starr.
ing.
The girl. suppose" said EN-. -How
early she Is this evening"
But Lyndall sprang from the bed md
seized the handle OF the door, shaking
t. fcrcely. The door was locked on
the outside She ground her teeth.
"What Is the patterY asked EN-.
The room was in perfect darkness
COW
Nothing" said Lyndall quietly, on
~ they have locked us in
She turned and went back to bed
again. But ere long ilm heard a sound
OF movement Lyndall had climbed
up into the window and with her I'm
gers felt the woodwork that surround
ed the panes. Slipping down. the girl
loosened the iron knob from the foot
OF the bedstead, and, climbing up
again, she broke with II every pane Of
glass in the window, beginning AT the
top and ending at the bottom.
what are you dolngy asked I'm.
who heard the falling fragments
Her companion made her no reply,
but leaned on every little crossbar.
which cracked and gave way beneath
her. Then she pressed with all her
strength against the shutter. She had
thought the wooden buttons would
give way hut BY the blinking sound
she knew that the iron bar had been
put across. Size was quite quiet for a
time. Clamherlng down, she took from
the table a small one bladed penlInife,
with which she began 10 peck at the
hard wood Of the shutter.
"What are you doing nowW asked
I'm. who had ceased crying in her Won
der and had drawn near
Trying 80 make a hole" was the
short reply.
"Do you think sou will be able to-"
mo, but | am trying
In m agony of suspense En- waited.
For ten minutes Lyndall pecSed. The
hole was three-e.ghths Of an inch deep
Then the blade sprang into ten pieces.
"What has happened now?" asked
En-, blrbbering afresh
Nothing" said Lyndall Bring me
my nightgown, a piece OF paper and
the matches"
Wondering. En- fumbled about TIL
she found them.
What are you going 20 10 with
thcmg' she whispered
Burn down the window"
"But won't the whole house take fire
and burn down tooG'
''Yes"
'But viii II not be very wickedP
Yes, very, and do not care"
She arranged the nightgown careful
~ In the corner OF the window. with
the chips Of the frame about IT, There
was only one match in the box. She
drew il carefully along the wall For
n moment II burned up blue and show
ell the tiny face with its glstenlna
eyes She held II carefully to the pa
per For an instant 1t burned M
brightly, then flickered and went out
She blew the spark. but 1t died also
Then she threw the paper on 10 the
ground. trod on II and went 10 her bed
and began to undress.
En- rushed to the door, knocking
against il wildly
"Oh, Tant Sannle, Tant Samuel oh
let ms out" she cried. "Oh, Lyndall
what are we TO doY
Iyndall wiped a drop OF blood of
the lip she had bitten
II ain going 10 sleep she said. ~
YOU Ike 90 sit there and howl till the
morning DO. Perhaps you viii find
that II helps ! never heard that howl
Ing helped any one"
Long after, when I'm herself had
gone 70 bed and was almost asleep
LyndaIl came and stood at her bed
side
Here" she said, slipping a little pot
OF powder into her hand Grub some
on your face Does ii not burn where
she struck youT
Then she crept back 20 her own bed
Long, long after, when Em was really
asleep, she lay stlIl awake and folded
her hands on her little breast aud NUT
tered
when that day comes and | am
strong | will hate everything that has
power and help everything that IL
weak" And she bit her lip again
The German looked out at the cabin
door for the last time that night. Then
he paced the room slowly and sighed
Then he drew out pen and paper and
sat down TO write, rubbing his old
gray eyes with his knuckles before h,
began:
Nv Chickens-You did not come 20 say eoodby
20 the old man. Might your An, we'll. there /,
land where they part no more. where saints i'm
mortal reign.
alt here alone. and think Of YOU viii you
forget the old mana When you wake tomorrow
he will be far away. The old horse s lazy but
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