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

punt holne my IN OH Oerl nymn-s 4
book, three mlsshapen ston' hat he
greatly valued. Bible. shiA aud two
handkerchiefs Then there AJs room
for nothing more He tied up the bun
die tightly and put it on a chair by
his bedside
THAT is not much. They cannot say
i take much" he said. looking nc IL.
he put his knotted stick beside II.
his blue tobacco bag and his short pipe.
and then inspected his coats. lie had
two left. a moth eaten overcoat AMI a
black alpaca out At the elbows lie
decided for the Overcoat II was warm
certainly. but then he could carry il
over his arm AMI only put il on when
he met some one along the road. II
was more respectable than the black
alpaca. lie hung the greatcoat over
the back OF the chair and stuffed hard
bit OF rooster cake under the knot OF
the bundle. and then his preparations
were completed The German stood
contemplating them with much salts
faction. lie had almost forgotten bis
sorrow at leaving In his pleasure az
preparing. Suddenly he started An
expression Of intense pain passed over
his face lie drew back his left arm
quickly and then pressed his right hand
upon his breast.
"Ah, the sudden pang again" he
said
His face was white. but it quickly re-
| gained its color Then the old man
| busted himself In putting everything
right
Il will leave It neat They shall not
say did not leave II neat" he said
Even the little bags of seeds on the
mnntelpiece he put Ia rows and busted
/ Then he undrcssed and got into bed
Under his pillow was a little story
book lie drew II forth 10 the old
| German a story was no story Its
events were as real and as important
10 himself as the matters of his own
life lie could not 90 away without
knowing whether thnt wicked earl le-
Tented and whether The baron married
Emilina So nc adjusted his spectacies
and began 10 read Occasionally, as
his feelings became too strongly NOV
1 ed. he calculated: "Ah, l thought sol
/ That was a rogue ! saw Il before.
knew it from the beginning" More
than half an hour had passed when he
looked up 60 the silver watch ut the
top OF his bed.
"The march Is long tomorrow. This
Will not do" he said. taking Off his
spectacles and putting them carefully
into the book 70 mark the place "This
viii be good reading as l walk along
tomorrow, he added as he stuffed the
book into the pocket Of the greatcoat,
very good reading" He nodded bis
head and lay down. He thought lit
tie of his own troubles. n good deal OF
the two little girls he was leaving, Of
the earl, OF Emlina, OF the baron but
he was soon asleep. sleeping as peace
| fully as a little child upon whose inno-
cent soul sorrow and care cannot rest.
II was very quiet In the room. The
Goals in the fireplace threw n duh red
light across the floor upon the red
Hons on the quilt Eleven o'clock
came, and the room was very still. One
O'clock came. The glimmer had died
out. though the ashes were still warm,
y
mouse which had it's hole under the
tool box came out and sat on the sacks
in the corner. Then, growing bolder,
the room was so dark, 1t climbed the
| chair at the bedside, nibbled at the
| rooster cake. took one bite quickly mt
the candle and Then SAT on It's haunch-
90 listening. it heard the even breath
ing OF the old man and the steps Of the
hungry kaiir dog going his last round
in search of a bone or "a skin that had
been forgotten, and Il heard the white
hen call out as the wildcat ran away
with one Of her brood. and II heard the
| chicken cry Then the gray mouse
went back TO It's hole under the tool
box and the room was quiet aud ,
o'clock came. BY thnt time the night
was grown dull and cloudy. The Wild.
eat had gone 70 It's home on the "kop-
je." The Kailir dog had found bone
and hay gnawng il.
An intense quiet reigned everywhere
Only in her room the Bocr woman toss.
ed her great arms in her sleep, for She
dreamed that dark shadow with out.
stretched wings hed slowly over her
house and she moaned and shivered
And the night was very STILL
But, quiet as all places were, there
was quite peculiar quiet In the Ger
mans room Though you strained
your ear most carefully, you caught
no sound Of breathing
He was not gone, for the old coat
still hung on the chair, the coat that
was TO be put on when he met any
one, and the bundle and stick were
ready for tomorrow's long march. The
old German himself lay there, his wavy
black hair just touched with gray
thrown back upon the pillow The old
face was lying there alone in the dark
smiling like little child's-oh, so
peacefully! There Is a stranger whose
coming, they say, IN worse than all the
ills of life, from whose presence we
fee away trembling, but he comes
very tenderly sometimes, and IL seem.
ed almost az though death had known
and loved the old man, so gently II