The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-09-27

me cog ana rs MASTER mna slropps''
down beside them herself. painting an
out OF breath.
Waldo. as l came up the camprs-
believe n must be the new ma s...-ht I
coming"
The new man was an Engllshman
whom the Boer woman had hired ha
the farm
Hum said Waldo.
''He il quite young" said En-. holdln,
her side, "and he has brown hair an
beard curling close 20 bis face an
such dark blue eyes. And. Waldo,
was 40 ashamed! was just lookini
back TO See you know and he hap
pened Just to be- looking back. too ant
we looked right into each others face
and he got red, and got 40 red be-
lieve he IL the new man.
Yes, said Waldo.
II must 90 now. Perhaps be ha
/ brought us letters from the post from
/, Lyndall You know. she cant stay NJ
+ school much longer She must com,
! back soon. And the new man vii
have 20 stay with Us TIL his house /,
I built | must get his room ready
! Goodby"
4 She tripped Off again. and Waldo
carved on at bis post. boss ay with
i his nose close 20 the covered saurct
AMI smellcd that some one had made
nice little fat cakes that afternoon
Roth were so intent ON their 1ccupa
4 ton that not TIL horses boots beat
beside them In the sand did they lOok
up to see a rider drawing In his stccd.
He was certainly not the stranger
whom Em had described. a dark. some
what French looking little man Of
eight and twenty rather stout. with
heavy, cloudy eyes ami pointed mus
taches. His horse was fiery crea-
2 turc well caparisoned 4 highly tin
ished slddlebag hung from TIE saddle.
Tho mlns hands were gi1vcd. aud he
presented the appearance an appear
ance rare ou shat farm of a well
dressed gentleman.
In au uncommouly mel0dIcus voice
he inquired whether he migGt hn nj
lowed to remain there for an hour.
Waldo directed him 90 thc farmhouse.
but taa stranger declined H. would
merely rest under the trees and give
his horse water Tie removed the sad
die and Waldo led the animal away 20
the Gam When he returned. the
stranger had settled himself under the
trees. with his back against me sad
-
He declined, but took "A draft from
the jug, and Waldo lay down not far
oil and fell 10 work again. IL mat
tered nothing IL cold eyes saw t. II
was not his sheep shearing machine.
with material loves, as with human,
we 20 mad once, love ont and have
lone We never get up the true en-
thusasm second time, This was but
thing he had made, lahorcd over low
AT nnd liked, nothing more not his
machine
1Hc stranger forced himself lower
down n Che saddle and 5aWned II
was lr0wgy afternoon. and he object.
pI ~ travel ln these out Of the world
PARTS TIE liked better civilized life.
where at evnry hour of he day man
may look for his glass Of wine and his
easy chair and paper; where at night
BE- may lock himself into his room with
his books and bottle OF brandy and
taste lows mental and physical. The
world said 10 him the all knowing.
omnipotcnt world. whom no locks can
Ibar. who has the catlikp propensity OF
seeing best i'm tho dark the world said
that better than the books he loved
tha brandy an1 better than books of
brandy that which il had been better
had me loved less Hut for the world
he cared nothing La smiled bmndly
IN its teeth All life rs dream III
wine ana philosophy and women keep
Ithp draau FROM becoming nightmare.
rs .l tno Better. ii is pn they err,
.itiar aH .aey can Dee -cd tar Ilep
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