The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-03-01

E4R5 lAAJ ment : always ,.,,.yl
full Of life and color
Interesting becEhse interested" re-
joined Gordon. slowly twirling his
winegIass by. the interested IN
vast range OF small matters the tri-
fling affairs OF the moment"
'Not bit like New York" Darrell
continued, land always new TO me.
See those young fellows, clerks, | sup
pose, going home. Would you see any
SO light hearted Oh Broadway Why.
every mothers soh OF them would be
1 / gnawing BIS mustache with fierce de-
4 discrimination, and IL an honest answer
IAould be had you might ask one ques-
Ion Of fifty Of them In succession and
get the same answer every time. What
are you thinking abautg I'm think
Ing about scheme % get hold Of some
money And II two were talking IL
would be OF business OF girls, perhaps,
once in awhile, but 81 business nine
times In ton Look m The people sit
ting around these tables"
Darrell shifted bis glance with the
last words, and thorc was pause be-
fore he added IN au altered ana much
lower tone.
~Now that's q little more like what
We're accustomed 90 see at home
~ Gordon turned cautious eye toward
V%tble upon their llft
- "Aou mean DE said, 'your Ruesin
friend and The Black WHISPERED pirate
who Is lqialag himY'
Darrcll nodded
From snlteh Of thclr conversation
which ! overheard snid Gordon, IT
judge that your ucnd lms been losing
money aip s. gambling club and is anX-
ious 70 return and lose some more
The other IS dissuadlug him.
"rhcn ! bcg tie plrates pardon" re-
piled Darrell II thought he was try
ing to sell Cctehkon gold brick
That's what reminded me Of New
York"
eWhats hia nance asked Gordon
MI didn't catch it,
yt"Ivan Getchikonr was the reply
Y Ties the son 81 the governor general
OF Stavlopol, in The Caucasus, ana colo
mel In the cars army. ! met him
through Braybrook Of the British en-
bassy lie seems to be gentleman,
but he's no friend Of mine. His so.
ciety is little too thrilling for me in
my present state of nerves.
''Wanted you to assist at some sort
of duel. didn't hc"
Eyes. but ] succeeded IN lodging t."
said Darrell without getting into one
myself. as usually happens over here
when fellow attempts TO evade those
little social obligations. No more OF
that sort OF thing for me. Bob, there's
nothing ia t. aud nobody knows that
better than | do"
Gordon nodded several times slowly
and with a glance that may have be-
trayed a trace OF envy.
you've had adventures IN all quar-
tiers Of the globe" he said, while L
well, married early and settled down.
and I've been thoroughly happy" he
added almost deiianuy.
II shan't marry" replied Darrell,
"but / shall certainly settle down. In
fact, ! have. I've seen a good deal of
Life In the last ten years. No dlsslpa-
ton. you understand, or as little as
man can get along with. And really
1t was all luck. Wherever / went
something was bound TO happen"
\ "And IL il didn't" rejoined Gordon.
, y "you made Il. ! know you. Jack.
know you through and through. AID
venture is your natural food. Was II
luck that got you into that last awful
JIG In Wall street?'
mo; but Il was LUCK that got me out
OF It," said Darrell, vlCl n laugh up.
on my soul, Bob, 7 was near losing
every cent / had Ia the world aud
thcn-well. / think II was the whining
that broke ms dStn. st any rate.
was a wreck when the thing was all
cleaned up ] have the doctors word
for II, and II nay mother bribed the
doctor TO say IL, why. So much tie bet.
ter for the doctor and for me 10 J take
his advice Absolute rest he said.
and he was right lf a fire engine goes
BY IA these days I turn nay back 20
avoid the excitement though there's
nothing nervous in the ght OF Paris
engine plodding along But this man
GetchIkoQ Is another eYoositivu Hell
10. he's getting out his chcckbook!
knew Il was gold brick game. Wait
err
lie took a passing servant by the
4 sleeve and whlsperla 70 him
III that Russian Gentleman asks you
N lor pen aud ink. don't get them. DO
Sou comprehend This FOR yourself"
And he put some money into the fell
lows hand.
Ten seconds later Cetchikoif was
asking for writing tools, and the obllg.
ing servltor was promising TO fetch
them Instantly But he did not do IT,
Cctchlkoff had been drinking more
wine than was good for him and had
pnssed Into condition. where friend
mAcli prevent him from sppnding his