The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-21

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ing 20 see us torn. bruised and bloody
wns laughable. but he FASTENED TO ina
us warm water and bandagcs, and We
soon felt comfortable.
Bnptiste was radiant with pride and
delight over the fight and lowered
about Greene and me. giving vent In
his feelings IN admiring French and
English explosives. But Abe was dis
gusted because OF the failure at Sla-
WINS. for when Nelson looked In he saw
Siavin's French Canadian wife in
charge. with her baby on her lap, AID
he came back 10 Shaw and said. Come
away; we can't touch this" and Shaw.
after looking In. agreed that nothing
could be done. A baby held the fort
AS Crng listened 10 the account or
the fight he tried hard not TO approve.
but he cwrd not keep the giesm out on,
his eyes. and as l pictured Graeme
dashlng back the crowd thronging the
barricade till he was brought down by
the chair Craig laughed gently and put
his hand on Graeme's knee. and as
went on TO describe my agony while
Idaho's fingers were gradually neariEr
the knife his face grew pale and hx
eyes grew wide with horror.
"Baptiste here did the business"
said. and the little Frenchman nodded
compiacently and said:
Oats me for sure"
by the way. how Is your foot o. ask
cd Grneme.
Hes fuss rate. OATS what you car
-one bite of-of-dat leel bees. He's
dere; gvu put your finger dere. he's NOT
dere. What you call him."
Flea" ! suggested.
"0uiT' cried Baptiste Oats one
bite OF flea"
II was thankful | was under the
barrels" l replied, smiling.
"Ouil OATS max me yer mad.
jump and swear mos awful bad. Dars
pardon me, Msieu Craig, hehT
But Crnig only smiled at him ratber
sadly. EEss 49,
at was awfully risky" he said IN
Grueme. land IL was hardly worth Il.
They'll get more whisky. and anyway
the league is gone"
well" said Graeme, with a sigh Of
satisfaction. 1T is not quite such
one sided affair as II was"
And we could say nothing In reply,
for we could hear Nixon snoring In the
next room, and no one had heard Of
Billy, and there were others Of the
league that we knew were even now
down Ft Slavin's. IL was thought best
that all should remain In Mr.. Craig'r
shack, not knowing what might hap
pen, ana SO we my where we could.
and we needed none 10 sing us 10
sleep.
When l awoke stiff and sore. IL WIS
to find breakfast ready and old mxn
Nelson in charge AS we were seated
Craig came in. and / saw that he was
not the man Of the night before. His
courage had come back; his face waz
quiet and his eye clear. He was hiE
own man again.
"Geor,ile has been out all night. bun
has failed TO find Billy" he announces
quietly.
We did not talk much Graeme and
worried with our broken bones, ami
the others suffered from general
morning depression. But after break
fast, a. the men were beginning "a
move, Craig took down his Bible, and
saying. wait a few minutes, men"
be read slowly, in his beautiful, clear
voice, that psalm for all fighters. 49,
"God is our refuge and strength. >" -
and so on to the noble words;
Tho Lord OF Hosts Is with US
I The God OF Jacob IS our refuge"
How the mighty words pulled us tn
/ gethcr, lifted MS til we grew ashamed
OF our lgnoble rage and OF our ignobk
depressionl e- ..-.ss anass..s1.ss~
And then Craig prayed IN simpls
straightgolne words There was ae
acknowledgement OF failure but kneu
he was thinking chiefly Of himself.
there was gratitude, and that was fx
the men about him. and ! felt my faca
! burn with shame; there was n petitiox
for help and We an thought OF Nlxor
and Billy and the men Weakening from
their debauch az Slavn's this pure
bright morning. Then he asked thnf
we might DC made faithful and worthg
Of God, whose battle Il was. Then we
hii nipbh W anu NiiPoh UuNNh Will llM
in silence. and every man knew GOV
enant was being made. But none saw
his mcctl- with Nixon lie sent us au
away O., ,Orc that.
Nothing was heard OF the destruction
OF the hotel stock in trade Unpleasant
questions would certainly bc asked.
and the proprietor decided to let bud
alone. on the point OF respcctabllity
the success Of the ball was not con
spcuous. but the antilcaguc men were
content IL not Jubllant
Billy Brecn was found by Gcordie
late I'm the afternoon In his own ol0
and deserted shack, breathing heavily,
covered up In his filthy. moldcrlng bed
clothes. with "A half empty bottle of
whisky AZ his side Geordie's grief and
rage were beyond even his Scotch con
troll. lie spoke few words. but these