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

man. are you deaff'
Tant' Sannie stood before the steps
OF the kitchen. Upon them sat the
lean Hottentot. Upon the highest
stood Bonaparte Blenkins. both hands
folded under the tails Of his coat and
his eyes fixed on the sunset sky.
The German dropped the saddle on
the ground
"Blsh, bish. bish! What may this
bey' lac said and walked toward the
house. VERY stranger
The girls followed him, En- still
weeping, Lyndall with her face rather
white and her eyes wide open
"And have the heart OF devil did
you sayY You could run me through
with knife could your cried the
Dutchwoman II could not drive the
Kaflir maid away because I was afraid
or you, was !? oh. you miserable ragi
loved you, did L? would have liked
to marry you, would J, would T. would
/ | Z" cried the Boer woman. You eats
tail. you dogs paw! BE near my house
tomorrow morning when the sun
rises" she gasped, my Kaftirs viii
dag you through the sand. They
would 90 II gladly. any OF them, for a
bit OF tobacco, for all your prayings
with them"
Il am bewildered | ain bewlldercd, y
said the German. standing before her
aud raising his baud 10 his forehead.
IL do not understand
ASK him. ask himr cried Tant San.
ME, pointing 70 Bonaparte, He knows.
You thought he could not make me
understand. but he did he did. you old
fool! I know enough English for that.
You be here" shouted the Dutchwo.
man. when the morning star rises,
and ! win let my Kafiirs take you out
and drag you till there Is not one bone
! left IN your old body that is not bro
\ ken as fine as bobootie meat, you old
i boGeari An yonr rags are not worth
that they should be thrown out on 70
the ash heap cried the Boer woman,
"but | will have them for my sheep
Not one rotten hoof Of your old mare
do you take with You. viii have her
all, all for my sheep that you have
lost you goddess thlngw
The Boer woman wiped the moisture
from her mouth with the palm Of her
hand
The German turned 70 Bonapartc,
who still stood on the step absorbed in
the beauty Of the sunset
"Do not address me. do not approach
me- lost man. said Bonaparte. not
moving his eye nor lowering his chm.
There Is CRIME from which all M
! ture royolts, there Is crime whose
name IS loathsome 20 the human ear.
\ That crime Is yours: that crime Is in
gratitude This woman has been your
benefactress. on her farm YOU have
lived. after her sheep you have looked,
| into her house you have been allowed
to enter and hold Divine service, an
honor OF which you were never worthy,
and how have you rewarded herr
Basely. basely. basely"
"Rut II Is all false. lies and false
hoods. ] must. l will speak. said the
German, suddenly looking round. be
wildercd DO / dream? Are you
mad? What may II bef"
"Go, dogf' cried the Dutchwoman.
II would have been a rich woman this
day II IL had not been for your lazi-
ness, praying with the kafIirs behind
the kraal walls Go, you kaiiir dogl"
but what then Is the matter? What
may have happened since | left2" said
the German turning 10 the IIottentot
woman who sat upon the step.
She was his friend; she would tell
him kindly the truth. The woman an-
swercd by loud, ringing laugh.
"Give Il him, old mlssis! Give II
him.
ii was SO nice TO see the white man
who had been master hunted down.
The colored woman laughed and threw
a dozen mealic grains into her mouth
10 chew.
All anger aud excitement faded from
the old mans face He turned slowly
away and walked down the little path
to his cabin. with his shoulders bent.
II was all dark before him lie stun
bled over the threshold OF his own well
known door.
En-, sobbing bitterly, would have
followed him. but the Boer woman pre-
vented her by a flood of speech which
convulsed the Hottentot, so low We're
its images.
"Come En-" said Lyndall, lifting
her small, proud head "let ms go In.
We will not stay to hear such lar.
guage"
She looked into the Boer woman's
eyes. Tanf Sannie understood the
meaning OF the look IL not the words.
She waddled after them and caught
EN- by the arm. She had struck Lyn-
dali once years before and had never
done Il again so she took En-
$50 you will defy me. too. will you,
you Englishmnns ugllness!" she cried
as with one hand she forced the child
down and held her head tightly against
her knee. With the other she beat her
first upon one cheek and then upon the
other.
For one instant Lyndall looked on.
Then she laid her small fingers on the
Boer woman's arm. With the exertlon
OF half her strength Tant' Sannie might
/ n 81.