The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-11-29


and went away with II. On his way
tack he called al the village postoiiies
and brought back Il letter, In the hall
be stood reading the address. How
could he fail to know whose hand iau
written IL? Had he not long ago stud
| led those characters on the torn frag-
nrnts OF paper In the old parlorf |
4 burning pain was at Gregory's heart. |
\ If now. now at the last. one should |
come should step In between. He car [
ried the letter into the bedroom and |
gave il 10 her. Bring me the lamp |
nearer" She said. When she had read
Il. she asked for her desk.
Then Gregory sat down in the lamp
n-ht ON the other side OF the curtain
ana heard the pencil move on the pa
per When he looked round the cur
tain. she was lying On the pillow mus
Ing The open letter lay az her side
She glanced at il with soft eyes The
man with the languid eyelids must
have been strangely moved before his
hnnd set down those words Let me
come back TO you. My darling let me
put my hand round you and guard YOU
from all the world. AS my wife they
shall never touch you. have learned
ID love YOU more wisely, more tender
IL. than OF old You shall have per
feet freedom. Lyndall, grand little
woman. for your own sake. be my
wife!
"Why did you send that money back
Id me? You are cruel 10 me. II Is not
entity done"
eaa rolled the little red pencil softly
tween her fingers and her face grew
sorry soft Yet
III cannot be-" she wrote. 81 thank
Won much FOR the love You have shown
*. hut / cannot listen. You viii can
mad foolish the world would do
hn, Know what ! need ana the
id ~ path must walk In. cannot
,wy you. / will always love YOU for
sike Of what lay by me those three
lls lint there 1t ends. ! must Know
e.p cannot ne bound y one
am lovp aS love YOU am not
sla of he wurld VIII ilHhi the
, rid GN div ptaal Hay he far
Eelal and what have Nanicd ell
Frp. taMa nohlrr stronger
I, tplftENl ..el, etu hnetl down.
8.g n0tHug hY not having me
ma Wtgt seiIish- erriug w0-
cane dgv ulll mud 0methlns
Hm u ANIL hcu sllAN he
She s8ld Be uly desk
lau udderly iperF vii
~ b ~e tuEnhd
t,pe 1 fae pliaW n Was the sid.
I, ine- III eatat wea ness SLY
dropped asleep A numeAt, ana
lary moved tl0 desk softly Nia
SD ID tf, clair watching HON
iadt passed but lN had 40 wish
rest and sat on, hearing tlc rain
n asp and ne still nlght settle down
siy where t quurer PAST y q
and took last look at the hea
Size lay sleeping peacefully
.il hc tuen. "a - O. his couch. be
he had reached the door size lac
ted up and was calling Him hack
you are sure you have put il up
said with look OF blank terror a
window Ill vii not fall open il
night. the shutter you are sueeT'
= He comfortcd her Yes: il was tight
fastened.
Even II IL il shut" Size ald In 1
lAsper you cannot kc.p il out. lol
= el 4 coming IN az 1 o'clock creeping
eping, up. up. deadly cold sh'
iu,dcrcd
IT thought She was wandering an
her little trembling aoly dow
lg the bianket-.
II dreamed just now that Il was no
PIT up. she said looking into al
IS eyes "and il crept right In, and | wa
niae with il"
! What do YOU fearY' he asked ten
Is.
elhe gray dawn" she said gIanciu
agud NJ the window. u ass urye
al Of anything never VII
little clild hut have alMa- bee
III ~ that lou viii NJ lt
Uag hi "a me-
No no: will stay with You. IA
naed.
+, it she was growing calmcr ~,
,a1 must 20 to bed ! only awok
Ill start You must be- erred.
.5. rhildish that Is all But sh
tl again
\ sat down beside her, After som
ylic said, "Wiil you not rub N
4.
m knelt down AZ the foot Of I'll
ted aad took the tiny foot IN his han,
swollen and unslghtly now, by
III touched II he bent down an
covered II with kisses.
il intakes il better when you Kiss
YOU. What makes you all loN
ot" Then dreamily she muttere
herself. Not utterly bad. not quit
What makes them all love n
.l.aeeling there, rubbing softly. wit
cheek pressed against the lit
at Gregory dropped to sleep at las
jv long he knelt there he could NJ
o. but when he started NJ avail
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