The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-05-16

older ana Saddef. Woulu nave n
il | could, but il was so sndden,n,
no time 10 get ready e,
asked; just had 10 go"
A shrill inpatient voice froio
dining room called across they.
Mr. Milligan. whatever wer9'
thinking Of to order lemon ap'
nilla, when | told you TO get 70
berry and pistache to matcs'
decorations! 1t viii have to gel
back" 5
(Nes, now he remembered, il
have been strawberry and pis
"And / thought Of all our
years and wished we could live
over again. It's hard to lie still
you've got SO much on your mic
(Ees. that was what the nen
had said. She had so much !,
mindD
81 seemed so necessary 10 II
the children. and there werh h
years of usefulness in me yetSf
Standing rigid and immovl '
the gathering gloom, he seer
a shade himself. He listenedih-
plaintive, monotonous yoic u
passion of expectancy. HistI
wife was just across the hoi
might enter the room at ~,
ment. What could he do? Ia
woman out into the night an,-y,
this woman who was the ~
his youth the mother of hrf
dren, the helper of his fortuIhV
slave of his very whims. Tled
over his head was built with at
she had inherited. The dribn
of the black rain outside SIN,
heart like scourge. and the 1 :,
of his recent bridal seemed ,
tastic pantomime. The Pfs
glanced around the room and IN
lively resumed: at looks yer.
lar here, though you've fiNet
some. There's my bed, and )2'
such y good bed. | had man III
ant dreams i'm IL. And my -
machine, and the cloSk that
the pleasant hours away! =
more familiar than where III
gone. But | don't see my pimp
the wall beside yours, Will. oil,
the old frame was getting me
and maybe you thought il nya
new one, but you always SAFE Z
such a good likeness"
eyes, Mary, lay three fol
for the oysters. one for the re-,
one for the salad. You've II,
old silver shine, Mary; il will
very well till we get the ne th
Not being a woman, Win, ant
not know how priced mycia
There's my china the childrgh
us on a marriage anniversa hi
our silver wedding presents
were so bright and pref j..
showed such good will and 80
ship! And my nice clothes-'oi
my clothes. / never had on tsoi
cloth dress YOU bought mean
wondered If il was pat away oh
phor-I was so particularelt
moths. Your wedding suitb,
lay ON the bed)-"I took such
H., il was almost like new,
you had outgrown it,"
MARY, just see, that stupio
has left the wrong fiowersli
white and purple things look
the world like funeral. Rupy
and fetch him back Now or
much better. Put the redde Il,
at Mr.. Milligan's place, hne
bright things So"
where is Fido, Will? He
ways TO lie at my feet of 4
~and YOU were real jealous
he thought so much more of on
he did of YOU
(He had followed her 20 "
and refused to leave, and ls--
there OF gricD.
"And my pretty flower beds
| loved so TO tend. are they i
ing? / always liked growing u
sometimes now think ! fee
grass growing. But, oh, IL is $
out there, and / have longed
hear your voice and the vote
the children; and have listene
listened in the long, narrow
ness, but even my own heart
my folded hands was still"
The portieres between the ha
library swung back with a elasl
the radiant young wife, in a
glory Of evening dress, flushed
haste and excitement, stood o
threshold. lie turned with a
patient frown toward the unwc
intruder and his mood seem,
flected in his wife's sharpened
"Mr. Milligan. declare,
haven't begun to dress yet!
nre YOU thinking Of? It's as Ill
here as n tomb! Why haven
liz the gas? I believe, in my
you've been dreamingl
Had he been dreaming? lie
the lighted match from her Fl
holding IL like an inverted q
hcsitated an instant, then turr
ngonlzing glance in the direct
the seated figure. but the chai
vacant N. o. Times-Demoerat