The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-05-09

remarked with newborn eynicisrn.
I'm astonished at the governor,
Didn't subposG'he was that sort or a
manln .Is
sWi5D'c always ,huuA5uedsh papa
when, | coqld,'; chiIned Rose, as her
grief begaii toi Give way TO a sense .of
injury. That's just. the reason .he
takes this 'adydptagSoE ms, good: ma
turel lie couldn't expect me TO give
you up just because. lt..qmrreled
with yonr father before Twas born.
| leave ivto You. Ton, iaouJd hep
Il should think not" feplieds.her
husband with emphasis. 10 +
There was more talk OF this sort
and then they decided that a spin in
the open would revive their dropping
| spirits and that there was no use of
worrying. anyway.
Only you may be sure OF one
thing Rose said firmly. as she pinned
on her veil, that when papa has
cooled down and writes for me to
come home. ] shall not do it--or that
is-not right away l think he should
have a lesson" and half hour later
they were skimming through the park
as radiant and care>free as if there
were not speck on the horizon, let
alone two wrathful fathers.
Six months passed ard still the let
ter from a humble and repentant
father which each secretly looked
and longed for did not come.
IL fear madam" said Tom one
morning, "that we shall have 10 leave
these luxurious apartments and find
something a little better suited to
honest poverty We have lived up
poor Snowflake and the auto is prac-
tically exhausted and the governor
seems TO have forgotten usl'
Underneath his cheerfulness, Rose
saw signs of real chagrin and black
fear lowered over her heart Could
il be possible that their seniors were
never going 60 forgive? She had
never hated anyone and she tried in
vain to conjure up the feelings which
had set at odds the two dearest peo-
pie on earth TO her and Tom. But
she could not make il seem other
than ridiculous. She thought Of her
father r. elegant, reserved and
haughty-loving but few persons, but
those devotedly. From what Tom
had told her, his governor" was the
very prince Of good fellows warm
hearted and generous TO a fault, but
a very fiend for obstinacy, once his
pride was aroused. In youth they
had been warm friends; then break
came and each believed the other
guilty of treachery. Her brow
wrinklcd with the worry OF i'll
Something must be done TO reconcile
them-but how to do it, that was the
question.
Both were stubborn, both as proud
as Lucifer. She thought and thought
and at last an idea came TO her.
Tom" she cried, with kindling
eyes, crossing the room 10 where he
sat engrossed i'm the paper and TAX
ing it away from him, 81 have a plan
for bringing papa and your governor
TO terms" and she sat down beside
him and talked rapidly for some time,
scarcely pausing for breath.
"The notorietyl" he objected once,
but she silenced him by demanding
what he had to suggest, since he did
not approve OF her plan.
A month later the superintendent
of the Manhattan Island Street Rail
way company was heard TO remark,
as an athletic, clearfeatured young
man i'm uniform passed across his line
: of vision, that conductor 304 was Ger
tainly corker' And indeed the fact
was so obvious that within a week
several people who patronized the
49, street car commented upon the
distinguished appearance and courtly
manners of this paragon of "A con
ductor Shop girls forgot TO open
their novels when they boarded his
recognizing I'm such man the
very elements of romance-and
straightway fell 10 dreaming OF
princes in disguise. Even the less APP
preciative masculine contingent gave
him n second look and paid him the
tribute of a moments reflective won
der.
The people who went TO the end OF
the line noticed that out where the
houses dwindled away TO mere little
boxes with good deal of ozone
floating between, very trim young
woman i'm checked bingham dress
and the same understandable air that
distinguished No. 304, was in the
habit of meeting his car and handing
him shining dinner-pail.
An increasing number OF ,specta-
tors viewed this homely. domestic
rite each day, and the number of
those who rode 60 the end of the
line and back just Tor fun, about
that time. ought TO have convinced
the company that conductor No.
3O4 was a valuable man. He and his
pretty wife were creating mild sen.
sation, and though they were appar-
emily all unconscious, keen ob-
server might have discovered that
they were in reality playing TO the
Gallery for all they were worth.