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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-10-29
New Postmaster.

Bruce Fucqua has been appointed
postmaster at Paris. Mecosta county,
vice A. McFarlano. removed.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

With the Jotun as Chamberlain.
"Once more. Lord Sebert, be ex.
Ported To turn back" old Morcard
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-10-29
munleloat Plant Nearly Ready.

Ithaca's new municipal electric
lighting plant will be ready FOR opera
ton the early part OF December.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-10-29
RnIan RIn potntnnn-

They have potatoes at Holly. II Is
said. twenty three OF which make a
bushel.
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Guy Discard grunted. lie was looking

Guy Discard grunted. lie was looking
] for his pipe.
IF we heard this OF any two fellows
except ourselves we should think 1t an
excellent Joke went on Meredith.
DISCARD nodded. He lighted his pipe
and still he said nothing
Hang It'll" exclaimed Jack Meredith
suddenly throwing himself back in his
chair. ut Is a good joke"
| He laughed softly, and all the while his
eyes, watellful. wise, anxious, We're study
| ing Guy Oscards face
| tile Is harder hit than am" he was
reflectlngy, !" Poor old Oscard"
The habit Of self-supprcsslon was sc
strong upon him--acaured as mere
social duty--that 1t was only natural for
! him to think less of himself than of the
1 cxpediency Of the moment. The social
I discipline Is as powerful an agent as that
military discipline that makes man
throw away his own life for tho good OF
the many. ~ =.
Discard laughed. too, IN a strangely
| staccato manner.
"It is rather a sudden change" OBJ.
served Meredith: "and all brough. about
by YOUR coming into that room at that
particular moment-by accident"
"Not by accident" corrected DISCARD,
speaking at last, u WAS brought there
E
BY wlloln?"
BY your father"
Jack Meredith sat upright. He drew his
curved hand slowly down over his face
keen and delicate as was his mind--his
eyes deep with thought
1.-THE guynop" he said, slowly. 1.-THE
guv'nay,-by God"
He reflected for some seconds
"Tcll me how he did It. he said,
curtly.
DISCARD told him, rather lncoherently.
between the puffs He did not ATTEMPT
to make a story of It, but merely re-
lated the facts as they had happened 10
him 1t is probable that to him the act
was yelled which JacS saw quite dis
tlnctly
THAT is the sort of thing,n was Mere
dith's comment when the story was fin
ished, that takes the eoneelt out of a
fellow ! suppose 7 have more than my
share- sllpppse IT Is good for me to find
that 1 am not SO clever as thought
Was-that there are plenty Of cleverer
an old man of seyenty-nine, The worst
of 1t is that lie was right all along, He
saw clearly where you and were
damnahiy Blind"
( He rubbed his slim, brown hands to-
gether, and looked across at his COM
panion with smile wherein the youth
fu self4confidence was less dizeernible
than of yore. The smile faded as he
Looked at Oscard he was thinking that
he looked older and graverr-nlore or a
middle-aged man who has left something
behind him in lfe-and the sights re-
minded him OF the few gray hairs that
We're above his own temples.
Come" he said, more cheerfully, tell
mo your news, Let us change the sub
ject, Let us throw aside light dalllance
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and return to questions ofmoney. More
important-much moro satisfactory.
suppose you have left Durnovo in charge?
Has Joseph come home With you?"
Eyes. Joseph has come home with me.
Durnovo Is dead"
"Dead!"
Guy Discard took his pipe from his lips.
| ''He died at Msala OF the sleeping sick
ness He was a bigger bacltguard than
We thought. He was Il slave-dealer and a
slaya-owncr. Those forty men we picked
up at Msala wero slaves belonging to
him y
Ach" It was q strange ton,
as II he had burned his Fingers. who
knows of ths?" he asked. Immediately.
Tho expedieney of the moment had pre-
scented itself to his mind again.
Only ourselves" returned Discard,
you, Joseph and T."
THAT Is all right. and the sooner We
forget that the batter, It would DO n
dangerous story to tell,T
$50 concluded said Oscard in his
slow thoughtful way. Joseph swears
he won't breathe word OF IT.
Jack Meredith nodded. He looked
rather pale beneath the light nf the gas
'Joseph Is all right" he said. eco on
'Tt was Joseph who found 1t out" con-
tinued Cscard 'up at the Plateau. i
paraded the whole crowd, told them what
! had found ont, and chucked UP the
whole concern In your name and mine.
Next morning I abandoned the Plateau
with such men as cared to come. Nearly
half of them stayed with Durnovo. I
thought 1t was in order that they might
share In the simiacl told them they
could have the whole confonnded lot OF
the stuff But It was not that; they
trieked Dnrnovo there, They wanted 10
get him to themselves In going down
the river We had an accident with two OF
the boats which pecessltated staying at
Msala While we were waiting there, one
night after 10 o'clock, the moor devil came,
alone, In g. canoe. They had simply cut
him In slices-a most beastly sight
wake UP sometimes even uoW dreaming
of It, and am not q fanoiful sort of
fellow Joseph went into his room and
was simply Hlck; didn't know that you
could be made sick by anything you ss,w
The sleeping sickness was an Durnoyo
then; he had brought 1t with kim from
the Plateau, He died before morning."
Oscard ceased speaking and returned In
his pipe. Jack Meredith, looking haggard
and worn, was leaning hack In his CHAIR
Poor devlf!" he exclaimed, There was
always something TRAGIC about purnoyo.
4 did hate that man. Discard! hated him
and all HIS works.
well, he's gone to his account now"
batter man while he was. alive, Don't
let cant about him now This man
was an unmltigated neutrality-suspicious. he
deserved all he got"
'Perhaps he did, He was Marle's hns-
band"
1.-The devil he was'"
ITO be Continued To,morrow.)
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a scene Of noticeable activity" said a
Richmonder yesterday, who was there
Sunday ION account of the many
war. vessels anchored there preparatory
TO their trip to New England with naval
cadets for d summers cruise. The scene
at the wllarves Sunday evening was one
OF great animation and beauty. The sill
very moonlight dancing on the waters
TO the east and the crimson sunlight in
the west commingled fantastic shadows
on the waves about the massive war ma
chimes OF Uncle SANS navy. The boom
call from the boats, lowering OF flags
mid the strains OF The Star Spangled
Banner from the band on board the Mis-.
sssippi, the swift passing to and, fro OF
steam launches filled with sailors in
white anu cadets in blue, made a picture
OF rare beauty 1t Is amusing to notice
the jealousy that exists between the ca
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CHAPTER x1L-continued.

7 +
There was little pause. Jack Mere
dlh waited politely to hear IL she had
anything further to say His clean-cut
face was quite pallld; the suppressed
! anger In his eyes was perhaps more diff
flcult to meet than open fury The man
who never forgets himself before wo,
man is likely to be an absolute master
of women.
"r think" he added. that there is
nothing more to be said,
There was dead silence Milllcent
Chyne glanced towards Guy Oscard He
could have saved her yet-by a simple
lie. Had lie been an imposslbllity, mag,
unanimous man. such as one meets IN
books only, he could have explained that
the mistake was all his, that She WAS
quite right, that his OWL vanity haH
blinded him into a. great and unwarranted
presumption, Butt unfortunately, he was
only a human being--a man who was
ready to give as full a measure as he
FNacted. The unfortunate mistake to
which he clung was .uat the same sense
of Justice, the same code at honor. must
serve for men and women alike, So
Millicent Chyne loked In vain for that
Indulgence which is SO Inconsistency Of
fered to women, merely because they
are women-thc indulgence which is
sometimes given and sometimes withheld,
according to the softness of the mascu-
line heart aud the beauty Of the sup
plant feminine form. Guy Oscard was
quite sure OF his own impressions. This
girl had allowed him to begin loving her,
had encouraged him to 80 ON. had led
him to believe that his love was returned,
And in his simple ignorance OF the world
he did not see why these matters should
be locked up in his own breast from
mistaken sense OF chiyalry to be accord
ed where no chvalry was due,
NO." he answered 'vrhere is Moth
Ing more To be said
Without looking towards her. Jack
Meredith made few steps towards the
door--quietiy, self-composedly. with that
periee SAVIOR fare OF tl,e social eSperI
that made him different from other men.
Millicent chyne felt sudden plebeian
desire to scream II was ali SO nearl-
lessly wel-hred, He Turned on his heel
with little half-cyrIcal bow
u leave my name with you" he said
1T Is probable that YOU wiz b. put ~
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By HENRY SETON MERRIMAN

/. some Inconvenience. can only regret
| that thts-denouement did not come some
months ago. You are likely to suffer
moro than |. because do not care what
the world thinks of me. Therefore you
may tell the world what you choose about
me--that | drink. that gamble, that
suggests itself TO you. III fact, You need
not go away; will do that.
She listened with compressed lips and
leaping shoulders; and the bitterest drop
In her cup was the knowledge that lle
despised her During the last few min
Utes he had said and done nothing that
lowered him In her estinlation-,that
touched In any way her love for him.
He had not lowered himself In any way,
but he had suavely trodden her under
foot His last words-the memorable In
tention of going away-sapped her last
lingering hope, She could never regain
even a 1.-THE OF his affection
II think" he went an. that you will
agree with me In thinking that Guy Cs-
cards name must be kept out of this
entirely ] give you carte blanche ex-
cept that"
With slight inclna tion of the head he
walked to the door. IT was characterize
tic of him that although he walked slow
ly he never turned his head nor paused,
Oscard followed him with the patient
apathy Of the large and mystiied,
And so they left her--amid the disorder
OF the half-unpacked wedding presents
amid the ruin of her own life. Perhaps,
after all, she was not wholly bad Few
people are; they are only bad enough
TO be wholly unsatisfactory and quite In
comprehensive She must have known
the risk she was running, and yet she
could not stay her hand. She must have
known long before that she really loved
Jack Meredith. and that she was playing
fast and loose with the happiness of her.
whole life, She knew that hundreds OF
Girls around her We're doing the same,
and with all shame be 1t mentioned, not
a few married women. But they seemed
10 be able to carry it through without
accident or hinderance. And illogically,
ihnn%htlessy she blamed her own ill-
fortune
She stood looking blankly at the door
which had closed behind three men--one
old and two young-rand perhaps she
realized the fact that such creatures may
bs led e|indlX helplessly. with single
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PROPERTY Transfers.

Richmond: Fannie A. ana Henry Boone. tc
Simon sycle, % Ia feet on north side Broad
Street, ll6 1-2 feet east of Smith, subject &c
deed of trust for s2,3alas. $3.50.
Jennie w. and Charles T.. 81 Ferrall to w.
B. Elan, az feot on north side Park Avenue.
1874 feet east Of Allen Avenue, subject to
deed Of trust for s3,6O0 $3.50.
Richmond Passenger, and Power Company to
James ~ Boyd, 205 "a feet on Leigh Street,
southeast corner Prentice, and Ill 2-3 feet
on south side Pulliam Street, between Adams
and Prentice. SO, 900,
Henrico: Edward L. Perkins and wife to j,
]. Barker, az feet on south side Powhatan
Street. 2SS feet west of Carter, $3.50.
Stern and Brown special commissioners. to
r. A.: Patterson. IL on Kent road, boz
tween Broad Street and Grove roads. and
1880 acres on west side Belt Line Railroad,
81, 655.
Henry 8. Wallersten. William d. West and
their wives TO Albert W. Smith and Edward
r. Woodall. % feet on Beverly Street. south
east corner of Richie, f0t0-5o
Burnett's Extract Of Vanilla
In purity and strength pre-en1inently
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lust Come to Town.

Among The recent arrivals at the Pow.
hatan are: j. Kcmm, New York; J. j..
Brown, New York Il. D, Gordon. Rocky
Mount, N. C.; W. II. Joyne. Jr.. Rocky
Mount. N. c.; w. n Phillips. n. z. I;
G. Duncan, Salem, Va: A. r. Bryan,
Atlanta. Ca: Mr.. and Mrs. q. Mitchell
Stone, Baltimore. Md. J. Is. Martin.
Hagerstown, Md. III, M. Robinson.
Greensboro, n. c.: Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. e.
Cloves, California; W, @. Davenport.
Washington. y. c.; Miss Frances Daven-
port, Washington, d. c.: W. w. Taylor,
Brandon, Va; Fl. Menamin, Washington,
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hair, but that hair may snap at any

hair, but that hair may snap at any
moment.
She was not thinking of Guy Discard.
Him she had never loved. He had only
been one of her experiments, and by his
very simplcty--above all by his un-
compromising honesty-he had outwittcd
her.
1t was characteristic Of her that at
that moment she scarcely knew the
weight of her own remorse. 1t sat light
~ on her shoulders then, and 1t was
only later on, when her beauty began to
fade. when years came and brought no
JOY for the middle-aged unmarried wo-
man, that she began to rcallze what 1t
was that she had to carry through life
with her. At that moment a thousand
other thoughts filled her mind-such
thoughts as one would expect TO find
there. How was the world to be de-
caived? The guests would have to be put
ofr-the wedding countermanded--the
presents returned. And tho world--her
"orld-woud laugh in it's sleeve; there
lay the sting,
CHAPTER XLII,
a STRoNG FRIENDSHIP,
Still must the man move sadlier for the
dreams IN
That Knocked the boy"
Where are you golng?" asked Hera-
dith, when they We're In the street.
Home"
They walked on a few PAGES together,
May come With ypu9' asked Mere
dith again.
Certainly; I have good deal to toll
you,
They called a cab. and, singularly
enough. they drove all the way to Russell
Square without speaking. These two
men had worked together for many
months. and men who have a daily task
lr common usually learn 70 perform it
without much Interchange nf observation
When one man gets to know the mind Of
another, conversation assumes a place of
secondary Importance. Thesa two had
been through more incidents together
than usually fall to the lot Of man-veach
knew how the other would act and think
under given circumstances, each knew
What the other was thinking now,
The house IN Russell Square, the quiet
house in the corner where the cabs do not
pass, was lighted up and astIr when they
reached II, The old butler held open the
door with smile of welcome and faint
aroma OF whiskey. The luggage had been
dlsereetly removed Joseph had gone to
Mr., Merediths chambers. Guy Discard
led the way to The smoklngrroom at
the back Of the houser7the room wherein
the eccentric Discard had written his
great history-the room IN which Victor
purnoyo had first suggested the Simia-
cine scheme to the historians son.
The two survivors of the originating
trio passed into this room, together and
closed the door behind them,
The worst of one's own private tragedies
Is that they are usually only comedies In
disguise" said Jack MsrsdEh. eraculaEly. |
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WAS 1T A HOLD UP?
Dress Suit Case Had Been
Broken Open and Robbed.

Yesterday morning, George Booker,
who lives opposite the Tree Fill school
house, found a dress suit case in front
of that building.
The vallse was one of good quality and
bore the name of "E. r. Bocek, ST. Louis,
Mo-. written In lead pencil. The lock Of
the satchel was broken off and was lying
near BY. The luggage consisted of cuffs.
collars. other clothing, memorandum
book, lead pencil and pen holder. The
buttons had been taken from one pair OF
the cuffs.
The case was turned over to Constable
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after July 9Th, at No. % Lafayette Ave-
nue.. Brooklyn,
Pupils' Recital.

! after July 9th, at No. % Lafayette Ave-
nue., Brooklyn, 81 t3
Pupils Recital.
4 The pupils recital Of Miss zelle Minors
piano class will be given at $3.50 clock
: this evening. in No. IL West Broad
Street, the music rooms Of FERGUSON
4 Brothers I@s
Miss Minor will be assisted by Miss
| Mamie Harrison. soprano; Mr.. Roe G..
! Tupn,an. tenor, and Mr.. Shepherd Webb,
accompanist. III
| Pupils taking part In a most attractive
programme Will be Miss Phoebe Gull
| lingworth. Miss jamie Simpson, MiNs Ma
bel o Ferrall, Miss Louise Warrington, Mr..
John Field, Miss Lucille Massey, Miss
Mary Hawks. Miss Beulah nthony. Miss
Leila Betty, Miss Nellie Brdsong. Mr..
Arthur Thomas and Miss Lily Hill.
Miss Mamie Harrison will appear in sev-
eral' vocal numbers as will Mr.. Tupnaan
Miss Minor will play III a quartette and a
duet. "A
G. M. I. S. Meets Thursday.
The Confederate Memorial Literary So
ciety will meet Thursday June S0th. at
IL "A. M. instead Of Wednesday, as many
members will so on the Shirley-Brandon
excursion June 18th.
Fine Programme
AT the fine entertainment programme
presented last Thursday evening nttReser-
yvoir Hal under the auspices Of the aux
Hilary to the Young Mems Christian AS.
ISOLATION OF the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company, Captain Frank Cunning.
ham sang delightfully."- THE fragrant
Summer Time. and "My Old Kentucky
Home,
Mrs. Julia Chandler French was quite,
happy In her readings, which We're: "rhe
swan Song by Brooke; Angelina john
son" and "The New Baby" by James
Whitcomb Riley.
Mrs. "A. B. Guigpn gave three numbers.
Indian Love Song" Burton; Sing, Smile
Slunber." Gounod: Thou Art Like Unto
a Flower, Rubenstein.
Mr.. julius A. Spiegel's selections on the
either were very fine. The entire pro-
gramne was charming In selection and
rendition.
Personal Mention.
Mr. and Mrs William Mccarthy and
Miss Agness Mccarthy left yesterday
for Buclroe Beach, to spend several
weeks at Miss Booker's cottage.
Miss Louise Stacy, who has been spend
ing some weeks in Richmond as the
guest of Miss Agness Mccarthy and Miss
Emmie Thomas, left yesterday for PERU
Kentucky, to visit her sister. Mrs. JEFF
ferson. From Peru Miss Stacy will join
4 her mother and be for the rest OF the
| summer In St. Louis,
The Rev. DR.. T. b. Hawthorne, with
his family. and Mr. Charles Hawthorne
with his family, have taken apartments
at The Powhatan.
Mrs. John &. Walker. and children, Of
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DAILY FASHION HINTS.
GIRLS FROck.

No. l5S0-,'his simple. little dress is
characterized BY the graceful arrange
ment OF tucss. the ones In front stitch
ed to simulate a bpx-pleat. The skirt
has the same arrangement as the front
OF waist. The frock, which may be made
with or without the lining, opens in front
under the pleat. the fastening Is made
BY buttons and bnttonholes, the effect
OF which lis exceedingly pretty. The coll
lar opens on tho side and is also fastened
by button and buttmhole, The sleeve is
charming model having three tucks at
the lower edge which may be stitched en-.
tlrely around tho sleeve, II SO desired.
For pretty little school frork this Is
most practical garment. Any girl can
get iato the dress and fasten4it properly
without the aid Of someone else to sec
that IT is buttoned right, or perhaps to
button 1t for9h Mother is generally
busy and any garment that has the adj
vantage of being easily put on Is appte-
ciated W both mother aud the wearer,
The gfrock may be trimmed with medal
lions or bands of lace on the front pleat
and IL pretty way would be to finish each
q
costume might be evolved from blue linen.
finishing with white stitching or braid
and white buttons. Other desirable fab-
RIGS are challles. foulard. pique. cottons
and pOngee.
Material required for eght-year girl.
3 rs yards, SO inches wide.
sizes--b. 8. n. s. ., 10, II and Il years.
On receipt OF 10 cents this pattern will
be sent to any address. All orders must
~ tr u
PATTERN CO.. Nos 13s-14o West Twen-
ty-third Street. New York. When or
derlng. please do not fall TO mention
number and to Indicate that this coupon,
Is from The Times Dispatch.
No, 1889.
Size. .,......
Name. 800.
Address.
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Big Crowds Sunday.

A large party Of cxcursionists from
Norfolk augmented the Richmond crowd
at Beach Park sunday. This party came
to the resort by boat.
Manager G. b. Jones has added n
special combination coach to the Beach
Park special that leaves here over the
Southern at $3.50 O'Clock.
All of the railroads report especially
large crowds on the Sunday trips. and
they anticipate tho largest business this
summer for years. as is already shown.
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For the Methodist Orphanage.

The Sunday school OF Laurel Street Metho-
dist Church made a contribution of SIS toward
the cancellation OF the debt on the farm OF
the Methodist orphanage In this city. on last
Sunday morning. 1t was n free will Offering
without any special effort.
This Sunday school viii have their annual
picnic to Buckroe Beach on Tuesday, July
18th, and from present Indications a large
crowd will go, The Junior Epworth League
and infant department. will have an outing
at Forest Hill Park this afternoon.
Old Point Animated.
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To the Beach Tomorrow.

st. James and Asbury Methodist Epis-
8copal Sunday schools will go to BuckroB
Beach Tomorrow. This Is a union outing
OF the two schools. and doubtless large
numbAr Will take the trip.