The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-01-02


lity. -She 5bot apast me jes' as thet
hing buste loose, an she went like er
hummin' bfrd, skitch-Jes' tibet way
anil didn't see 'er no more, cause I
was skeert mighty nigh inter seven fits;
'spect that 'splosion blowed her clean
AWAY? Yentrebleu. Never was SO
plum outen breath an dead crazy weak
. bein' afeardr
Lieutenant Beverley" roared Clark
IN his most commanding tone, Ego to
The gate and settle things there! That
mob outside is trying to break inr'
The order was instantly obeyed, but
Beverley had relapsed Once more his
soul CROPPED In darkness while the
whole Of his life seemed unreal, way
ering. misty, hollow dream. And yet
his military duty was all real enough.
He knew just what to do when he
reached the gate.
Back there at oncev' he command
ed, not loudly, but with intense force,
back there!" This to the inward surg
ing wedge of excited outsiders. Then
TO the guard:
'Shoot the first man who crosses the
liner
"Ziff! me volcil Mol Gaspard Rous-
esillon. Laissez-moi passer, messieurs."
4 A great body hurled itself frantically
past Beverley and the guard, going out
through the gateway against the wall
Of the crowd, bearing everything be-
fore II and shouting:
Back, foolsl You'll all be killed. The
powder is on fret ZiffI Rum
Wild as March hare, he bristled
with terror and foamed at the mouth.
He stampeded the entire mass. There
was a wild howl, a rush in the other
direction followed, and soon enough
the esplanade and all the space back to
the barbados and beyond were quite
deserted.
y 'tas~e was not aware that serious
I'D happened. Naturally she
great, rafting, crashing
ID q explosion a mere part OF
ular show. When the rush
Operating her and Beverley,
great relief to her In some
III b sudden recognition OF the
81 her action in the little scene
III came over her and bcwil-
fr. An impulse sent her run
May from the spot where, IL
a to her. she had invited public
on The terrible noises all around
were, she now fancied, but the
ing and hooting of rude men who
seen her unmaidenly forwardness.
With a burning face she few To the
Rpostern and slipped out, once more TAX
llg the course which had become so IA
fQiliar to her feet. She did not slacken
" speed until she reached the Bour-
cabin, where she had made her
LsMfhe since the night when Hamilton's
pistol ball struck her. The little domi-
cile was quite empty OF its household,
but Alice entered and flung herself into
q chair, where she sat quivering and
breathless when Adrienne, also much
excited, came in, preceded by stream
Of patois that sparkled continuously.
'sThe fort Is blown upI' she cried,
gesticulating In every direction at once,
her petite figure comically dilated with
the importance OF her statement. "a
hundred men are killed, and the pow
der is on firev'
k9At DOuhttu AntO AhNt uluiEr clilA
talking as fast as her tongue could VI
brate, changing from subject to sub
Ject without rhyme or reason, her pratt
tie making Its way by skips and SHES
until what was really uppermost In her
sweet little heart disclosed itself
"And, o Alice, Rene has not come
yetF
She plunged her duslSy face between
Alice's cheek and shoulder. Alice hug
ged her alphabetically and said:
"But Rene will come. know he Will,
dear"
"Oh. but do you know Il? Is II true?
Who told you? When will ne come?
Where is he2 Tell me about himr'
Ter head popped up from her friends
Ok and she smiled brilliantly rough
k&$e tears that were still sparh lg on
MIR long black lashes.
~ didn't mean that had heard from
him, and don't know where lie Is
wBut-but they always cf1,e back"
"You say that becGu<'ynur man-be-
cause Lieutenant Beverley has return
ed. IL is always so. You have every
thing to make you happy, while -
Again her eyes spilled their shower,
and she hid her face in her hands,
which Alice tried In vain to remove.
''Dont cry, Adrienne. You didn't see
me crying
mo. Of course not; you didn't have n
thing 10 cry about. Lieutenant Bev-
erley told you just where he was going
and just what
but think. Adrienne, only think OF
the awful story they toid-that he was
killed. that Governor Hamilton had
paid Long Hair for Killing him and
b1nging back his scaipi on. dear, just
THINK And thought II vas true."
rwell "a BE- Wiling 10 think and DO
nsys anything In tia wo<Ad II Rsns
I. vsuid come back san Adrisnne. hss
fHes now uncovered. showing pAtifui
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