The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-08-22
A TALE OF A GLOVE


glove. Up to his nineteenth birthday.
which arrived q month ago. b bad
gone through life contsmptuous OF but
tonholes. and was 4 little taken
aback about that time whsn ran
against him at corner with a Marc
chai Mel at bis breast He whipped
II hurriedly into his pocket and. being
q kindly old gentlsman. pretended
not TO notice.
But my faith In him was profoundly
shaken. Soon I learned that be was
conveying tasteful little buttonholes
into ths house up his coat sleeve, and
b. biushed when he was asked about
. tumbler In his bedroom. Then his
mother found a six button glove, sine
81 IN his pocket, which none OF us
could identity.
For some days he had only ono glove
himself. which he carried spread out
In his hand to look like two. We could
not think that this was Its long lest
companion.
Pending Investigations the glove was
replaced In Alberts pocket In the nice
little piece OF tissue paper which pro-
tected Il. Then we watched Albert
Hitherto he had n habit OF leaving the
room when the conversation took
feminine turn But now a change
came over him. He sat on when his
mother talked with his aunt over the
relative merits OF styles OF gowns. and.
though no pretended 10 be reading his
book. he was really drinking In the
conversation.
On one occasion he came out OF his
shell In remarkable manner. The
two ladies' were asking each other
what was the other name for the wa
terfall back. and Albert, carried away
by his interest In the discussion, muir
INJURED "Redingote."
His mother and his aunt looked at
him In amazement, which made Albert
turn both white and red. Not long
afterward II leaked out that he knew
what sailor collars" were and liked
pale pink ones.
Albert even began 20 take an interest
IN his sisters dresses.
Once he was discovered trying to as
certain for himself how much Ger
trude. who Is fourteen. measured round
the waist Not being accustomed TO
these attentions, Gertrude liked them
at first but It was soon borne IN upon
her, though she was only fourteen.
that her brother was experimenting on
her for private reasons OF his own.
IL must, l think, have been a week
after the discovery OF the glove In
Albert's pocket that he asked his moth
er. with an artificial yawn, whether
5la was not small size in gloves for
a lady. Then his mother asked me 10
go dellcately TO work and find out
what was Albert's condition and who
she was.
thought would leave IL 10 Albert
10 tell me who she was. but l expert
mented on him 10 discover his condi.
ton. Nothing. / feel, could have been
more delicate than the way ] set about
IT, He carried the glove I'm an inside
pocket, over the spot where Albert
thought his heart was. Taking advan-
tage Of a favorable moment. got at
the coat and changed the glove 10 an
other pocket
The next time had an opportunity
for II II was back IN the old place
again This happened several times.
Albert who Is n simple youth for all
his cunning evidently thinking that he
had put the glove into the wrong peck
ct himself Then hazarded holder
step. Again taking possession OF the
glove. / dropped II In n corner OF the
drawing room.
That evening Albert came back from
the Office In perturbed state Of mind
I watched him on his knees In the hall
looking for something and when he
saw me he pretended 20 be unlacing
his shoes lie wandered from room 10
room and was subsequently heard
fllnging his things about IN his bed
room. He said not a word about his
loss, however, 10 any one.
Next morning ! was surprised 10 see
him bright and cheerful went into
the drawing room, and, behold the
glove was gone. From the way the
unsuspectlng Albert was necessarily
putting his hand into that isslde pock
ct / saw that there wns once more
5ia glove In Il. ! had feared that
Albert would treasure Il somewhere
else now But, no; he evidently thought
that he had dropped It In the drawing
room accidentally, perhaps after pas
slonatey gazing ON Il In secret.
But the awakening came when !
concealed the little glove In vase on
the smoking room mantelplece. Al
bert ran Il 10 earth In a day and a
half without saying word on the
subject TO anybody unless possibly
the housemald. When next I felt for
Il IN his pocket II was not there. From
that time Albert and ! were playing
at hide and seek. When | was not
looking for the glove he was. found
II inside the case OF his cricket bat and
dropped II behind the plano Albert
searched Il out, and soon afterward l
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