The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-07-10

4 splendIdly romantic IT, urr No wells
der his friends wife ran away with
him. ANY woman would have found
1t lmposShle 20 resist him. lie was
SO unlike Jack. Poor Jack was 50
dreadfully prosaic. lie never even
quarreled.
such reflections were not new 10 her
But her last library book. containing
the portrait OF the heroic Adolphus,
had fired her Imagination afresh. II
was unlucky for Jack that he should
return from his Office az the precise
moment when the unfnvoruble com
parison had reached It's climax.
Mrs Bleukins' reverle was so deep
that she did not hear the sound OF the
latchkey. The first intimarIon she re-
ceiycd OF her husbands presence was
when he stood before her. lie was
not certainly a romantic object The
pockets Of his overcoat bulgcd out un-
symmctrcally from under each arm
an ungainly brown paper parcel pro-
I truded
II wish you wouldn't make such On
exhibition Of yourselfr' exclaimed So
pha. with q look or intense disgust.
4 ITS 80 dreadfully bourgeois Why
didn't you have the things senty'
Nobody saw me. I'm sure" said
Jack, putting the parcels triumphantly
down on the table, "and | wanted TO
give you Il surprise"
re took out a pcnknife and cut the
string. The FIRST package contained d
pair Of warm sleeping socks. From
the second he produced beetle trap.
Il know YOU suffer from cold feet" he
said. "and / heard the cook complain
OF the cockroaches this morning"
As Jack displayed these trihes one
by one he looked anxiously nj his wife
IN the hope Of detecting gratifed
smile. But Sophias thoughts had gone
out swiftly 20 Adolphus de Montmo.
rency
Take them away! How could YOU
buy such trashg' she cried, exasper-
ated The ralned look on Jacks face
nearly drove her mad, Ills meekness
irrltated her beyond endurance Why
didn't he swcor at herr 4 blow even
would be preferable 10 silence
Sophia refused 70 Hcar The sleeping
socks SHE declined 10 mollycoddle,
she said. aud next day she laughed at
Jack Tor putting a comforter round his
neck Jack had q bad throat, but to
please IFS wife ne left the wrap ut
home md lvent ont without it When
Inc came back III the evening his cold
was much worse re wanted % 80 20
bed. but sophln rldlcule1 the idea.
Inek would have committed suicide
10 nlolsp hs wife and he did Day
after dry lie carried that cold about
with him Sophia thought Il more
manly and romantic not 10 give way
to such trihes Consequently Jack
caught onc chill on the top Of another
i lie became fegerish. even delirious
Then he doctor was sent for, but Il
was too late Jack had q severe at
tack ot Inflammation ~ the lungs
from which ne never recovered and
even III the last Sophia could not help
rejecting that Adolphus would never
have given Ia 70 such q disease
Sophia became q widow She wepi
over Jack. or course. but behind hen
grief there was q kind Of cXutani
feeling that the ideal man had become
after an. possibility
or course sophia met him. The on
binary conventional method Of making
his acquaintance was too commonplace,
for her cmanclpated soul II was Z
case ~ love az first sight. and the lnt
ter occurred ON the Brighton grand
Parade Love rlpcncd into acquaint
anec his name wa Eugenio Fit,
. Jones The Jones size forgive becans'
his mother hld hecn au Italian
i Ihpy Nerr married year after
Lacks death II made no difference {,
tha dcad mnn Tie flowers on hi.
grave had ceased within six weeks 81
tho funeral FOR whole fortnight
Sophia lived in the delrlous atmos
rlHre of two people who 90 not know
, cnel other Then her ideals began {,
h realized
I1t hid always been deeply inter
: esC3 lu hpr thoughts aud condolences
! His atquie encc Oh her opinions nnt
, slathh admiration ~ her mental gift'
: lad lccn positively sickCning Eugeni,
would not listen % her nj all Won
cnH views were OF no consequence
whatever N hie estimation II sh'
spoke on social questions he shut hcl
up rs The fndest fashion
ne mover brought her IN a prcsen
: WHOM De came home from business
jack never failed 70 have somcthin'
, an DDS pocket 40 least twice week
! But Eugenlo hid moro important met
, tcrs 10 consider lie had his club au,
: MS Wagner ocicty md hts golf Ere
qucntly ~ Gincd ONT with hachelo
friends Whom sophia rcmoustraie'
WITH rlm hc tod her 20 mind her owl
business tie even went So far u
3 10 strike her
j. Later III Eurcnlo began to pa'
! marked attentions oother women III
{ neglected his wife shamefully an,
g nIrtfd onlnlv rof0re her face. Thor