The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-10-25

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lie Grange"
Used TOT" echoed Inspector McGeel
o that mean you've cut II outf"
Well, do these clothes and this i've
d~ollar-an-hour massage on my poor old
face look like | got EN- from sitters
at two dollars a throwf" inquired Ros-
allie lie Grange. Say. ask me about
Il, please. I'm dying TO tell"
All right; I've asked" responded
Martin MCGEE. a kind OF dull fre illu-
minating his clean-shaven jowly police
countenance.
Now" said Resale lie Grange. "I'mi
going to astonish you. Marty McGee.
| got IL from Robert II. Norcross-theI
railroad king" N
McGee's face fell. This mascot OF
his. this curious good fairy who had
skipped In and out OF his career. scat
tering golden successes, was a kind
OF an IDEAL That she should work.
a doddering millionaire-as Norcrossi
had been in his last years-for the
tainted coin OF aged folly. was a blow
to what idealism an Inspector OF de-
tectiyes may hope still TO cherish.
Rosalie. skilled from youth to catchl
and Interpret the unconsidered ex-
preston OF the human c~ountenance.
read his emotion at once.
Now. / don't mean at all what you.
mean. Martin MCGEE" she said. List
en-. II don't matter what | did, or how
| did it-but | saved this Robert H..
Norcroes from maxim about the big
gest kind OF n fool out OF himself. Do
you remember" she asked suddenly,
that they probated the Norcross will
secret? Nobody eve knew exactly
what he did with HIS money, except
his nephew got most OF t."
II remember" said Inspector Me-
Gee. And then. on a sudden burst of
laughter, "Geel Wouldn't the news
papers give a heap to get this story
you're going to tell"
They would" responded Rosalie Lei
Grange, and that's why you'll never
breathe a word TO a soul. But therel
| always knew who | could trust-anH
you're n OF EN-. The reason was
a codicil or whatever you call IL. He
left me-'in token OF service and
friendship" 1t said-an old house no,
owned over by North River, an
stocks-well six thousand a year to
make one bite OF IT,"
Good Lord! He did?" cried Mar
tin MCGEE.
Rosalie nodded solemnly. but her
Eyes shone.
Now / played that medium gamel
on the square. you understand" she
said. again and again. / passed un
chances TO hook Just such old dopeA
as Norcross. My rule wac always,
straight sitting at two dollars a head.
an 10 extras. I faxed 'em. of course.
But heartened 'em up. / handed 'eml
good advice. | kept silly fool girls
from goin' to the bad. | gave weepy
old widows the only real recreation
they ever had. An here. right at the
end. comes an honest piece OF money
so big that / could have played crook
ed all my life. an never even got a,
chance at anythin' like It. An last
March come into my money. ! closed
up shop IN sold my test books AMI
stopped this medium business, an
started to be a lady. Six thousand a.
year amt too much to do that Job I'M
New York, even when you don't have
TO pay house rent.
There was six months income watt
ing for me when the lawyers settled
everything up, an l put that into
things that | wanted all my life.
1T wasn't till last week that r
looked myself over an found l wasn'tI
happy. To make no bones OF IL, bein'
a real lady-which I'd wanted to be all
my life-jest bored me to death. Well.
last week | set down and had a good
long dispute with myself. You can't
go back TO the business says /. Rosa
lie lie Grange, you've got Jest what
you've always wanted, an yet you
amt happy. What you need Is a com,
PROMISE said !. An next morning it
come to me. Maybe the spirits sent
II. You can laugh. Inspector MCGEE.
but there's something In this spirit
thing. / used to think there was, an
then again I'd think there wasn't
even in my W c~lairvoyance.
wei. anyhow. Il came TO me like a
hash-boardersl | could run my
house just the way I wanted, because
/ needn't look out for profits. An r
could take Jest who wanted and shut
out whoever / didn't want. The
thought chirked me n lot. SO | fixed
all the bedrooms up sensible with good
white and gold beds and adult size
towels an gave them all little hxy
touches that made them homelike.
An / was jest ready to begin TO
look around an advertise when--this,
happened. The idea struck me az
soon as / saw the state OF the people
In that house. The police would put
IL under guard. an the boarders would
DE out OF a home. SO l moved EN-
over bodily, all but the one you
p~inched-the sick little dago wo=1an
from upstairs, an the two girls, and
that funny old Professor Noll. An I'm
even putting up with tho landlady-if
IL was other peoples troubles l was