The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-06-14

to each other. or that I'm going back
on what ! said % you four years ago.
Now that you're here, chase In and
enjoy yourself. This place Is like
heaven. tonight in one way. You'll
see whole lot OF people here you
never expected 10. and you'll miss
more'n a few you thought would sure
belong. Good-by. Don't let me block
your job OF heavenly recognition.
The wilful coarseness and brutality
OF the man cane az no surprise 70
standish. He had expected something
OF the sort. and had braced himself for
It. To please his unit. whom he sin
cerely pitied. he had entered the Con
over house tonight for the frst time
since the Homeric quarrel, incident on
his refusal 70 avail himself OF Caleb's
prestige IN his law work. and. incl
dentally 70 enroll himself as one OF
the Railroader's numberless political
vassals. That the roughness TO which
conoyer had subjected him was no
more part OF the Railroader's real
nature than had been the nervous ef-
tusiyeness OF his greeting to the
Greers, Give we'll knew. II had been
intended to cover any embarrassing
memories OF a former and somewhat
less strained acquaintanceship; and
as such it--like most OF Conoyer's
moves-had served It's turn.
So resisting his first impulse to de-
part as he had come, Standish moved
on. The formal receiving phalanx was
cyumpling UP. He paused for mo
thents talk With little Mrs. CQpqYst,
exchanged a civil word 81 two With
his cousin Blanche and her prince. and
then came TO where Anice Lanier was
trying to make conversation for sew.
eral awedlooking. bediamonded per
sons who we're evidently horribly III
at ease In their surroundings.
At sight OF the girl. the formal lines
about Gives mouth were broken by
a smile OF very genuine pleasure.
smile that gave younger aspect to
his grave face. and found ready an
swer in the brown eyes that met his.
Haven't you toiled at forlorn
hope long enough?" he asked. as the
awed beings drifted away into the I'M
comfortable crowd. carrying their
burden OF Jewels with them.
"A forlorn hopper" she Queried, puz-
zled.
You actually seemed TO be trying
TO galvanize at least a segment OF this
portentous gathering into semblance
OF life. Don't do II. In the first
place you can't Saloonkeepers and
Pompton Avenue people won't blend.
In the second place, Il isn't expected
OF you. The papers tomorrow Will
record the right names Just as 1eal-
ously as II everyone had had good
time. Suppose you concentrate ell
your efforts on me. Come! IL will be
real work OF charity For Mr.. Con
over has just shown me how thorough
ly I'm the prodigal. And he didn't
even hint at the whereabouts OF
fatted calf Please be merciful and
make me have a good time. It's
months since I've seen you TO talk
to-"
Then why don't you come here
oftener?" she asked as they made
their way through the press. and
found an unoccupied alcove between
two OF the great rooms. I'm sure
Mrs. Conover-
MY poor aunt? Shed be fright.
ened TO death that Conover and
would quarrel No. no! Tonight is
an exception. The first and the last
/ persuaded myself came because
OF Aunt Letty's note. But ] really
came for chat with you"
She looked at him. doubling how to
accept this bald compliment BH his
face was boyish in It's sincerity.
You and used to be such good
! friends" he went on, "and now we
never see any more OF each other.
Why don't WEI"
IL think you know as we'll as
Ysu no longer cSme here-you have
not come think. since year before
arrived. And ! go almost nowhere
| since"
Since you gave up all your old
world and the people who cared for
you and became drudge in the Con
over household? II you were 70 be
/ found anywhere else you would see
so much OF me that I'd bore you TO ex.
tinction. Bat II would DO even un-
pleasanter for you than for me II ]
were to call on you here. miss our
old-time talks more than | can say"
Il miss them too. DO you remem-
Der how we used to argue over poll
tics. and how you always ended by
telling me that there were two things
no woman could understand. and that
politics was one and finance the
other?"
And you would always make the
same retort: That womahs combined
ignorance OF politics and finance were
pure knowledge as compared with the
mems ignorance OF women. II wasn't
especially logical repartee, but Il al
ways served to shut me up.
II wish We had time for another po.
litical spat. Some day we must You