The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-03-21

i, You dream about EN-"
you seem TO be hard hit" said
Booth indifferently. He was watching
the man In the "slicker" through
moody eyes.
"Oh, nothing like that" disclaimed
Leslie with unnecessary promptness.
But IL | were given to that sort OF
thing, I'D be bowled over In a minute.
Positively adorable face. II thought
you had IL In you to paint thing as
II really is I'D commission you myself
to do miniature for me. just TO have
II around where | could pick It up
when ! liked and hold 1t between my
hands, just as I've often wanted TO
hold the real thing"
I Sara Wrandall returned to New
York at the end OF the month, and
Leslie met her at the dock, as he did
! on an occasion fourteen months ear
/ lier. Then she came In on a fierce
gale from the wintry Atlantic; this
time the air was soft and balmy and
sweet with the kindness OF spring. II
wassMay and the sea was blue, the
land was green.
Again she went to the small, exclu-
sive hotel near the park. Her apart
ment was closed. the butler and his
] wife and all OF their hastily recruited
! company being In the country, await
| ing her arrival from town. Leslie at
tended TO everything. He lent his re-
sourceful man servant and his motor
| TO his lovely sister-iI-law, and saw to
IL that his mother and Vivian sent
flowers 10 the ship. Redmond Wran-
dali called at the hotel Immediately
after banking hours, kissed his daugh-
ter-in-law, and delivered an ultimatum
secondhand from the power at home:
she was 70 come to dinner and bring
Miss Castleton. A little quiet family
dinner, you know, because they were
all In mourning, he said in conclusion,
vaguely realizing all the while that IL
really wasn't necessary TO supply the
information, but, for the life OF him,
unable to think OF anything else TO
say under the circumstances. Some
how It seemed TO him that while Sara
was In black she was not In mourning
in the same sense that the rest OF
them were. IL seemed only right TO
acquaint her with the conditions In his
household. And he knew that he de-
served the scowl that Leslie bestowed
upon him.
Sara accepted, much to his surprise
and qualification. He had been rather
dubious about IL. IL would not have
surprised him In the least IL she had
declined the invitation, feeling, as he
did, that he had In a way come TO her
with a white flag or an olive branch
or whatever It is that a combative
( force utilizes when IL wants to sur
render In the cause of humanity.
AS soon as they were alone Hetty
turned 10 her friend.
"Oh, Sara, cant you go without me I?
Tell them that | am ill-suddenly i'll.
IL don't think it right or honorable
/ OF me TO accept"
Sara shook her head, and the words
died on the girls lips.
You must play the game, Hetty."
'It's-yery hard murmured the
other, her face very white and bleak.
Il know, my dear" said Sara gently.
IF they should ever find out"
gasped the girl, suddenly giving way
to the dread that had been lying dor
mant all these months.
They will never know the truth
unless you choose TO enlighten them, .
said Sara. putting her arm about the
girls shoulders and drawing her close.
10 he. a
Sara-so very wonderful" cried the
girl, with look of worship in her
eyee.
Sara regarded her In silence for a
moment, rejecting. Then, with swift
rush of tears TO her eyes, she cried
fiercely:
You must never. never tell me all
that happened, Hettyl You must not
speak IL with your own lips"
Hetty's eyes grew dark with pain
and wonder.
THAT is the thing | cant under
stand in you, Sara" she said slowly.
we must not speak OF I'll"
Hetty's bosom heaved. Speak OF
IT." she cried, absolute agony in her
voice. Have | not kept II locked in
my heart since that awful day"
"Hush!"
Il shall 90 mad II cannot talk
with you about"
mo, no! II is the forbidden sub
jectl know all that should know
all that care TO know. We have not
said so much as this in months-in
ages, IL seems. Let sleeping dogs lie.
We are better of, my dear could
not touch your lips again"
II can't bear the thought OF
thatl"
Kiss me now, Hetty."
Il could die for you. Sara" cried
Hetty, as she impulsively obeyed the
command
II mean that you shall live for me.
said Sara. smiling through her tears.
How silly OF me to cry. IL must be