The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-05-16

Leslie Sat Bolt Upright and Glared at
Him.
ter TO turn tail in ignomintous flight
Hetty was gloomily but resolutely
employed In laying out certain OF her
personal belongings, preparatory to
packing them for departure, when
Sara entered her room.
They regarded each other steadily.
questioningly for short space OF
time.
Leslie has just called up TO ask
what the devil / meant by letting
him make a fool OF himself" said
Sara, with a peculiar little twisted
smile on her lipa.
Hetty offered no comment, but after
a moment gravely and rather wtstfully
called attention to her present occu-
patton by significant faunt OF her
hand and a saddened smile.
Il see." said Sara. without emotion
IF you choose 10 go. Hetty, ! shall
not oppose you"
MY position here is a false one.
Sara. I prefer 10 CO."
This morning l should have held
a sword over your head"
1T is very difficult for me to realize
all that has happened"
you are free TO depart. You are
free IN every sense of the word. Your
future rests with yourself. my dear"
ut hurts me more than l can tell
to feel that you have been hating me
all these months"
ut hurts mellow"
Hetty walked to the window and
looked out.
What are your plans?" Sara In.
CURED, after an interval.
IL shall seek employment-and wait
for you to act"
az? You mean"
II shall not run away, Sara Nor do
intend TO reveal myself To the au'
} thorities. / am not morally guilty OF
crime. A year ago ! feared the con-
sequences of my deed. but l have
learned much since then. / was a
stranger in new world. In England
we have been led 10 believe that you
lynch women here as readily as you
| lynch men. now know better than
that From you alone learned my
| greatest lesson. You revealed to me
I the true meaning OF human kindness.
You shielded me who should not.
I Even now l believe that your first
impulse was a tender one. l shall
not forget It, Sara. You will live to
regret the baser thought that came
later on. have loved you-yes. al
most as a good dog loves his master.
! IL Is not for me TO tell the story OF
that night and all these months TO
the world. would not be betraying
| myself. but you. You would be called
| upon TO explain, not I. And you would
! be the one TO suffer. When you met
me on the road that night l was on
my way back TO the Inn TO give my
self into custody. You have made II
impossible for me TO do so now. My
lips are sealed. II rests with you,
Sara"
Sara joined her in the broad win
dow. There was a strangely exalted
look In her face. A gilded birdcage
! hung suspended in the easement. With.
out a word. she threw open the win
dow screen. The gay little canary In
the gilded cage cooked his head and
watched her with alert eyes. Then
she reached up and gently removed
the cage from It's fastenings. Putting
II down upon the window sill. che
opened the tiny door. The bird hoped
about his prison IN a state OF great
excitement.
Hetty looked on. fascinated.
At last a yellow streak shot out
through the open door and an instant
later resolved itself into the bobbing.
fiuttering dicky-bird that bad lived
I'm q cage all it's life without an hour
OF freedom For few seconds II
circled over the tree tops and then
alighted on one OF the branches. One
might we'll have imagined that he
could hear It's tiny heart beating with
terror. It's wings were half-raised and
fiuttering, It's head Jerking from side
20 side In wild perturbation. Taking
courage, Master Dicky hoped timo-
rously to nearby twig. and then ven
tured flight to a tree top nearer the
window easement. Perched In it's top
most branches he cheeped shrilly. as
n there was fear in his little breast.
In silence the two women In the
window watched the agitated move
ments Of the bird The same thought
was In the mind OF each. the same
question, the same intense wish.
A brown thrush sped through the
air, close by the timid canary. Like
a flash II dropped TO the twigs lower
down. its wings palpitating in violent
alarm