The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-11-21

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the woman, as | had planned. the wo-
man went 10 him.
you've heard OF old Henry Har-
man? Yes. the railroad king. Ii was
his daughter Alicia.
I'm order 10 understand the stony
you'll have to know something about
old Henry and believe in heredity, as
j do. lie is self made man. lie
! came into the middle west as a poor
boy and by force OF his indomitable
pluck, ability and doggedness became
a captain OF industry. He Is the same
now az when he was section boss, and
his daughter Alicia Is another Henry
Hartman feminized. Her mother was
a pampered child OF Fifth avenue.
| born TO money and slave To her own
whims, and Alicia grew up more effec-
lively spoiled than her mother, combin-
Ing the traits Of both parents.
well, when | got panicky letter
from one OF Running Elk's professors,
coupling her name vaguely with that
OF my Indian. | wayered In my deter
| minatiOn 10 see this experiment out.
But the mind OF the analyst Is unsen-
| tlmental, and one who sets out TO UNI
tangle the skein OF the gods must pay
the price, SO l waited.
"As If fate had really taken part
IN the affair, l found a long distance
,all from old Henry Hartman when
returned to my hotel. He had wired
me here at the agency and, finding l
was In Washington, had called me
from New York. lie didn't tell me
much over the phone, except that he
must see me at once, and as my work
was finished | took the train In the
morning, going straight TO his Office.
"'Doc, I'm in an awful hole he de
can pull me out It's about Alicia and
, that savage OF yours
az know something about it, said
/, and | feel rather TO blame for II
was | who sent him 10 college.
81 won't be detied by my own flesh
and blood! won't! | WON'T I'm
the master OF my own family! Why.
the things SO absurd it's almost unbe-
lievable, and yet it's terrible terrible!
Heavens What would her mother say
IL she were aliveF
Have YOU talked with Allciar
"Not with her, to her. She's like
mule. Yes, sir, just like a mule,
never saw such a will in a woman.
live fought her until I'm as weak
as a cat | don't know where she got
her temperr lie collapsed feebly, and
had TO smile, for there's only one
thing strong and stubborn enough to
overcome n Harman's resistance, and
that is q Harman's desire,
"'What does she sayY Ny inter.
est I'm the affair was increasing.
"'Nothing. except TO agree that lm
right in the abstract and then 10 In
form me that the abstract problems
go TO pieces once In awhile. She says
this-this Galloping Moose, this yelp-
ing ghost dancer OF yours is the only
real man she ever met"
What does he have TO sayP
"Humphv grunted Hartman. AN
he does is TO listen
"How old IS Allciaf
Nineteen. Oh, I've hurled that at
her, too but she says she'll watt You
know she has her own money from
her mother
-"'Does Running Elk come TO your
house?
AT this my old friend roared so
fiercely that FASTENED to say I'll see
him az once. | have more influence
than anybody else with him.
~ hope you can show him how i'm
/ possible. how criminal ii Is 90 ruin
my girls life. Yes. and mine too
| Suppose the yellow papers got hold Of
this thing" Hartman shuddered, Doc,
1 love that girl SO well I'd Kill her
/ with my own hands rather than face
her disgrace and see her ridiculed.
She could marry duke If one
happened 10 come along, and I'd buy
her one, too. IL she wanted him, but
won't stand for this dirty, low
browed Injun.'
"'IIes not dirty declared, and
he's not ms low browed as some de-
generate foreigner you'd be glad to
pick out for her
wei, ne an lnJun, retorteu liar-
man. an it'll come out on him. We've
both seen 'em tried They all drop
back where they started from. You
i know that as well as do
~ don't know IT, said /, thinking
OF my experiment. which had gone SO
badly askew, but we've got TO put a
stop TO this affair in one way or an
other. I'll see the young man right
away
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving said
+ Henry. Wait over and go up with us
and see the Princeton football
game. understand Running Elk
plays fullback. Wen pick you up at
your hotel IN the morning and drive
up In the car. It's the big game OF tbl
year, and you'll enjoy II. ! don't ex-
pect to. however
you have seen similar games, SO