The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-07-17


put trained worker In cfPrge Of ~,
mission for don't know Ow lour
and this gift OF yours mak6s Il h.
sible." -.
The kindness Is In aliotying u (.
help" murmured the small( diploma
You'll let me know when, mora 4
needed? Promise me that. Doctor
Farnham." 800
Il shouldn't be q good MethodIut b
I didn't" laughed the doctor. Then 4
remembered the Mereside recsptio,
and the regrets. and was mossd d
make amends. I'm sorry we cot]ang
be neighborly last night: but INV A.
tsrin-law Is very frail. and CharL y
doesn't 90 out much They are BOT
getting ready TO 90 to Pass Christi
bat I'm sure they'll cali before
go south" u
II shall be ever so glad 10 welcons
them purred Miss Margery. "and I
do hope they will come before leavs
I'm going to Palm Beach next week.
you know F.
I'll tell them," volunteered the doe.
tor They'll find time to run In. I'm
sure"
But for some reason the. vlcarious
promise was not kept; ana the RAY.
mers held aloof: and the Oswalds ana
the Bars relinquished the new public
library project when II became noIsed
about that Jasper Grierson and az
daughter were moving In II.
Miss Margery possessed her soul ID
patience up to the final day OF her
home staying. and the explosion might
have been indefinitely postponed II. On
that last day, the Raymers. mother
and daughter, had not polnte4ly taken
pains to avoid her at theN lingerie
counter In ThorwaIden's. It was a.
the match to the fuse. and when Miss
Grierson left the department store
there were red spots In her cheeks
and the dark eyes were flashing.
They think I'm a JAY" she said,
with a snap OF the white teeth. THEY
need lesson. and they're going to get
It before l leave. I'm not going TO
sing small all the timel"
II was surely the goddess OF discord
who ordained that the blow should be
struck while the iron was hot. Five
minutes after the rebuff In Thorwald.
ems. Miss Grierson met Raymer az
he was coming out OF the Farmers
and Merchants bank There was an
exchange OF commonplace. but IN the
midst OF II Miss Margery broke of
abruptly to say. Mr.. Raymer, please
tell me what have done TO offend
your mother and sister"
IL she had been In tho mood to com
promise. half OF the deferred payment
OF triumph might have been dis
charged on the spot by Raymer's blum
dering attempt at disavowal-
why. Miss Margeryi don't know
that is-er--realiy. you must be mis-
taken. I'm surel'
II am not mistaken. and I'd like "a
know she persisted looking him
hardly In the eyesgl rit must be some
thing have been doing. and II I can
fiud out what II IL. I'll reform"
Raymer got away as soon 40 he
could: and when the opportunity OF
fered. was besotted enough to rsrs4
the question TO his mother and sister
Mrs. Raymer was large and plsclt
matron OF the immovable type, anC
her smile emphasized her opinion o
Miss Grierson. ty
The mere fact OF her saying sucl
thing TO you ought to be sufticien
answer. I should think" was her mil'
retort.
Il don't see why" Raymer objected
What would you think II Gertrud'
did such thing!"
"Oh. we'll: that Is different. In th'
hrst place, Gertrude wouldn't do Il
aud"
Precisely. And Miss GriersoI
shouldn't have done II. II Ia because
sbr can do such things that a few
think she wouldn't be pleasant per
son TO know. socially"
But whyf' insisted Raymer, witt
masculine obtuseness.
II was his sister who undertook I,
make the reason plain to him.
1T isnt anything she does. o.
doesn't do. particularly: II IL the at
mosphere In which she lives ant
moves and has her being. IL II weren'
for her fathers money. she would be-
well. II is rather hard to say ,ju<
what she would be. But she Away
makes me think OF the bonsnEs
people--the pick and shovel one daJ
and a million the next. believe Sd,
10 . frank little savage. at heart
II don't" the brother contended
dosgediy. She may be a trine new
and fresh for wahasia. but she ID
clever and bright. and honest enough
TO ignore social code vfRch makes
a mock OF sincerity and a virtue Of
hypocriay. I like her all the better
for the way she nared out at me
There Isn't one young woman in a
thousand who would have had the