The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-05-15

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emerging Into the sunshine OF secur-
ity. His face was pale from long con-
hnement. but there was healthy glow
10 the skin and clear light In the
eye. For week or more he had been
permitted to walk about the house and
into the garden. always leaning on tina
arm OF his father or the faithful Hin
du. Each succeeding day saw his
strength and vitality increase and each
night he slept with the peace OF
care-free child He was filled with
contentment: he loved life as he had
never dreamed IL would be possible
for him to love II. There was song
In his heart and there was a bright
star always on the edge OF his nori-
x0n.
AS for Lydia. she was radiant with
hsppiness The long night was over.
She had gone through the campaign
against death with loyal, unfalterlng
courage; there had never been an In
slant when her stanch heart had failed
despair. II the strain told on her, II
ala not matter. for she was or the
nghting kind Her love was the sus-
tenance on which she throve despite
the beggarly offerings that were laid
before her during those weeks OF fam
Inc. Her strong young body lost none
OF It's vigor: her splendid spirit gloried
t..at - A - r.A A ~ fxA
and now she was as serene AZ the
June day that found her wlstfully con-
templating the results OF victory.
Times there were whsn q psnsivs
mood brought the touch OF sadness TO
her grateful heart She was happy
and Frederic was happy. bat what or
the one who actually had wrought the
miracle! That one alone was un-
happy. unrequlted. undeiended. There
was no place for her In the new order
OF things. When Lydia thought OF
her--as she often did-it was with an
indescribable craving In her soul. She
longed for the hour to come when
Yvonne Brood would lay aside the
mask OF resignation and demand trib-
ute: when the strange defiance that
held all OF them at bay would dis
appear and they could feel that she
no longer regarded them as adverse
rles.
There was no longer a symptom OF
rancor. In the heart OF Lydia Desmond.
She realized that her sweetheart's re-
covery was due almost entirely to the
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woman at a time when mortal agen-
Giles appeared 10 be OF no avail Her
absolute certainty that she had the
power to thwart death. at least In this
instance, had its effect. not only on
the wounded man but on those who
attended him. Doctor Holder and the
nurses we're not slow 20 admit that
her magnificent courage. her almost
scornful self-assurance, supplied them
with an Incentive that otherwise might
never have got beyond the form OF
mere hope There was something pos
itively startling In her serene convic.
ton that Frederic was not 10 die. No
less a skeptlc than the renowned
Doctor Holder conhded to Lydia and
the supernatural and never again
would say there Is no God" With
the dampness OF death on the young
mans brow, a remarkable change had
occurred even as he watched for the
last heetlng breath. IL was az II some
secret, unconquerable force had sud
denly interviewed to take the whole
matter out OF natures hands. II was
not in the books that he should get
we'll: II was against every rule OF ma
ture that he should have survived that
first days struggle. He was marked
for death and there was no alternative.
Then came the bewildering. mystify-
ing change. Life did not take its ex-
pected flight: instead II chung. flicker
Ing but understandable. TO its clay and
would not obey the laws OF nature.
For days and days life hung by what
eye are pleased TO call a thread; the
Xreat shears OF death could not sever
the tiny thing that held Frederic's
soul 20 earth. There was no hour In
any OF those days I'm which the be-
wildered scientist and his assistants
did not proclaim that IL would be his
last. and yet he gave the lie TO them.
Holder had gone to James Brood at
the end OF the third day, and with tho
sweat OF the haunted ON his brow had
whispered hoarsely that the case was
j1t OF HIS handsi He was no longer
the doctor but am agent governed by a
spirit that would not permit death to
claim It's ownl And somehow Brood
understood far better than the man Of
science.
The true story OF the shooting had
long been known to Lydia and her
mother. Brood confessed everything
10 them. He assumed all Of the blame
for what had transpired on that tragic
morning. lie humbled himself before
them. and when they shook their
hraha and turnod thpfr backg upon