The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-07-31

spending fund there remained some
thing less than half: for few weeks
or months he could live and pay his
way; but after that. Curiously
enough the alternative OF another- at.
tack upon the plutocratic dragon% Nd
not suggest itself. That. he told In
self. was an experiment tried and
found wanting. But In any event. he
must not outstay his welcome at
Mereside; and with this thought In
mind he crept downstairs daily after
the library episode. and would give
Margery no peace because she would
not let him go abroad In the town.
"'How sharper than a serpent's
tooth IL is to have thankless what
shall say-patient, or guest, or
friend?" she laughed, garbling the
quotation to At the occasion.
Shakespeare said child" he sug-
gested mildly.
And so shall l." she gibed-but the
gIbe itself was almost a caress. Some
times you remind me OF an impatient
boy who has been promised a peach
and can't wait until It ripens. But II
you must have a reason why l won't
drive you this afternoon. you may.
We are going TO have a tiny little
social function at Mereside this eve
ming, and want you to be fresh and
rested for Il"
Certainly. shall come. II you wish
H." he assented. remembering afresh
his immense obligation; and when the
tjme was ripe he made himself pre-
sentable and felt his way down the
dimly lighted library stair. being
minded TO slip into the social pool
by the route which promised the
smallest splash and the fewest ripples
II was a stirring of the Philistine
in him that led him to prehgure weari-
ness and banality In the prospect.
without in the least expecting II, Girls
void was a Brahmin of the severest
sect on his social side; easily dis
posed to hold aloof and to criticize.
and, as a man eastern-bred. serenely
assured that nothing truly acceptable
in the social sense could come out OF
For this cause he was properly hui
inflated when he entered the spacious
double drawingrooms and found them
so comfortably crowded by a throng
OF conventionally clothed and conven.
tionally behaved guests that he was
Immediately able to lose himself--and
any lingering trace OF self-conscious.
ness--in a company which. II appear
ances we're 70 be trusted. was west
ern only by reason OF Wahaska's loca-
ton on the map.
And the charming young hostess
Hitherto he had known her
only as his benefactress and the
thoughtful caretaker for his comfort.
But now, at this first sight OF her
in the broader social field. she shone
upon and dazzled him. Admitting that
the later charm might be subtly SEN
suous-he refused TO analyze II too
closely-it was undeniable that IL
warmed him to a newer and a
stronger life; that he could bask in it's
generous glow like some alternating
thing OF the wild answering to the
first thrilling OF the springtide. True.
Miss Grierson bore little resemblance
to any ideal or HIS past imaginings.
She might even be the Aspasia to
Charlotte Farnham's Saint Cecilia.
But, even so, yas not the daughter OF
Axiochus weiI&beloved. OF men and OF
heroes?
II was some little time afterward,
and Jasper Grierson. stalking like a
grim and rather unwilling master OF
ceremonies among his guests. had
gruffiy introduced three or four OF the
men when Griswold gladly made room
in the window seat for his trans
formed and glorified mistress OF the
illnesses. AS had happened more than
once before. her nearness intoxicated
him: and while he made sure now