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

minal at eleven-thirty; but you can
get into the sleeper any time Ger
eight o'clock"
Seated at a well-appoint
the Chouteau cafe. Griswoli
time to overtake himself
reconstrucs:vs. and for the epa.. -. .-ac
point of view became franz 1hiIis-
tine. The luxurious hotel. with its
air OF invincible respectability; tho
snowy napery. the cut glass, the
shaded lights. the deferential service;
all these appealed irresistibly 10 the
epicurean In him. II was as IL he had
come suddenly 10 his own again after
an undeserved season OF deprivation.
and the effect OF Il was to push the
hardships and perils OF the preceding
weeks and months into a far-away
past
He ordered his supper deliberately.
and while he waited for It's serving.
imagination cleared the stage and set
the scenes for the drama OF the future.
That future. with all It's opportunities
for the realizing OF ideals. was now
safely assured. He could 60 whittier
he pleased and do what seemed right
in his own eyes, and there was none
to say HIM ray. - -
In this minor city OF his hasty selec.
tion he would find the environment
most favorable for rewriting OF his
book and for renewal OF his studies
Here, too. he might hope to become by
transformations degrees the beneficent
godin-the-car. OF his worthier ambition.
raising the fallen. succoring the help
less and fighting the battles OF the
oppressed.
Further along. when she should have
quite forgotten the Belle jules deck
hand. he would meet Miss Farnham
on an equal social footing; and the
conclusion OF the whole matter should
be a triumphant demonstration to her
by their irrefutable logic OF good deeds
and life well-lived that in his case.
at least, the end justified the means.
The train or reflective thought was
broken abruptly by the seating OF two
other supper guests at his table; q
bigframed man In the grixzied Mites.
and a young woman who looked as II
she might have stepped the moment
before out OF the ftting rooms OF the
most famous or Partisan dressmakers.
GriswoId's supper was served. and
for n time he made shift to ignore the
couple at the other end OF the table
Then an overheard word. the name or
the town which he had chosen as his
future abiding place, made him sud
denly obseryant
IL was the young woman who had
named Wahaska. and he saw now
that his first impression had been at
fault; she was not overdressed. Also
he saw that she was piquantly pretty:
a brayura type, slightly suggesting the
Rlalto at It's best. perhaps. but equally
suggestive OF sophistication. travel and
a serene disregard OF chaperouage
The young woman's companion was
undeniably her father Gray. heavy
browed. and with face that was
life-mask OF crude strength and ele-
mental shrewdness the man had be-
queathed no single feature to the alert
ly beautiful daughter: yet the resem
blance was unmistaksbic.a Gris " old
did not listen designedly. but he could
not help overhaaring much OF the talk
at the other end OF the table. From
II he gathered that the young woman
was lately returned from some Flori-
ia winter resort: that her father had
met her by appointment In st. Louis;
and that the two were going on to-
gether; perhaps 10 wshaska. since
that was the place name oftenest on
the lips OF the daughter.
II was at this point that the apex OF
Palestine contentment was passed and
the reaction set in He had been
spending strength aud vitality reck-
lesslys and the accounting was at hand.
self sharply to task for the hIgh.priced
supper. What right had he TO order
costly food that he could not eat when
the price OF this single meal would
feed family for a week.
After that. nothing that the obsequi-
Gus and attentive waiter could bring
proved tempting enough to recall the
vanished appetite Never having
known what IL was 20 be sick. Girls
void disregarded the warning. drank
cup OF strong coffee and went out to
the lobby 70 get cigar leaving his
table companions In the midst Of their
meal To his surprise and chagrin the
carefully selected "perfecto" made him
dizzy and faint bringing disquieting
recurrence OF the vertigo which had
seized him while he was searching for
his negro treasure-bearer on the levee.
I've had an overdose OF excitement.
| guess" he said 20 himself. fInging
the cigar away. The best thing for
me TO do il TO go down to the train
and get TO bed"
lie went about II lIstlessly. with a