The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-08-16
"There's Your Grandfather Now"
Said Lucy.


the open window afforded the occu.
pants OF the cutter a glimpse OF q
tired. fine old face. silk hat, a pearl
tie and an astrachan collar, evidently
out to take the air.
There's your grandfather now"
said Lucy. isn't III"
Georges frown was not relaxed
"Yes, IL Is; and he ought TO give that
rat trap away and sell those old
horses. They're disgrace. nll shaggy
not even clipped. l suppose he
doesn't notice it-people get awful
funny when they get old: they seem
TO lose their self-respect. sort Of"
"He seemed a real Brummell 10 me-"
she said.
''0h, he keeps up about what he
wears. well enough, but Another
thing | don't think he ought TO allow:
good many people bought big lots
and they built houses on EN-; then
the price OF the land. kept getting
higher, and they'd sell part of their
yards and let the people that bought
IL build on IL to live In. till they
haven't hardly any OF 'em got big, open
yards any more. and It's getting all
built up. The way IL used 10 be II was
gentleman's country estate, and
that's the way my grandfather ought
20 keep IL. He lets these people take
too many liberties: they do anything
they want to-"
"But how could he stop themT
Lucy asked. surely with reason. IF
he sold them the land it's theirs, isn't
itf"
George remained serene in the face
OF this apparently difficult question.
"He ought 10 have all the tradespeople
boycott the families that sell part OF
their yards that way. All he'd have 10
do would be 10 tell the tradespeopie
they wouldn't get any more orders
from the family II they didn't do IT,"
"From the familyr What family7"
sour family" said George. upper
turbed. "The Ambersons."
II II" she murmured. and evident
ly she did see something that he did
not, for, as she lifted her nun to her
face he asked:
what are you laughing at nowf"
"WhyT"
"You always seem to have some
little secret of your own 10 get happy
overt"
always T." she exclaimed what
a big word. when we only met last
night"
That's another case OF IT," he said,
with obvious sincerity. Zone OF the
reasons / don't like you--much lis
you've got that way OF seeming qul-
city superior to everybody else"
I'll" she cried. II have1"
"Oh. you think you keep II sort OF
confidential to yourself. but It's plain
enough 1 don't believe In that kind
of thing. think the worlds like this:
there's few people that their birth
and, position, and so ON, puts them NJ
the top. and they ought to treat each
other entirely as equals" His voice
betrayed little emotion as he added.
II wouldn't speak like this 70 every
body"
"You mean you're confdIng your
deepest creed-or code. what ever II
is--to met"
go on; make fun OF II, then r.
George said bitterly. you do think
you're terribly cIeveri II makes me
tiredlr
"well. as you don't like my seeming
quietly superior after this I'll be nois-
lily superior" she returned cheerfuIly.
1--WE aim to pleasei'
Il had n notion before I came for
you today that we were going to quar-
rel" he said,
mo. we won't Il takes two r She
laughed and waved her nun toward
new house. not quite completed. stand.
Ing In Geld upon their right They
had passed beyond Anderson addition
and were leaving the northern fringes
of the town for the open country.
isn't that a beautiful housci !" she ex-
claimed. +papa and call u our Beau
tiful House.
George was not pleased. "Does IL