The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-12-27


to tell you. She wants you 10 und
stand names are hard to make. s
says you must think OF something tina
makes a sound" Here the voice
seemed TO put question 10 an invis-
ible presence and to receive an mn
swer. "a little sound or a big sound
She says II might be little sound or
a big sound. She says a ring--oh.
Lopa knows! She means bell That's
II, bell"
Eugene looked grave. "Does she
mean her name Is BELIEF"
mot quite. Her name is longer"
Perhaps he suggested. "she means
that she was a belle"
mo. She says she thinks you know
what she means She says you must
think of color. What coior?' Again
Lopa addressed the unknown. but this
time seemed to wait for an answer.
Perhaps she means the color of her
eyes?r said Eugene.
mo. She says her color is light
It's light color and You can see
through t."
"Amber?" he said. and was startled.
for Mrs. Horner with her eyes still
closed. clapped her hands, ana the
voice cried out In delight:
''Yesl She says you know who she
is from amber. AMBER Amherl
That's 1t She says you understand
what her name is from a bell and
from amber. She Is laughing and
waving lace handkerchief at me be-
cause she Is pleased. She says i
have made you know who II is"
This was the strangest moment of
Eugene's life, because, while il lasted,
he believed that, Isabel Anderson.
who was dead, had found means to
speak to him. Though within ten
minutes he doubted II. he believed It
then.
His elbows pressed hard upon the
table. and. his head between his
hands, he leaned forward, staring at
the commonplace figure in the easy
chair. 'What does she wish TO say
to meT
'She is happy because you know
her. No--she Is troubled. 0h--a
great troubled Something she wants
to tell you. She wants so much to
tell you. She wants Lopa TO tell you.
This is a great trouble. She says
oh, yes, she wants you 10 be--to be
kind That's what she says. That's
II. To be kind"
docs She"
''She wants you TO be kind said
the voice. "She mods when l tell you
this. Yes; IL must be right. She is
very fine lady. Very pretty. She
Ia so anxious for you to understand.
She hopes and hopes you win. Some
one else wants to speak to you. This
Is man. He says"
II don't want to speak to any one
else" said Eugene quickly. 81
want"
"This man who has come says that
he is a friend of yours. He says"
Eugene struck the table with his
fist. II don't want to speak TO any
one else, / tell youw he cried pas
sionately. "If she is there l." He
caught his breath sharply, checked
himself. and sat In amazement. Could
his mind 80 easily accept so stipend
Gus thing as true? Evidently IL
could
Mrs. Honer spoke laugudly In her
own voice did YOU get anything sat
isfactoryfp she asked. 81 certainly
hope it wasn't like that other time
when you was cross because they
cOuldn't get anything for YOU"
"No, no." he said hastily. ''This
was different. 1t was very interest
ing"
He paid her. went to his s,otel. and
nothing George could do would ever
change this bitterness of Eugene. Only
Georges mother could have changed II.
And as Eugene fell asleep that
night thinking thus bitterly Of
George, George In the hospital was
thinking OF Eugene. He thought OF Eu-
gene Morgan and Of the Major; they
seemed TO be the same person for
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them and even TO understand why he
had confused them. Long ago his
grandfather had been the most strik-
Ing figure of success In the town: AS
rich as Major Ambersonl" they used TO
say. Now II was Eugene. 'If had
Eugene Morgan's money he would
hear the workmen day-dreaming at the
chemical works; or. ''If Eugene Nor /
gan had hold OF this place you'd see
things humi" And the boarders nj the
table d'hote spoke of "the Morgan
Place" as an eighteenth-century
Frenchman spoke OF Versailles. Like
his uncle. George had perceived tina.
the Morgan Place" was the new Am
berson mansion. His rcverie went back
to the palatial days OF the mansion. In
his boyhood, when he would gallop his
pony up the driveway and order the
darkey stablemen about. while they