The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-11-22

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did the only right thingi You think
i was wr0ngw
'Tm not saying So" she said
you did at the timel" he cried.
"You said enough then. think. Well.
what have you TO say now. II you're
so sure l was wrongT
Nothing, George"
'It's only because you're afraid to I"
he said, and he went on with a sudden
bitter divlnation: You're reproach-
ing yourself with what You had to do
with all that; and you're trying to
make ny for IL by doing and saying
what You think mother would want
you to. and you think couldn't stand
IL " l got to thinking might have
done differently. Oh. know That's
exactly what's In your mind: you do
think I was wrong SO does Uncle
George. challenged him about II
the other day, and he answered Just
as you're interchangeable. and
tried 20 be gentle i don't care TO be
handled with gloves tell you was
right. and don't need any coddling
by people that think wasn't And
suppose you believe was wrong not
20 let Morgan see her that last night
when he came here and she-she was
dying. II you do. why In the name of
God did you come and ask mef You
could have taken him In. She did
want 10 zee him. She"
Miss Fanny looked startled. @You
think"
"She told me ~ And the tortured
young man choked. "She saId-'just
once She said I'd like to have seen
him-just oncer She meant--to tell
him goodbye! That's what she
meant And you put this on me. too;
you put this responsibility on mel
But tell you. and | told Uncle
George. that the responsibility isn't
all minel IL you were so sure I was
wrong all the time-when / took her
away, and when / turned Morgan out
IF you were so sure. what did you
let me do II for7 You and Uncle
George were grown people. both OF
you, weren't your You were Older
than !, and II you were 80 sure you
were wiser than l. why did you Just
stand around with your hands hanging
down. and let me go ahead7 You
could have stopped II II 1t was wrong.
couldn't your
Fanny shook her head. ''No, George"
she said slowly. Nobody could have
stopped you. You were too strong.
and"
-And whatf" ne demanded loudly.
And she loved you-too we'll"
George stared nj her hard. then his
lower lip begun 10 move convulsively.
and he set his teeth upon II but could
not check It's frantic twitching.
He ran out OF the room.
She sat still, listening. He had
plunged into his mothers room, hut no
sound came to Fanny's ears after the
sharp closing OF the door; and pres
emily she rose and stepped out into
the hall-but could hear nothing.
What interview was sealed away from
human eye and ear within the lonely
darkness on the other side OF that
door-in that darkness where IsabeI's
own special chairs were. and her own
special books. and the two great wal.
nut wardrohes filled with her dresses
and wraps7 What tragic argument
door and then accept favors from him.
II wish you'd take more"
Anderson declined. zone thing III
say for you, young George you have
nj stingy bone In your body. That's
the ANDERSON stock In you-and like
It'll"
He added something to this praise
OF his nephew on the day he left for
Washington. He was not TO return.
but to set forth from the capital on
the long Journey to his post. George
went with him TO the station. and
their farewell was Heightened By the
trains being several minutes late.