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

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He had begun to nurmur. and the
man on duty as night nurse for the
ward camc and bent over him.
did you want somethingT'
There's nothing In this family busI-
ness" George told him confidentiaily.
Even George Washington Is only
something In a book"
Eugene read report OF the accident
In the next mornings paper. He was
on the train. having just left for New
York, on business, and with less leis-
urc would probably have overlooked
the obscure item:
LEGS BROKEN.
q. A Minafer. an employee OF the Ak
ers Chemical company. was run down by
an automobile yesterday az the corner OF
Tennessee and Main and had both legs
broken Minafor was 10 blame for the
accident. according 10 Patrolman n. A.
mobile was a small one driven by Herbert
Cottieman OF 2173 Noble avenue who stat
cd that he was making lees than four
miles an hour. Mlnafcr 10 said to belong
TO a family formerly OF considerable prom
inence In the city. He was taken to the
later that he was suffering from internal
injuries besides the fracture OF bis iegs
but might recover.
Eugene read the item twice, then
tossed the paper upon the opposite seat
OF his compartment. and sat looking
out OF the window. His feeling toward
GeorgIe was changed not jot by his
human pity for Georges human pain
and injury. He thought of Georges
tall and graceful figure. and he shiv-
cred, but his bitterness was untouched.
He had never blamed Isabel for the
weakness which had cost them the few
years OF happiness they might have
had together; he had put the blame
all on the son, and II stayed there.
He began to think poignantly Of Isa-
bel. He closed his eyes and saw her
as she had been long ago. He saw the
brown-eycd, brown-haircd, proud. gem
tie. laughing girl he had known when
first he came to town, boy Just ont
of the State college. lie remembered
us he had remembered ten thousand
times befOre--the look she gave him
when her brother George introduced
him to her at picnic; IL was 'Jike
hazel starlight" he had written her, In
q poem, afterwand. He remembered
his first call at the Anderson mansion,
and what great parsonage she
nnopoa1 ~ homo a.. fhot ruo ont a oonoas
md yet 80 gay and friendly. He re-
membered the first time he had danced
with her-and the old waltz song be-
gan to beat ia his ears and In hts
heart.
All the way TO New York II seemed
10 him that Isabel was near him. and
he wrote Of her TO Lucy from his hotel
the next night:
81 saw an account OF the accident
OF George Mlnafer. Tn sorry. though
the paper states that 1t was plainly
his own fault. suppose II may have
been as a result OF my attention fall
ing upon the item that thought of his
mother great deal on the way here.
II seemed TO me that had never seen
her more distinctly or so constantly.
but. as you know. thinking of his moth
er Is not very apt to make me admire
hint or course. however. he has my
best wishes for his recovery"
He posted the letter, and by the
mornings mail received one from Lucy
written few hours after his depar-
ture Trombone. She incIosed the item
he had read on the train and wrote:
II thought you might not see 1t.
II have seen Miss Fanny and she
has got him put into a room by him
self. Oh, poor Rides Down Everythingl
have been thinking so constantly OF
bis mother and IL seemed to me that /
have never seen her more distinctly.
How lovely she was-and now she
loved hImr'
II Lucy had not written this letter
thence 10 his train for home. Never
did he so seem TO move through a
world OF dream-stuff; for he knew
that he was not more credulous than
other men, and IL he could believe
what he had believed. though he had
believed II for no longer than mo-
ment or two, what hold had he or
any other human being on reality7
His credulity vanished Cor 80 he
thought) with his recollection that II
was he. and not the alleged 4Lopa,"
who had suggested the word "amber."
Going over the Notifying. plain
facts OF his experience. he found that
Mrs. Horner, or the subdivision .of
Mrs. Homer known as "Lopa," had
told him to think Of bell and of a
color. and that being furnished with
these scientific data. he had lcaped
to the conclusion that he spoke with
Isabel Anderson
For a moment he had believed that
Isabel was there, believed that she
was close 10 him. entreating him--en-
treating him ito be kind But with
this recollection a strange agitation