The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-12-13
Appenbasch. Archer. Arszman, Ash
craft. Austin, Alvey.

Appenbasch. Archer. Arszman, Ash
craft. Austin, Alvey.
Georges eyes remained for some
time fixed on the thin space between
the names ALLEN" and Ambrose"
Then he closed the book quietly. and
went up TO his own room. agreeing
with the elevator boy. on the way,
that II was getting to be mighty
nasty wet and windy day outside.
The elevator boy noticed nothing un-
usual about him and neither did Fanny,
when she came Ia from church with
her hat ruined, an hour later. And yet
something had happened--a thing
which, years ago. had been the eager
est hope OF many. many good citizens
Of the town. They had thought OF IL,
longed for 1t. hoping acutely that they
might live 10 see the day when II would
come TO pass. And now II had hap
pened at last: George Minafer had
got his come-upancc.
He had got II three times filled and
running over. The city had rolled over
his heart, burying 1t under. as II rolled
over the Majors and buried IL under.
The city had rolled over the Amber
sons and buried them under TO the last
vestIge; and 1t mattered little that
George guessed easily enough that
most OF the five hundred Most Proml-
nent had paid something substantial
ito defray the cost OF steel engraving.
etc."-the Five Hundred had heaved
the final shoyelful OF SCOT upon that
heap of obscurity wherein the Amber
sons were lost forever from sight and
history. "QuIcksIlver in nest Of
cracksi'
George Mlnafer had got his come
upance, but the people who had so
longed for II were not there to see II,
and they never knew II. Those who
were still living had forgotten all
about II and all about him.
George had seen Eugene only once
since their calamitous encounter. They
had passed on opposite sides of the
street, downtown; each had been
aware that the other was aware OF
him. and yet each kept his eyes
straight forward, and neither had
shown perceptible alteration Of coun-
tenance. II seemed to George that he
felt emanating from the outwardiy I'm.
perturbaele person Of his tuotber's old
frieSd hate that was like no, wind.
At hts mothers funeral and at the
Majors he had been conscious that
Eugene was there: though he had aft
erward no recollection OF seeing him.
and. while certain OF his presence. was
uncertain how he knew or a. Fanny
had not told him, for she understood
George well enough not TO speak TO
him OF Eugene or Lucy. Nowadays
Fanny almost never saw either OF
them and seldom thought OF them--so
sly Is the way OF time with life. She
was passing middle age, when old In
tensities and longings grow thin and
fiatten out. as Fanny herself was thin
ming and fattening out; and she was
settling down contentedly 10 her apart
ment-house intimacies.
The city was so big, now, that peo-
pie disappeared into II unnoticed. and
the disappearance OF Fanny and her
nephew was not exceptional. People
no longer knew their neighbors as
matter of course; one lived for years
next door 10 strangers---that sharpest
of all the changes since the old days
and a friend would lose sight OF
friend for year, and not know Il.
One May dry George thought he had
a glimpse of Lucy. He was not GER
tain. but he was sufficiently disturbed,
In spite OF his uncertainty. A promo
tion In his work now frequently took
him out OF town for n week, or longer,
and II was upon his return from one of
these absences that he had the strange
experience. He had walked home from
the station. and as he turned the cor
ner which brought him In sight OF the
apartment house entrance. though two
blocks distant from II, he saw charm
ing little figure come out, get into a
shiny landaulet automobile, and drive
away Even al that distance no one
could have any doubt that the little
hgure was charming; and the height,
the quickness and decision OF motion,
even the swift gesture OF white glove
toward the chauffeur--all were char