The diamond drill., 1922-02-24
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER I--Returnins home after a
days shooting, Dyck Calhoun. gifted
young Irish gentleman OF the time OF the
French and American revolution. meets
tss yn Tssy ss
ally attracted. SheiIa never knew her
fissipated father. Erris Boyne. her
mother having divorced him and resumed
CHAPTER H-Resching home, Dyck
nnds Leonard Mailow. son OF Lord NAL
low. with a message from the attorney
general summoning Miles Calhoun.
Dycks father. TO Dublin.
there Mallow quarrels with Dyck and a
ituel is arranged. They night with swords
bsnd Dyck Is victor.
CHAPTER Iv.-Erris Boyne. secretly In
French employ, gets Dyck drunk and
tries TO persuade him TO join In revolt
against England. They quarrel and Dyck
the former Is overcome with drusged
wine. Boyne's second wife enters the
room and stabs hen faithless husband to
the heart
CHAPTER v.-Hours later the room 10
entered and Dyck arrested on charge OF
murder. lie does not know IL he killed
che drugged wine.
daughters or our own friends. like
Dora Yocum. for instance"
Upon the spot she began to undergo
the notifications 2 a mother who
has expected her son. Just out OF In
fancy, TO look about him with the eye
OF a critical matron OF forty-five.
Moreover, she was Indiscreet enough
10 express her Views to Ramsey. a
week later, producing thus n scene OF
useless great fury and no little sound.
II do think It's In very poor taste
60 see so much OF any one girl. Ram
sey." she said. and, not needing his
protest that he only walked home from
school with Mllla, "about every other
day" and that II didn't seem any
crime to him Just TO go to church with
her a couple o. times. Mrs. Mllholland
went on: "But II you think you really
znust be dangling around somebody
quite this much--though what In the
world you find To talk about with this
funny little MIlla Rust your poor fa-
ther says he really cannot see-and
Jof course II seems very queer 10 us
now when your mind ought 10 be en-
tlrely on your studies, and especially
with such an absurd looking little
thing .---..--- --...-
i mo, you must listen. Ramsey. and
Get me- speak now What / meant was
that we shouldn't be quite so much
distressed by your being seen with n
girl who dressed IN better taste and
seemed 20 have some notion of refine
ment. though of course it's only nat
era she wouldnt, with a father who
Is just sort OF ward politician. un-
derstand and n mother we Don't know.
and OF course shouldn't care 10. But.
oh, Ramsey If you had 10 make your
self ~ conspicuous why couldn't you
be little bit more fastidlous? Your
father wouldn't have minded nearly SO
much II II had been a self-respectlng.
intellectual girl We both say that N
YOU must be SO ridiculous ut your age
as 10 persist In seeing more of one girl
than another, why. oh. why, don't you
go aud see some really nice girl Ike
Dora YocumE
Ramsey Was already dangerously
dlsiended as an effect OF the earlier
part OF her discourse and the word
-fastidious" almost exploded him but
upon this climax. Dora Yocum." he
blew up with a shattering report and
Eeaving fragments Of lncoherence rico.
,chettlng behind him, fed shudderins
Irom the house.
For tine rest OF the school term HI
/walked home with Mllla every after
4 noon and OH Sundays appeared 20 have
Oeccue resolute Baptist IL wa'
supposed (by the Interested members
OF the hish-school class) that Ramsey
and Mlila were engaged" Ramse,
sometimes rather supposed they wer,
himself, and the dim idea gave him .
sensation partly pleasant. but mostl,
apprehensiye he was afraid.
lie was afraid that the day was com
ing when he Ought 90 kiss her.