Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 May 1884 — Page 7

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JASPEJL TMK TWiUaUT HONQ, saw-let bjr am auanb'a dwelllaf IMMm lit Mm fotiee Seep. mi I lMMira aaotaar Sins lagana MekM ar mm In wh: ft mm! low tae na wrtt MiHMtod, aa WMMMNI holr 14: --, wjr a-w-sw, H-e a-H-H a-n-d s-l-n-av e-f a-n-s-svl-s n-aa-r-d tbr h-e-d! aasTt taa eosta bate iwvtmt, Wish Mm lMMjr aisras vf leva, WMa4own tea tawsjibsieaM iaUvere4 wmsear treat tk world afaors. mm tea mottor mm uaSMMMittur - Vtes wain to taw eowpr mm: "H us-r for. n-e H-ojr aseVre-tst sM-S-r-d Hr n-e-dJ" 1 1 nasted aaralast ntsfttfatt CloSM MM dark ta PMrHnt tarns. iww tM Humble tnniKM wm asa-.-k Ha of despair. ! mre ine CBOiaer aar Mbr dead: av? d-e-r, a-tl-l a-n-4 -l-u-m-Kh4? a---! ---r-d t-fc-y b-nl!" i anr reinss footsteps wandered In inimn'i tnuiuu spam. km m im ssfft sera o sorrow, sw I laiM fanlllar faoc. And las tear cbohal votes was atulnf V gSeSO With FSMM SSWSSM ! Ifcsskinr 4-e-st-r, M-e s-t-l-M shhI S-l-u-nt-H-or a-sft-fe-Vs guard t-a-f ImmI!" I In sadwass ttHiMH wlaessj fff!af had been. tsw ntoHMr voiee wa mient, I In a Hi her hew sre m 1 neetsi tea wniaper test MearMward spea : i. mmt. a-. s-M-H a-a-d s-Ht-n-H-or a-BHrfrlssMHi-r-d l a y b-ajd iMWr. ta..i snap , im iMtro frtt rrtm. 4KJT THE WTIXU-PAK DTO TMK FIRE. Urithmr Ull W stiort. neither dark HW fair, with hair between blonde and bxown. and eye that left a doubt a to whether tbv were irray or hael. Sho ttt Mich a Utile bundle of uncer-1 tainties and eootradictioas as UhI the imagination cmptive at the first glance, , jutu offered a constant lure to anticipa tion Whether she spoke or remained si lent, whether whe walked or wit, expectation ttUD breathless upon her next word, ber next pose. Her eyes, varying as seemed "their hue, shone, none the less, with a candid rav that seemed the very light of truth, and her iresh mouth, with Its milky teeth showing between the not too-ainiling lips, irreeietibty sugueated the sweetest uses to I which lips can ).e put. When the heavily-moving vessel had ; plowed through half the great Atlautio ; rallem. and the tew nassenjrrrs bad all grown Heartily ttresi of eacn omer, when she suddenly appeared for the tint time upon deck quite aloue. vet calm mt arf-!Miitirsd aa the small bird that asttaetiflaes poised themselves upon spar or bulwark to gather breath for fresh ! Vat. It was Julius RlltW who badnratdiscovered ber, leaning against the compentoBwaj ratling, with the air of havisssr iast eome ud or down, he could nardly deteraaine which, looking abaently at the tmmbUag waves. Julius and bis friend. Austia Drake, w-re seceders from a gay party who had made the tour of ssouthern Europe together. It was Julius who had instigated his companion to desert the othand take the German steamer for New Orleans direct, which then touched at Bawe. instead of crossing by a Cnnarder; and it had all grown out of the obstinate determination on the part of his sister to attach her party to that of Mrs Smollett Mm. Smollett was his choicest aversuon, a prestations, intriguing woman, in whom the match-making instinct had been so developed by the effort in establish ber own tiw nanarbtcrs that It could not rest satisfied with the accomplishment of that gigantic task. Bbs seemed to have an endless supply of nieces, adopted daughters, or proteges of some sort, whom she dangled ostentatiously before the eyes of all eligible barhclora She had improved a chance meeting with Julius to announce to him a new acquisition, a lovely young mature, whom she was taking home with ber fmas a Swim rensioo. "Mr. Smollett's own niece, Mr. Hi!dtr, and quite like my Fanny at ber age. You remember Fanny? She was jour Ant low, 1 believe." she had said, with her osriitur dowager smile, and Jullua had left himeeif seised at once with an iaturmonntoble aversion to the fair young niece of Mr. SmoiieL la the first heat of his indignation agaiaat his sister be had conceived this v. - m .a we notsote KMsneof crossing ny uie tiavre r, ana thougtt it una not in its proved to be eminently he had never omitted to confrsmlate himself and his companion, night and morning, upon the good sense they bad displayed in adopting it. Pio caattering gtris or neaigning rers, be would say, as lie yawnea ill book or the dull game with wideb. they strove to believe they were amnaitur theansetves, "gives a man time to pull himself together and take aceeettt of stock, an H were." Still. whan on one of those aimless pilgrim ages below which formed the only weak Ju the nMWotony of his occupation, he had nearly run over this pretty Yeuuaj creators leaning against the railing, a thrill of undeniable pleasure had alone his nerves sad he had left himself bTushing with pleased snrForteastelv. the sea tan had rendered Hie aftMa ntdJatiaei, but over the light ttmt abot Into his gmj eyes the sea-tan sa no power, nssr yet over sws wungusi stammered as he tried to convey waartagieafor smariy upsetting her.

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VOU." aw IM ooolljr, jrou did not starttoBM, at X nr you roaiinf . and I am not aura tnat I want a aentM Ttara wai no morn to bo amid, and nor maid appearing at Uwnionacnt wit n bundle of paril-oulored wrap. Jullua conld onty lilt hia hat again and carry out liia purpose of going below. A he mm no reaaon for going except mai no was tired of utaying on dook. and at the deck bad now acquired a paramount attrai'tlon, he waa soon back again. In the meantime the youug lady had made up her mind about the aeat. and had found one for heraelf oloao again at the ship's aide, on the weather quarter. It was not a pleasant location, but aa she had chosen it, and had wrapped a large shawl about ber in an exclusive sort of way. he saw no plausible ground for interlering. Nothing ooold have been more diartreet ana retiring than Miss Elton's behavior, but the neraeveranee of a man who finds himself bored by too mneh of hia own and his alter ego society, ii an incalculable force against which no woman can successfully intrench heraelf. and so it was not long before Drake found himself eliminated, at a superfluous factor, from the sum of his friend's enjoyment, whenever Miss 14ton appeared above deck. His suc:-esa, however, was more apparent than real, for although he knew ber name, and was allowed to carry ber book and her ahawl, and arrange her chair in the most comfortable position with referetH to the wind or the sun, he had really made no great progress in her confidence. Who she was, or why she had chosen to make the voyage in thi unconventional and eocenmo way, remained as great a mystery as U had ten on that memorable Brat day. It was the close of the tenth day. dating from that of his discovery, and Julius Hat b. side her in that intimate fashion bred of the isolation of the sea. He had been reading to her, but the utorv was finished, and a silence had en-mod, she appearing to be wrapped in thought and he watching her lace with half-veiled glance "Tb tee more days and we shall be at

borne," she said. rouing herself. ' unmarried woman could attain in Atner"You count the days, he said. "Are i lea. I think the impression must be yod eager to be the.-e?" ' well founded, too. as I noticed it pro"Xo: neither eager nor reluctant, j duced quite ah effect upon vou."

The vovae has been pleasant, but it wilt .';,- to ha on ahora surain. too." "What, or father who la going to make it nice? Anybody in parttcu in particu-1 lar? ' .She put the question aside with a little wave of her hand. "You are curious," she said, mischievously. Julius hit his Up. He was curious, and this was not the first time she had foiled him " You want much to know just who and what I am." she went on. "You have made a dozen attempts to find out. Tell me why. make to you? What diRerence would it If 1 were to tell you that I am a niece of the Governor of Kentuckymind. I'dwi't say that I am." she cautioned, as Julius made a gesture of surprise. " I say if I were to tell vou so, and add that I am mistress of aa independent fortune, would that enhance my value in your eyes?" Julius drummed upon the arm of hia chair, and looked at her in silence. "SuDoo-e. on the contrary." she went on, impetuously, and with warmth of tone that seemed a certain , - to sprtng from injured pride, "I were to tell you Wm that l am an orpaan witnow lonune: that I bad just money enough to carry me through the oosssenratory at Paris, and tnat lam hoping and sxpeoting to make my living by teaching music, would that lower me fa your regard?" Julius still remained silent, perhaps a little abashed by the results of his own temerity. "I see thai I have embarrassed you," she said, laughing. "I shall not insist upon an answer. I leave you to adopt whichever hypothesis best stilts you." She gathered up ber shawl and book as she spoke, and made a motion to rise, but Julius laid a detaining hand upon her arm. "No, no, you mustn't go yet," he exclaimed, and he fancied he perceived a dewiness in ber eyes, as she turned them toward him. which touched him inexnressiMv. "I am embarrassed, not so much by your hypothesis as by Domething in mvself. Nnce you leave me to choose between, thcue hypotheses, I will take the latter. You are. then, aa orphan without fortune, hoping and expecting to make your living bv teaching music. To prove to you how little I deserve your implied reproach, I will c infos what I should have concealed from the Governor's neios. Miss Biton, I adore you'." .... "Mr. Hilder!" she exclaimed, springing to her feet, with flashing eyes. "Well" he said, quietly, "yon chalYoure impertinent, sir," and she swept away with dignity. She remained closely shut in her own cabin during the remainder of the afternoon and until quits late ths next morning, when Julius, who had maintained an anxious and inumtkmt watoh on deck, found her la the saloon sipping a cup of tea and nibbling a piece of toast by way of breakfast. "I hope you have fowttoa ms," be said, taking a seat beside h. "But I have not," aha answered witb, decision. . , "Which have I offended the Governor's niece or the orphan mnsio-teacher?" he asked, with a sauey smile. "Both, U was a daring ksanerthsence to the one and a piece of Insoieoos toward the ether." "Watt, I don't see what rm to do about ft, ftiistHtlmiorfof Vhtegyost can ex-pest a man to take beck.'' No, "she said, looking abssimrhrlo

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UUwaanotiMwiatsha aaoald haro said, she hniried ts add. fusion of bluahas: "That in. of you must take it back; at least you mustt't say anything mora about It." "Neverr "Nt-wer." Hut that's Impoailble." "Mr. Hilder " "Mias iaton." "I think we're had enough of thia. It waa my fault, I am willing to admit that. It was wwtehed taste on my part, and I've suffered all sorts of things in consequent." Bh waved bar nana toward her cabin ai sno spoke, indicating that it was thus her hours of retirement was spent. "Let me go back to the first question," be eontinued. "You asked me whether there was anybody to make it pleasant for me on ahore. There was no reason but my own perversity why I should not have answered at onee. No, nobody that I am at all sure will earn to i make it pleaatot for me. I have a dear old uncle wtio baa always been very good to me; hot when he hears bow naughty I have been I don't know what he will my to me," and she puckered rier white forehead into an expresof compunctious perplexity. "Well," be said, after waiting some time for her to resume, is that all?" "That answers your question, does it notr "My question aa originally put- yea, I believe it does; but it has been so amplified that vou can nardly expect me to be satisfied with that meager answer. ' ' "Amplified! I don't understand." "Those two ingenious hypotheses, for instance were they both pure fiction, or which was the true statement?" "Both pure inventions," she returned, laughing and bluabing again. "I am not that brilliant creature, a Governor's niece, nor yet that more useful and re spec table one, a teacher of music. The Governor's niece was just a bit of satire. I traveled a few weeks once in company with such a person, and the constant iteration with which ahe dwelt upon her ditto, and the amount of resnect it seemed to inspire in the minds of those who heard it, gave me the impresslon that it was the highest rank an "Not the eHect you imagine, i startled for a moment. I confess. but simpiy Because oi n siign roiawwow. Colnciaence: xjo you knownerr and a hot blush and a look of consternation sat together upon the fresh. young face of Miss biton. "Never saw her; but there was a plot to make me cross the ocean with auch a person and a lot of other women, which I defeated by running away." "Oh! vou ran away?" she breathed the word out in a startled, half-whisper. Yes, they went in a Cunarder, aad mv friend Drake and I slipped off aad took the steamer at Havre." She looked at him with widely-opened eyes for a moment, during which he decided for the fiftieth time that the eyes were brown and not deep gray, as he had decided the other fifty times. "Why did you run away?" she asked, after a moment's amused consideration. " Well, you see I was with my sister and two or three others; just a aloe littla nartv. all the ladies married; so a i i 1 : . : follow didn t have to .be always oa pai rade. We had a jolly, oomf jrtsvWe I ... - .... . . time until we got to raru on our way attne, and there sister took it into her head to join a woman who had been roaming about the continent with a lot of girls on an extensive husband-hnnt one of those women who never look at a smgie man without picturing him to herself walking up the aisle with a white tie, with half a doaen groomsmen at his back, and who has always just the girl on hand who will walk up the other akde la white satin and meet him demurely at the altar. I had no fancy for being cooped on a steamer with such an experienced old angler." "And the Governor's niece was one of the girls?" "Some Governor's niece, so l heard. Now. what Is the naughty thing you've been doing? Come, oonndsnce for conndence." For sole answer, however. Miss Elton leaned back in her chair and began to laugh immoderately. Julius looked at her for some moments, then catching the infection began to laugh, too, much to the edification of the waiters, who were beginning their preparations for dinner. "1 have no doubt it's awfully funny," he added, as she wined the tears from her cheeks, " but 1 could enjoy it mow if I knew just the point of view from which you see It" Perhaps you could," she replied, demurely, check in? aa impulse to laugh again. " We seam to be in the way; suppose we move." Come on deck," he exclaimed, rising with alacrity and offering his arm. "Thank you, no. I don't feel quite equal to the deck this morning." She made him a ceremonious obeisance, and her cabin door had closed behind her before he had fully realised ne'dldmit reappear daring the day. It was their last day at sea, and Julius was in despair. The jetties' light was In sight when he retired, and when be awoke in the morniag ths smooth gliding motion of tbo ship announced that they were in the river. He was m no haste to see the low shores of the Mississippi, In fact he felt at the moment that bs hated them; yet bs sprang up, dressed with dispatch and mounted to the deck. Everybody ww there but the one He sought He stood near ths compankm way, witting fr4reiy and storting at every stop. She did not

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The hours elided bv. the star rose i to view, passeagers eaaae oa dedk with sacbels and umbrellas, prepared to going ashore, but -still that particulai eabin-door remained elosed. They were at the wharf, the staging was run out, and a doaen or more citizens rushed across with that strange eagerneas so inexplicable to the voyager, whose eagerness impels him in the opposite direction. Julius still maintaining his watch at the companion way, fell himself srentlv put aside by a Ull, arav-htired eentleman. in a brown coat, who went w.th a careful baste down the brass steps. He heard a Utile cry, and peering through a sky-light he saw Miss Elton in the arms of the grayhaired gentleman, ber head pressed airainst the brown coat, and her eyes upturned to meet his spectacled gase. "Her uncle!' be muttered, peevishly who the dickens is be anyhow P" He moved discontentedly to the side and looked at the people hurrying ashore. "Hello, Julius! Going to epend the night aboard?" cried Drake, oomins up with a duly chalked valise in each haml :: "Oh, Mr. Hilder, exclaimed anothet and more musical voice. "Wait, uncle, I must introduce you; Mr. Hilder ht been very kind to me." "What, Julius! Why, ray dear boy, how d'jef My wife wrote me you were eoniinar over with her.' ' His hand was grasped with a hearty pressure, and be found himself gaaing into the spectacled eyes of Mr. Smollett. " Oh, stupidest Of stupider' he ex claimed, as be thrust slippers and brushes into bis valise in the privacy of his cabin. Ragged 'by the Smollett ogress after allbv Jupiter!" he added as he gave a last twi-t to his fair mustache before the m isty mirror. if. O. Timu-Dtmocrat. Mark Twain's Searrh for a Rare Book. At a meeting of a literary club held in this city some months ago, Mark Twain was the essayist of the evening, and. for the purpose of fully illustrating the subject under consideration, be ireatt numerous extract irom a rarci book which bad been lent to him for t he occasion. It was a very i are volume and it had come into Mr. Clemens' hands only by accident and for a short time. It happened that ff. ( able was then Mr. Clemens' guest, sick at his house. Mr. Cable had the liook, and he had borrowed it from a gentleman in New York who valued it so highly that be had repeatedly besought Mr. Cable to treasure it with the utmost care, ana return it wnnouv iau. inuatn, Mr. Cable was so careful of it that he hesitated to let Mr. Clemens take it with him from the house that evening and was uneasy until he brought it back in safety. Ths reading was a complete success, and the book was heartily enjoyed. It wsm fooad that the Hon. Henry C. Robinson had a copy, which had be longed to hit brother. Mr. Lucius Robin' son, but: to almost all present the book was entirely novel. Mr. Clemens determined to have a copy, and he wrote to a New York book-buying bouse directing them to buy it for him regardless of cost He must have it Tune passed, but the book did not come; and finally a letter came instead, savins: that careful in anirr and loner search had simply de monstrated that the book could not be had. It was out of print and out of existence. That ended the matter. Rev. Mr. Twitcbell. who was at the gathering, remembered that he had seen the book on sale la New Haven when he was a boy in col lees, and few weeks aco while in that city he stepped into the old store where be had once seen it on the shelves. The same old proprietor was there, and remem tsasd hia visitor. "Do vou recall such' and-such a book?" ke i Mr. Twitcbell. "Oh, yea," was the reply, "and 1 remember so-and-so (the author) when he was in college," and a pleasant flow of reminlsaence followed. Mr. Twichelt timidly asked whether it would be possible to secure a copy of the book now at this late day, and hardly dared to hope for a favorable reply ell." was the answer. "I under took to uut my cellar In order the other ! 4. w - aa.a dav. and l found about a corn ot tnem oown tnere, anu i ininn i cohiu suppiy Ton If vou wanted quite a number. ' He inaiiired the price of the book r for a nonv of which an unrestricted of. for had been sent out) and was told that thev wore ten cents apiece. He took a dozen and came back to Hart ford. Tying up six of them, he put them in his pocket a few days later when he was aoinir to walk with Mr. Clemens. Introducinff the suotoet of ths rare Tnlanui Mr. Twitrhftll easuallv inaulred of his companion if he had ever found a eouv of it "Never," said Mr. Clemens. "There are none in existence. The book is HRMthimr we must iro without" "What would you give for a copy?" asked Mr. Twitchsil. and the answer was that It wasn't a question of atoney. He would five whatever was asked The price was for the owner to set, then he would pav it. But it was idle to talk about it as the book was unobtaJnable. "WslL Mark." said Mr. Twitcbell producing the package, "if that's the way you feel, here are six to begin with; aad, if these aren't enough I can art vou a couple of bundled more.' The unlimited order for one copy at any price has been rescinded and it wu take a bonfire to make the book a rare one, Bttrifitd (Osswi,) Cewrastt Dr. MijCosk, of IMaceton, know seeMtMsiB abestt coOeces. Hs has at tended ton Wmt giadnstod at six,

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Fanny Davenport has fort' tweaty-avey This Ml M nnariiae hoi nerhans aha Be hut ran an me baby in a domestic drama. if XT m.j0. . UTBHNSaS. rharW Reads for several years ba'ore his death waa preparing aa mtobiography, including pioturesqoe ketches of ooo temporaries Part of it will be published during the year. Alvin J. Johnson, who died at the tge of fifty-seven years la New York recently, was widely htowi as the proprietor of Johnson's Cyclopedia. He was one of the closest frtonds of Horace Ureeley. I once asked Charles Resde what he thought of tbo American system of interviewing. He declared himself strongi in Um fivnr Just think." said he. "what a flee thing aa Interview with Shakespero would have been!" General Meredith Head. , President Arthur on re taught sehool in an interior town in New York and boarded with a private family. Afterward General Garfield taught the same i hool, boarded with the same family, and occupied the very same room.--Otieaqo inter Oettm. Lawrence Register Payee, most oi whose life has been passed as a woman in Frederick County. Vs., under the name of Rebecca Payne, and whose recent marriage was mock commented upon in the newspapers, has has taken the lecture platform. Xsss Am. Two daughters of John Bennett, oi Providence, R. I., married brothers. Ira and Frank Vaile. Four months afterward ths two remaining sisters married two brothers of exactly the same name as the others Ira and Frank Vaile, but in no way related. Froritlettce Journal. Wbittier has attempted little literary work of late. At long intervals be stays for a day or two la Boston, but spends most of his time quietly hi Dearer. He has long been ft r from strong, and unless bs gains n w strength during the summer he will cease writing altogether. Bottom FosL A Vermont conductor recently had a very venerable married couple among his passengers, me gentleman waa ninety-three years old and the lady ninety, and they bal been married seventy years a very unusual thing. Ths aged couple took the train at Essex and were going to Aortoampton, mam. Jos Chandler Harris, better known as "Uncle Remus," is the son of a mis sionary nnd was born at Booghm, on the Southern Coast of Africa. He was educated by his father, aad acquired a wonderful acouaintance wnn roreign ansnaces. He is an adept Sanscrit scholar, and is deeply versed in Hebraic and Buddhist literature. The sweetly quaint legends of Indian and Juneau mythology have found their way into his simple Southern tales, and the Sirit of his philosophy is identical with e teachings of Moses aad Buddha, lndtanapoUi JurmmL It's speculation that ruins the fers acd its peculation that ruins the clerks. After the hotels were full a aaa applied to one and said he'd become a guest of the house for a day or two. The landlord said be guessed not S. 0. Pteayum. "1 was the first baby bom in that st saat s a. a B town," remarked young sir. oowuea at the town meeting. "Yes," said oM Thistlepod, "and you haven't got over it yet' And for the lite of him Mr. Softhed couldn't understand what the rest of lamrhed at i "Yea." said the milkman, "we do a. have a good deal of milk on oar kaads sometimes, bat this week we've taken a contract to whitewash a couple of haras, so I think we shall manage to use up all our surplus stock How many pints did you say?" and he stirrevl up another can. Excitnge. Durimr the sermon one of the quar tette felTswleep. "Nows your chants," said the organist to the soprano. "Set wouldn't dare duet," said the contralto. "I could make a better pun than that as sure as my name Is Psalm!''' remarked the boy that pumped the organ; hut be said it solo that no one quartette, 4e. Who should the song die la the throat?' inquires Ella Wheeler in the Chkauro JViowae. Because it is natoral. The song couldn't die in the pocket or the boots. The only place it can curl up conveniently and go to rest is just where you have mentioned, aad if yon have any rightful emotion in your soul, let it stay dead, just where it k and pray against resurrection. Ltfo. -"Yea," said old Mr. Sqnaggs, "the doctors are getting mighty amart nowadays. Why, they've got instntntents and' things made so's they can see eleaa through you." Humph!" replied old Mrs. Squaggs, "I don't see nothing very smart in that I've seen through you this many a year, aad I ala't no doctor neither." Mr. Sqnaggs rubbed his bald head thoughtfully, and, after a pause, discreetly resumed hia readmg. Somervilk Journal Two ladles, moving in the highest circles of Washington society, during a frieadly meeting on the street, got to quarreling about their age, sua used very strong language toward each other. At last, as tf to end the dispute; one of them turned away and said In a verr conciliatory tone of votoe: "Let as not" quarrel over the matter say nonv I, attoaet, have not the heart to do it 1 never knew who my mother was; 4m dVwerted me when a baby, and who knows but that yen may have beam the I

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