Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 November 1884 — Page 7
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IXDIAJTA,
OKANOTATMCrt
iawtarw
twewafsnfe cert rwtoriw tain,
ant's si
tJj22Ltt-mjrw1mBamo mm. w raUsr
a rs aortas to e wylwUd
have!
wishing that (Urm salt iidaj and
In mrnmrn W go the Count
Of
So the
hi favor with all hit
aMOUlte a
Jest when ha
who ttw
la
of the
at the
ihtfuliirtnuo
with of hh jjopwlarity. there arrived at
h, aooompaaiad by twoyooaf ladft.
The party attracted ao ntue www TIm sirloin wean saaare. dried
lookinnrmanof fifty or thereabout; he
had mi anraw. oecisiye mummer, i
k mm ku nnfam with an air of one
accustomed to be obeyed with prop-
lmsa Astute Daxte ' aHaMttaTthfaolal
awansa aa nuroni Bim a
ttMUMaBf fMMVfluj ha daflv MUM
ia retting Mm. nwugo, kffftble auUroa. to look i
erher. aa arraitgeenent which
Dexter and hit aieoa to perfection, aa
thereby they got m w iMbf, and were left to their own de
vices.
Everybody know what a Scarborough
hotel belli. The guest of f hotel
uk thoae of another alternately, inaro
or
aft
hrohr,
MM
i days ywfi J halv iMMMT taTaJrWiiil
Coaat Ws
ffjMlt Maf ahwt,W ToSoe af aa ajalr, tek oMaw oai aod the
V raQar
accustomea to oe oovyw wm jwvww asa utose 01 upumt wwrwawiy. w neat and precision. Aa name, accord- uaJly a gentlemanwho officiates aa ing to the visitors' book, was Julius K. matter of the ceremonies, and latroDexter. and he had scarcely retired to dtMM everybody, whether they like it
f wawww w " - . wu mini tttinar.mnm heiore he was
reoofnised by the hotel pesJpa one
of toe largest ana mam www
l a .w a.
I niaiors mniu street, lawm
or not. Hence one
title revolving with
lenders, ambitious
s vaunt
Hebrew
money
I . . lKi .LIi
'gsttaysieA . . ulators hTWall street. There was no ox thmX dnfhter' perfections to the -fr r'yjf TuwSTP w" doubt at all about Mr. Dexter's maiions; maMgera of Tiaymarket lesUaranta, mmVmrnii men looked upon him with awe and ad- respectable 3ritUi inafhatf wor--Sbr"- ff;i!hJ?ll."3S2 !?L?S2EiS2i'lS:
SjriHL SMa - Imb sa I vat I .jtC.:. f k th I ahu n m ut wit laaV
r, but R wan aani w
nnen wrfcwes am' narshe
lliiTtftsndesMtte
MneaMas'eatie s ele nn awtae et?3sa ywtee te n, seihaa. eaee away W ta wWlar b"," Oe aweaer atea? hat Jha's aa nUae; treaaatlesaMaeldaw.to Iwep or gib ajj57fene ts aMhe soaw oser aaretaff TKm SSt mim o' waWa mm mMom. e shaatWe Khw lo take av teesawajr-
Aa-we'sasBlUB
aa I.
ponied the company at the Rffm thing anttod her admlraW
Of
aoti of
Tm-
frl lip IVntM- was known to be I 4ummiii imntaaaed OPOB the
.LIUI. V. kaJ alnanlv AHterad I Va ika wstk linln a tO
his name in the TisHors' book as "Jnlios told wealth, and Dexter's mmkmsmade
K. Dexter and party. Hew Iotk. - una hmeka seneatton that toe young mnj of the girU was apparently TeVy deb-1 had half a down proposals as aaany
eate; she always went to the Bpn la oaya. She
m m think vail, tfcjl flUMHT BMIIf IB I th wm. ana WBB. WUW
constant attendance. The second, who I .hrewd enonrk to know that nny sueti
i statement wonu most uwennuy
i was of a snmciendr nttraethre appear-
m, 1 nlalnlv. but
uiJmI tn nlov excellent health. Mr.
s's rtssiiliif torljr, wMout atear
i bed.
' atfa ob her. Boor aSMdr Jiat
r-wtaate-wewaj
T s est aa" wlineiwl. e Matetee kaowa, ot oe
fcnt wlf mad I .-wi. Wmtr wiImmw and ardor.
On the contrary, as she generally bor-
. a a a n
rowed Hiss i lara s aresses im
wmAm Mtntimai wnn ana someumea
without her leare. she did her best to confirm the popular error.
After a few weeks ot tnts son oi uw
the Count's attentions became so ex-
mnnm'.wnnm ana iBni nvuviMMaw l iair mwvM mu annul ucvftu w
had not sncceeded in attaining the ob YnM -nroooaal daily. The Count,
iet of their aspirations. Matters were hoVeyer, was a Try wary gei (v itjMiiwtraLA- an the Count was I j -" tn tl
IVrtr himself never alluded to them
a uTItn" And "Annie:"
the male visitors grew prodigiously
anxious to make their aoqnaintance.
u Md tne toretsTn
noblemen, spring captains, tailors.
money-lenders ana seeay aonoraotw
ally; the hi Via ait
iaaaad totnkn a
tH.. OA 1 -
, Were aesjamnninaawaiii aka imbI iwavllawa was
I .uiHMiee too are tola tiMugftt.
AniePA inoniredCInt. a grant favor to ask i-wan m be the last," said tkw jmmg kwy, 0
mtirely.
"What la ttr" I want nn to lend mo roar dhy
moods. I am so noxious to took weu
to-night"
a 'Ob. yen, yew may wwe aAcwersd Clara, tamtttegly. "Don't forge to leave them behind, though
no Mlso Aante wont "
amjrd la Wm Doctor mws, ana natarauy enioyed harseM towwnaely.
a w nnuuttf Tka Seam.
borough, air had done Clara so much
good that the oetenninea to woowa.1
her nneje. Annie, nowerwr, pfatifue and a had headache. nsf Dcxtet
dM not press nor w go. vw rn.M mimhI hariincle'axooim.
liaf." she aaid, laoghiag.
What lorr" he aacea, wren n re"Kow yon know you are act to ask owMtiona, but to do aa you nn told. Arriving on the course. Dexter disposed of his niece and begno strolling about the ring. Preaently he felt
touch on his sleeve.
!" aWaaaWV'aMaBWawnBMidMn ' -JVaaannnk 'nhwsm mmntnuna -.watl 'mnnnnnnnnmV'Vnmn ntlnuntt snlnnsMnl IN ftnMHannPaW aWafsWa? awawsapawmm (
Iranenat sfftodv fe
tbdaritarshdMof kit
anmnwanmS
lsMV.IlaMnl awamnw wawwpfw
-Font WUl It GnfMoa VI
itwiMtadkai atltlai te
t ni maw
IkmakJbi
of DublfbrarlM
1a Smyaaft faMtift in thai
tbelateJohn W.Gairett washlr WL. arfia Ha attd thmM
ofhbbtatlaM.kld.11 with hia wifo at tha table beatde Imjs.-
riffiiifiimiin rrem. Wmmjmmwmmmvw jj
fayette Square, Washington,
aides taw veneraoie r ftnt Amertoan lOalasi 1. tumor of whom, in
it . Tat4 riaaiwilaaWal haTS
aaadlalMlv OSUlUsfta h IVff Of
Ginko trees from Jaatm-
-Mat fTBeaiwaa, Jtf who died In the pital a few days" ago, waa the rlgotor of the musical gtaatok, amem proowl
i away.
tumeto
vm aa an' so Is Jtav-he's often
Aniiul toJTV nUsr reasl It s mlhty
aani B - - tgm mik m v
n aa um tunn -
-JbtrvA.
at CVRtary.
deputed to devise a scheme which might
produce tae oesimi rnw. .rf-n.M mv dsjr." remarked Mr.
rv M amnimr n tkft Invalid, "thai
. ... . i 1 1 1 w
blaet-whlskerea iiauan DnnHM-wwg k t.n hlmaAlf a Count, wants
u to Join in a driving excursion some
where. , , . iiM Annvaa vnn ttl1 Mm VOU d dO DO
ch thing," answered the young lady.
somewnat rreuuuy.
"OO0WP SPLTnffiNTOFF. roWEp
"So you're not going? said the other Kiri- . . . n.
t nainiy not. w ay r Nothing, but I thought you might
.... I... . .nil
OurfuHMiiM waa ac m J m. a puinm in tne muuuwui , mw
The hotls were crowded, and e roe and ier -
and trndesmen were doing a .Uan would take a fancy
Hot only was there the i ..u j, tk inralid. "Her
kaMajinAkeriL Yorkshire manu- ,Amnu- i. tv11v nnendurable. Italian
w . a
naai rwxtwr'B IacjonioQa Idem, and WlMAOnmoOf It. . n
Tmt
, aprlgs of nobility, overworked
jty men, with their wives ana superaimwdaat families, but the cholera had nut over a goodly contingent of foreign artaWM with high-sounding names, nnd of more or less diatioguUhed apmttance. There were Fretvh Maronhwa and Count. German Barons and an Italian Duke; there was n Russian
.wi tium, worn .doiraa of tie-
'of every nationality, "rivaling . i. rWUntal tletidor." Many
J theee personages were accompanieu by their wives and daughter. and mot 3 thn were exceWmg!; affable in
nor, totning in waawr k. nluw afllwrded. and
aim ww
. away at me p-ttoassem-
vm tU a. mttmrtrv WhkTh. II SOme-
what ndadireeted wm obrioualy weUmelV TVafirn Mnaxgoi from BradfordVand the Mies Shoddys. of Halifax. quite sated with the adulation of ZZJT-Mm and if it had not
dTBS "1 w23r and faertnaT Count Sputntntoo at tteBegalia Hotel there la no knowtag boTtfor aafaon. "J!rr tmed to the somewhat deserved Tom, Dick, and Harry, of tlnar mttjvs eonn- . - aw. rvMmrt'a tiMerior at-
-aiicance. He wm young, apaboat twe or three nad thirty; lavelv teeth and aMWiftoent
kZ -M awinawuv noasMMd
t untold wealth, wore lWtSe ksj-hry, and drove an adadrabje mail rwaeton ajsd pair of horses. WmolMOoaarw,
thflughnot
laZZT .1 MMklWaai hiaa.
The Count waa acceoaible, nad speedllf made avnat aumher of aoquaiat-
m waa muvtawMiy
i au liked him, mam men.
a llUta laaUnaa Of MS SUO-
m verv welL aadalayd nwmark.
1. JL mmm n MlHjuda. He SPOtte
indaygood Engliah, with a strong ta-bmaoomt, ad Unversed flnenUyn mlntlj asiiayPrkaMdes of that
nnga. l were were, u T; l .eavioat persons at 8Mk?l0Si
klnied broadly that tae lamuw-f
m. wna no Count at au. out ir-
Counts are generally on the lookout lor
heirM. Why can t you sena ner on mis expedition instead of me? Nobody here knows that she hasn't got a farthing in the world. We might get rid of her. nad what a blearing that would "I am afraid you are getting. uncharitable. It would, however, be rather smart to let these hungry fellows ,kiw .k la an heireas. But if. I take
her, what la to become of you?" ..r .kin mm m. The neoole are
amusing to look at, and Hannah will, take care of me. Besides. Annie pitjyelv irritates me, I know she thinks nursing such a dreadful infliction. "Have It your own way. my dear, ni ik VMint that we shall bo ue-
when the appointed day came Mr. Dexter, accompanied by Miss Annie, and duU mounted on a moderately well-appointed coach, wm piloted by the triumphant Count to a well-known show-place a doaen miles from Boar nmiMaal to inform Count
BUT. ' - . HnlltMatosTthat the young lady under
bb charge wm not his niece at all, but tan dmigkiar of a defaulting clerk, who k d Committed forgery and then blown
out his brains. MeUher did he My at
he had not a science m mm wt, that ht had aBpfrod her toaawaM the
The) exeumioa was, Meaot nmuv
"to: -Zrrzr S aw nuw.
mat hndft not ffB0vMi til
A'wh-lmS htvmJ Z
iVmi ft,ni'i aaMswnwat. Bo
enjoyaote. jmmm BnmvoaStufgaaMB too oa taw emmWoa make hhwaelf too a
ventleman
and. before proaeoding to extremities.
he determined to ascertain irom ner
uncle what the young lady's prospeew reaDy were. He accordingly wrote him, begging the favor of a few minutes
conversation in au pmwiw-
American, of course, anew what wm coming, but, not being oyer-
oonnaent in on uw - with an ardent lover, he took his niece s advice m to the course he ought to pur
sue. ...
"That Polish Count, swindler, courier, or whatever he mav be. means to propose for Annie. What ami to My?' he began. K)h. let him have her. by all means.' "But I don't believe he will, unless he thinks she is an heiress, and I don't in
tend to perjure myself on ner account, though, of course, I shall give her eome-
"That is a little awkward,' said Miss Clara, musing. "We most think it over. Have you made any inquiries about Wm?" Yen. and I have no reason to believe that he is not the man he represents
himself to be. He is well known now at Paris and Cannes. And yet I believe
he is a fraud." "That is quite possible; but if he really be Count Snlitaentoff. I oWt see why Annie should not marry him. "But he thinks aba U worth a Million ?" t Let him think so!
I am not going to tell tne nan a
pack of lies. " ,k-
l dtnn r vim too j. mm mv
Talid, with unusual animation. "Attend to me. Whan SpUtaentoff proposes, you must positively refuse to hear of H, without Mying a word about her prospects." r - And then?" , , "Why then they will elope, of Dexter burst out laughing. " Well, that U certainly an ingenious idea. But I am afraid he will ill-treat her when he finds out."
"Oh. nonsense! She is very well
able to take care of herself, and you
wUl make her a decent allowance. ul, taavtAP went to meet the
Count, haying made up his mind to put
his nipce s plan mto operaB. interview waa brief. The Count avowed hb devotion to hue Dexter, and formal-
hr asked for her hand. vex, wnose repugnance to the faadaatiag foreigner rather increased than dlndnlahed. point-
one
haf
"That's m!" attd Dexter, turning
round. a . . , .. Two men stood before him, one tall and somewhat distinguished looking, the other shorter, with a sharp, hatchet face and business-like appearance. Dexter fancied that he had seen the tall
Mnm Oddlv enouzn. ne wm
oh on tus sleeve, j m inj wk snkv I beg your pardon, sare," said some tomMers partjaHy fflad wtm ,wiS a strong foreign accent, "but He is ssJd to ikava "2lJPg& a a A M . A tf JVaVA.at aAWAAaB mrtaT WBWaWaMnWhAV
JUKW WWA mmm mm
he bore for
eated. -In Washingtoa they tnHj that iJoha
McCttllough once, wneav WJH' went out to the hotel at Cabin 1
ftridew for dinner.
tArrfad there until a '
when, for the irst Ome, ae
John's
man Deiore. uuoiy enowKm i wnen, wr wm . .... singularly like Count Splitaentoff, but that he must appear oa Ford wagona Ids whiskers wore nearly white, and his Spurt acus at 8: preclMly. And aa m AJ -wA wnm ma H fmm I AmnvtM mtlaa AWAV fTOWl IMa
his whiskers were nearly white, and his mrm arrinklAll And WOIH. AS if flOm
a recant illnese. Moreover, he might have been at least thirty years older than the Count, but still there wm a
UAVIHW. ... .
"You are Mr. Dexter' ne oonunueo, with much volubility and many gesticulations; "then you know a minrabU who calls himself the Count Splitaentoff, and reside at the Hotel Regalia?
Vere is he can you tell me?" " Hanged if I know," said Dexter, feeling somewhat uneasy. " Is he not here?" cried the stranger.
excitedly.
" ho; 1 don t uunx ne chw. am, or something." , , " Hang the feUow!" interposed the short man. " He's given us the slip." "This, sare, is to you a mystery, aAid the other. trembUnsT with rage- " I
stage. It took Ave mlnuus to. gesv swiftest horse at the hotel harnswed to
a light wagon, and there naJT
an hour lor tne onve anu w Mr. McCidloOgh came on the stage
live minutes late, ana never Bpartaeus better in his life than
HUMOROUS. A local paper says, rather ambiguously, that the Cornell freshmen etam this 'year will embrace twenty youag
woman. x. tnuip.
An aoothecarv aasertea m a
company that all bitter tMnga hot.'' "No," replied a pbyahjan,
MM, mild iav La an exceOClon.
"Do cats think?" queries a isrfter.
larga i were
kaaaik iwluAsd to entertain theproDosal
The Count waxed eloquent and expostu-
dividual la a very much kit-bterato-won of life. The Baron vt SttdW fcrtoataaee,hmimiap
lata befota m agwabUBgneit
idutlMl
m W
mm i ill 1 Tl lb in ii irnn Tfl
woterboth atenlal ana wayegtw, Ai&. a- M.m. mim Am TnaatmiA Ferrara
aaMkawMacAWalMt, h'jft
"thM awatiemen aoMuceo nay tjm-w JVklu. AAAAMkwI7thev were
- diabslieved. More
iSTTn- nmmimr waa Mt to the ten-
aSyeen a HaMfaxmift glrl.su
m iul. . Aiamtnannn ot n
nnoSt searenjag ii.? i
tioa about his fortune, aw wwa, rL.-T-T. k. lAaMtded tc leave
thesn. and. in fact, all bis most private
and nersonal annua.
"I hope you enjoyeu jw J ji " Ju fwtAr to his protege, aome-
ZJlt .k wrttmm wu tnmente were
over, and he found almeelf once more at
"bnmenseiy," awiwtrai.tht ytwmg
y&l. .TJ?-tti.wfiVAd he is so
Z-TZm. k cli . kMM.ii Paris, a villa
Caaaee.eadanyaa
Inn. he neck me to a hospital; I grow
worse: he leaves me to die; he go to
my hotel; he steal my luggage, my money, my papersrerythlng; he go off I know not where. But I recover; t ah ku trnffHL. win xe aid of my
& m - - . aa Z good friend Monsieur remit, of Scotland yard. At last I have catch him
Dexter wm not easily surprised; but
be started at the infuriated stranger with amassment. " The dickens!" he ejaculated. " Perfectly correct, sir," said Mr.
Ferrett. " But we are wasting time. Where Is the gentleman?" At Scarborough, I believe. " By Jove? I trust he mayn't have nut clear off! If I had only wired to
the police! But I wanted to collar him "Sexier promptly found his niece, and
the whole party returned to Scartorough aa fast m n special train could tirry them. The Journey wm by no means a pleasant one. The real Amount
wm frantic at tb thougbt ot loaingnis nmv. Fmrctt wm sitent and sulky.
whfle Dexter wm seriously uneasy
about Annie. I Mirer meant to
hi lllra tkla-V h wl
who wm orying quietly in a corner ' At 1 . A. CIXaVaA AAA. S.
that is rare: lmmvOm
aaf. When Clara wai
.A Am. U a nlan veama
would ask her hand in iaarri n.ia)v molied: "I don't tidak rd a
t. mt akA vAWBWMaiaw? Of a
the other day. WlmVm: eetvad the aantes fat the onm frcaa aaoh mber, she said: "I shall now oaUtha roll, to see tf you are all present. Mother. "Do hurry an, stohbia; nay
less you .hurry mora youTI anIttwar nf A bnsiawM SJtan
growm" Bohbie: "O, yaa, I
I'll have a lot of ckrks to do ary harry a a naaa afl a BlJ MmmMM
ing for me. ' raiiawtiwww vw.
Bound to vfnisue: Oh,wUstliBahhwsv wl
WliSa sa m laaat lemrt
Iwiwv)
Ok.
silent and sulky, aaveffay HJiii r seriously uneasy 'Ja mmwmm It la ejajpmt taat a atW aaanka af let her lit far any hlppopotaami hat haa dhwovered a rhtepersd to Clara, nawowTpajt of mwWffirl
teiUsTenoa wfll
gree of great
M iwmaywa
pdibvrHaTa da-
nothing this
wamaiaw
The VOUnt Waxea eHTqueut wnrjuwiu- 1 -Tvnere w witoi "r-"- i giw latory; ealarged upon the snterfdor of shouted the party in chorea, whan they other his fMhttv and the extent of his posses-1 arrived at the Regalia. a . I wm
raai even SO wr aa w iiww, i -nwi . , I wiw m a waaawm which attnbtWhad his I imnortant business." answered the man- I anew
bLaaatf imZrnhA all teasoBahla doubt, I aaw. and a vollev of imprecatloM aurn riMcmm
iZaJ-u tmmtmw tn eooM into his I ai the irrouB. Dexter rushed up-1 Wkat tha
TXT mum, mmA tmAAAwt a nttantitv of atAlM tn kl wirI'i room. The door mM. Anaawhedr h
rwrm' . j vifi,- I . , , vi.ki at it vinlentlv. 1 rr.iTilia. i.a. 31 awl lm
zzpl zt1a.jz rr wr -who-. therein --tv .a -
upea me uqor "UMI you wipe out saw iw
didn't, but I went right mm "J"!
(k tne. I . r . tt lim
is Count Split-
We were to have eloped to-
. VI .M. " aaid
i ram eve. B J uw mj waa
your' "lea. Ht M VMM
lawihat all his oleading wm at tub,
the (mw went off in a terrible
tum tt w dam were sonkewhat
trying, both far uncle and ftlece, JU soonas Miss Aante heard the dreadful news of Her lover's rejection she at
tacked her guardian, with every specie. of argomant and abues she could invent, and was only .pacified by the
threat that he would wamone ner nenwty, FaWngtomakt aabmMWAup. oa ktnsherrorted to Clara, whom she
eaaTfeeling thankful that things
no worse. Ob. Mr. Dexter!"
WhaVV Wirww aw www
day: there comes Smith
i of it.
1 1.
Goad
t.k. aMtia of! And he took Clara's
Aimwmm.mA. Ka-rvoaue ne saiu one ut
poached bltteriyhaviag marred her the s-s-stones Sonets in lim. I what shall I do? J
Mr mmr Annie," protested laara, weat on into 'T, "'"Tli."
VOU H had aothiag to4o with
me, i$ow -rT:r
the CoaateM f ayuiaeiiwin. vv. takes such vkdeat diaUkee, you kaow. nrrt I should elope; hewttlbt
TV. mtmmm Maln nulkH A ohul WM
"IOU U nerer mc yntured out oa St' """fSria voTSoor; Kwith ffigiri. 'The night By the way. f aaratfvo you fwr t tld, wRh a little ahlv-
xea, ana i.e-a-x-'" r-T t Jn ware naore warmlv dad I
would Mk you to have tome lo creaxn: but that thin muslin drees, and' I am not at all cold!" the ghi interrupted. " To be sure I might have thrown soane-
uung over my snoviuvni nw, vwin
wrapfmn
nwmteaai lafar a
1 1
W'as both' ha Bawoaaamth.
WrmmmTriLTmZi vUlk
to