The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01

1 vase sssesAAS>S SsaN uSSs"uc VIZ co&iVs
they Left II anI pursued their ow
bright fight.
Uncle Ted. now, therefore, almos
unchidden carried his papers down t
the kitchen every morning, and rea,
leading articles to the cook, who with
out ceremony ordered him from plac
to place, to suit her convenience Will
the housemaid would peep over hi
shoulder ut the advertisements. and tn,
footman sit on the table, discussing
politics with him, undisguisedly patron
ixingly.
The doctor could do nothing bu
sigh helplessly as he, passing tn,
kitchen stairs for stroll in the garden
heard that fine old voice losing ever,
day something of its nobility Of tone
and that pure accent becoming SO un
certain and vulgarized. Yet it would
have been well for the family had
Uncle Ted confined his friendship ia
his brothers servants solely. This,
however, was not the case for the doc
tor had more than onceeurprised him,
before breakfast, standing on the step,
leaning against the area railings-his
skull-cap on the back of his head, his
hands in the pockets of his old dressing.
gown-asking the milkman's advice on
some delicate family matter, hitherto
supposed to have been a secret from
Uncle Ted himself.
Led gently away by his brothers
trembling army, and stearnly, yet en-.
treatingly demonstrated with in the Sc
clusion of the doctors study, Uncle
Ted defended his conduct on the score
of the milkman's being a very remarka.
BILE man, a gentleman under a cloud,
persen of considerable mental endown.
ments; and the interview would be
brought to an abrupt close by an
Recommendation from Uncle
Ted that his friend should be asked to
Among the nursemaids in the park
no less than amongst his brothers do
mestics and tradespeople, Mr.. Edward
Letter was necessarily discovering some
q higly gifted mind" or some Sine
nature" that demanded not only the
devotion of his morning hours, during
which he would sit in speechless or elo-
luent admiration of the "mind" or
nature in question, usually to the
of its owner, and of
'ome policeman or lifeguardsman near
It hand: but, unfortunately, too often
also homage, in the shape of
! silver thimble, brooch, or ribbon, pil. |
cred from the toilet table of one of |
Jncle Ted's nieces.
When the family went out of town,
Jncle Ted was left behind. To carry
UGH disgrace among fresh scenes and
ervants was of course out of the aues-
ion yet the alternative was a serious
ne. In fact, it generally happened
hat, from the moment of the family's
eturn to the moment of its departure
gain, fresh revelations we're constantly
eing made concerning Uncle Ted's pc.
uliar modes Of passing this interval of
sparation from his relatives.
At first when the doctor, on opening
ne after another of his favorite books,
'und himself possessed by . strong in.
ination to sneeze, and traced this
range effect to its cause-namely, a
W grains of brown powder sullying
early every page-he concluded that
ncle Ted had been devoting his time
to study during the family's
,sence. Sundry odd volumes being
issing from their places, and undis-
'verable anywhere else, Uncle Ted's
'd-room and favorite little retreats
ould be searched. As to the volumes
emselves, the search would be in vain,
1T would result in the finding of mys- I
rious little tickets bearing mention of
e missing books and their where ]
'outs; and not of these alone. but
airing mention also of other little
Hing articles and their whereabouts.
erhaps the whole amount which the !
change of the things mentioned on
e tickets themselves had brought J
ncle Ted would not be more than ten
twelve shillings. But the most 7
arming thought to the family was not. !
ter all, the way by which the money h
d been obtained, but the way in which b
had been spent.
Who could tell for what purpose il
ID gone? Perhaps in wooing to be
re-. Edward Letter, Mrs. Woods, the d
bacconist, widow with six children, n
q person for whom Uncle Ted had r
Messed feeling of no common e
endship, through her likeness to a h
rtain Lady Emily, his first love; or I,
rhaps 1T had purchased a betrothal .
{ for Mrs. Webfoe, the charwoman, K
lom the master Of the house was ever o
rear OF having introduced to him as v
J sister.in.law. n
1t cannot be supposed that the dis. Il
very OF these tickets could be passed d
or as easily as Uncle Ted's other little a
A sense of unavoidable a
useless duty compelled the doctor d
summon his brother to his study, and .,
deavor to awaken in him some feel. q
y OF shame and penitence, but when, v
obedience to his stern command, the T
form appeared, there was still 80 s,
'ch of the old nobility about it that e,