The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-24


meucr With ms nanir. | SUPPOSE. Il !
EDWARD Tray. | ~as the -sc0nd sou Of
Northumberland squire. who had just
enough moEry 10 Keep up the pbe e for my
brother, and no MORE A rine old placr u
was. and the only happy days can look
hex 20 were spent there That Ma when
w. bOy-hotne for the holidays. eager
Abol.s cricker and football. and 10 whom a
gun and Ihe range II the rabbit warren
were perfect happiness. AMER awhile, il
wAs unpleasant enough My brOCher-a
lazy, goO<l-looking FELLOW. no knew how
10 rilic ard Ia shoot. and cnly thaI-was
the idol 81 my mother and sisters All
deferred % him except little Mary, mypet,
Who Used 20 follow me round Ike kitten
Poor little girl l wonsler il she ever
thinks of mr now Younger sons IN a
poor family have a hard time VI IT, only
wonCser more don't 20 10 the bad than do.
Brought up ~ grnticmen. they are then
thrown on their own resourrrs, 10 live by
their wits. either IN some b=-ggariy prOfss>-
siOn. or A. Eangers-On WHERE there are any
rich relations They must uI up with .,s-
ing snuDts-i ami thrown over, whenever
tney come in the way-maaie Use 81 and
then cast 4silir. AZ lsze,r. such Wa my ex
l-rienoc. l was proud and Passionate. and
- felt 49, things more than Others. L
dare S2y. wanted To 20 into the army, bur
nv fztler said he couldn't afford i'll
would ~ ALWAYS getting into bt. etc
and 80 | Was appreuticsd To a London
harrl>rer-a great. pompous man. whom L
cOnliAlly dersSIed before month w4s out.
He had way Of 4ggravariug me when
ever Ne came in contact that used 10 make
ne long for an excuse 10 pitch him down
stairs ! believed in prsSentiments- 1
knew that mzn would injure me some day.
| saw more rrickery and underhand deal
Ing while in that Osficr than 1 had ever seen
in nv life before. Mr.. Person WAS a man
Of fzcr- not talent He had gained several
good cases. which made his reputation.
AMI he hal 4 way Of making people b.
lieye that il black MAS not just white. il
was certainly gray which proved very
useful 10 him.
. wa about TWENTY-FIVE when I went
into Kent for n few weeks. partly ON bust
ness for Mr.. PiersOn- and partly 20 visit an
unele Of mine Am | tiFing you, sir. with
rhis long story
Not At an. Tracy 90 on
Ill started AZ the unfamiliar name which
the doctor slightly emphasized His
bRaIh CAME quickly. and ms voice was
husky when he spoke again
Would vO1 think, now that a man
could hear hrs own name 80 seldom that
when IL wa spoken A. You spoke mine Il
could make the past come back like great
wave almost blOirinx out the present.? |
haven heard my name for mOre than ten
year. h. went on. musingiy- IL don't
won.l-r il sounds strange 10 me. IL was
ia the summer when went ro Kent. the
time for falling in love. A. ir j. called.
and. 81 e0ur>s-- dii IL don't wonder AZ
mysssz- even now. when | remember all
that has happened. We were thrown very
much TOgssher- Lucy was an orphan. liv-
ing with 4 rich maxim aunt whose place /
a,ljcins-l my unelr's. HAD always fond I
Ne, for playing the pclrt II protector and /
~he w4S cllnging. trpensienT little thing. /
with long gOislrn curi~ and delicate pink I
And-wFife daisy face. | hal never cared \
for auy giri before and from the first /
loved her maiiiy. It's the old. odd story
and needn't make fool Of myself again !
BY telling il IA YOU Before I vent back /
20 town We had exchanged rings, and
>he h1d promised 10 love me through |
eternity A lengthy interval IL proved
Our engagement was To remain So
crei until should become a great lawyer. |
and then | was 70 claim her This was
Lucy-s IDEA l wanted tO speak TO her 1
aunt. bat she begged me not. giving a 4
Dozen different reasons for NV silence. ]
hpliv,a- even rf-n. she thought il be-r not 4
20 bind herself too cIo-ely but OF course. |
I never suspected this, for with all my
faults. I hal always h~--n p@rfs-ctly honest
and truthful In the winter Mr.. PiersOn |
toll me- that the business | had been al
tending 20 had now % o. completed and
that ~ Wa going down himself I was.
u cour-e. very anxious 10 20 but h. dill
-. n . -.
. o0uule 0f dinners and. from What she !
said. knew h. had ben very attentive 70
her. He was a good looking man about
forty and could make himself very agree
abb whrn he chose 20 DO -. | wrote to
Lucy Immediately. telling her what !
thOGxhE 81 him. She replied, acrusing
me al h-ing Jealous. and saying she was \
sur ! Wa prriudicrd agzinsr Mr.. Person.
who had spoken very highly Of me. and 10 l
whom 7 found she had coufitesi the whole 1
story 81 our engagement. I was very an 1
CIV. and wrote rarhs r harShly 10 her. \
fancy. for rsmember she toll me ] did /
not love her a. once did That was our I
firsfqu 1rrel and was -Oon male up- and I
FIR FEW weeks We cOrre<pOnd--d a. usual. /
Mr.. Person returned To LONDON but went \
hack 10 Kent again in a wprk or two. lie 1
sid h. was coliectinx evidence for an inn /
poTtAnr ca-e-
.->O0n nOrieed that Lucy'- letters grew \
shorter and shorter. and finally on came /
saving that b. hal hsrn thin ling over our 4
fo0lis n engageEnent. and a. th~re wa no i
DroSy~-r- q nv heing able % support her. \
-he hz1 cnme 10 the conclusion that for 4
rfe sake ON. both il hail better D. broken 4
know every word of tIar cDol. hart 4
heSs ser-rr now One reuBembrs such Il
-hings. VERY soon after. heanl q her 4
.ngxg..plenr % Mr.. Person. vas gen 4
rleInaR and h. va a suOb. but he bad 4
money. and hadn't
Whats a gentleman b0rns Il il /
>hillin's an renoeyr quoted this doctor.
-.Dftiv.
~Eh WHAT that