The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-06

Why. what's the matter. Alice = said
Mr.. Toft. turning sharply round. :" Tears
Al. well. YES. yes, We know little hys-
teri,al. eh: Don't excite yourself. dear-
est. Nv dear poppcts. We viii walk home
very quietly. and then We viii have Tea IN
our little nsst."
She followed her lord and master slowly
up the hill "a their home on Lookout hill
il Wa a pleasant little villa witha fine gar
den.
Thing. went on quicrlyenoUgh al Look
out villa for another couple Of YEAR. Mrs.
Toit hal not hs-rn blessed hy children. a
Richard ha1 hoped. and the old man was
a good deal crsstfallcn thersar; still he
lived Ia hops and SEEMED ionsler than ever
II his Young wife. BY and BY the r1imor
went about that lac had sent for
Lawyer Emlyn 70 make his will
be- had always been very stubborn
against making wills; ami presently.
when Mrs Enlyn toiled up Lookout
hill To wilt Mr.. Toft-the EmlyT- hal
never visited before at that houSs.-and
sometime after invited her 10 spend a
quiet evening in the High Strcst. every
body Sh-ewllv Sunni-s,d how the viii was
ma.ss. and Judged rhat the property dis
posed 0f Wa not inconSilerable.
Meantime the Pcruyn. the good ship
that had sailed away that rine summers
evening. had been heard Of more thas
once She had not been spoken. however,
later than the last October. when she had
leit kurlchce with tire northeast monsoon
Tor the Red "a. intending 70 come home
By >ueZ and the Mediterranean. ANY day
he might return. any day might witness
William Black striking up Lookout hill
auv one Of the whirs-wingt-i ships that
dotted the horizon might b. the one ship
that heart-Sore Alice was secretly longing
% ss--. He l.ad been very good ne had
not written t. her si~ter->Ie had forbid
den him Ia DO -. and h. had oheyed her:
and vet il he knew how she longed 10 hear
IA Wa safe-after all il was better not.
Mr. Tot was breaking a little. people
said. lie was no Longer a. active A. he
had bs-en only a short Year since He
rarely came down into the town now. and
when he did il was pirilble To see him toll
ing hack up the hill making believe that
the Ascent was not painiulto him. He had
been used % come each morning 20 the
reading-roOm but now he had given that
up. and had the Tinss sent up 70 him on
the next day after publication.
One summer eyening-her husband had
been poorly al day. and Alice hail been
constantly occupied ia attending - him.
but now he had gone of 10 ~leep-she put
on her things and went down into the
town 10 make few purchases. intending
20 spend half an hour with Mr.. Emlyn.
10 enjoy a gossip with that lively. CONVEX
sable lady.
Down the hill she went the cool sea-
breeze tanning her parched cheeks. The
evening Wa divine. ami the sea was
stretched before her in long golden
>warhes. the mumur II il sounding gently
in her ears. ship. were stirring. some out
ward bound were hezlving az their anchors.
and the well-remembered sailors song
came -oftlv over the waters some home
waribOund were making for their anchor
fairgrounds with full-belliesl sails She
strained her eyes. and ancicd that now
this and now that might D. the lcugex-
pscied Peruvian. But no. thec would b.
no doubt then. her heart would tell her
AZ once. That j. Williams ship
The sun was getting low. and she
fastened quickly down the hill She met
,undry iOwnsVeople she knew Dy sight.
and nodded 70 them go0d-natured greet
ing. they turned AMI looked az her. and
watched her down the hill. = How rude
people are getting. she thought. = There
wa~ time when these would all have
touched their hats 10 the wife OF the ship
owner
At each shop she visited she noticed
something strange about the people. Mr.
Meaere. the draper. came out Of hi little
box and stared al her. and Mrs. Meagre's
stony visage appeared over the glass door.
sternly REGARDING her. II Wa the same al
the other shops. everybody looked queer.
Imagination" she told herself. II
feel altogether strange. and 1 ind my own
feelings reflected in other peoples face.
Here comes Mrs. Emlyn."
Mrs. Emlyn came up 10 her and looked
Al her with vacant. unncogniZing gaze.
Mrs. Emlyn." sine cried. how fortu-
nate | am 20 meet you
The lady gathered together her skirts
and passed coldly on
"Oh. what have | dOue-what j the
maffers- cried Alice. She felt faint and
giddy : something dreadful had happened
The air grew heavy and thick: all the.
houses in the red. quaint High street
seemed to blink at her; the ky wa= hrassy
and dull above her She was a. if in a
dream. when the last trumpet seems 10
sound. and the universe quakes around.
But II was nothing, II could b. nothing
Mrs Emlyn was often queer.
But she turned round and made her way
home. Her husband was awake and cry
mg for her like q sick child She could ID
nothing tonight. btIr in the morning .hs.
would 20 down into the town and yet 10
the bottom u this mystery. If il were "A
and not an a delu-ion.
Next morning Mr.. Toft wa better
much better: cheerful and chirupy. He
nal his breakfast in bel. however. and
Alice took il mp 70 him. lie was quite az
iectiOnate over his toast. and loving over
his egg aud by noon he Was down stair
H. the sitting-roOm grumhling that the
T1ses hadn't come.
= IL j. here now. Richarl-- said his wife.
him the great broad sheet She
left him % his paper and went on her way
about household matters. by and by she 4
heard a strange sound in the parior a. If