The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-11-26
sired to have her farwell and good wishes

Cool, by Jove:" thought Bob; "nies
way 70 drop fellow" never dreaming
: Miss Dora ad taken offen.e a. his play
ing the devoted t., Miss Jessica Gray, As
.he chose to term it, right before her eyes,
aud walking home with her; aud not
knowing how her friends remarked as they
went down the street that " Mr. Brisbo~
had been very attentive to Miss Gray OF
late: wonder if there's anything in il y
which observation did / OF southe her
troubled feelings Jack left Milwaukee
that pisht for St. Pad, Hher- brother
resided. Jes-ica heard IF it, and felt des
perate. Bob B,ishow, chatting from the
treatment he had recrivel from the fair
Dora, threw himself into excitement and
rushed into all sorts of gavety for forget
fulness lie MT devate him self t. some
body; why not To- J.s-ic1. Jrssica ~as
quite W ling t. 10 anything ah'ch ouli
keep her from ti,k.s., 81 ~ firtr h.
rbiy sith BIB JACK cam hack Ia Il
week, and the frs. ,uins he saw was Bob
ard Jessiea rliin: GA 81 ring street. That
day he threw op his situation la Mi aukce
anil the next weut TO St Paul 10 remain.
Mis-, Smith heard bow Bot a. Mis- Cray :
most devoted slave-hrr attendant every
where, end she wert Eat a,th party 81
friends to spend thu -ea,on, auI n-s'r --nt
Bob a you'd byr even.
/ A delightful. state OF af.irs, Want it,
take it all around ? One would have -ali
nothing less than mlracir cUuii ever
bring matters -traigt.t with these fur iuna-
tics There W. Jlck of III 81 p.nl hat
my everyboi~. Mis- smith ~ NV York,
where a match making friend uas Tying
to marry her t. an old: mon-yed wIdower,
and B b and Jessica making love 20 each
other in Milwaukee out of spite So it
went along till Nav, 1874 when Bob heard
of Miss Smiths return to Chicago, and
sor,' body, f,r she wore n new ring, and he
won't straight thai evening and asked Jes
sica to nary hlrn; and Jess;ca, realizing
that sh. had given BIB all the encourage
ment in the world fer several months, said
yes ard, being exceedingly miserable, did
no. stop to observe that Bob. manner Vas
not us lover Ike or tender it mi sht be,
aheu he made the proposal.
When Carrie Soinrrs saw Jessica's hand
at their next meeting, she said, Oh!
and then stopped. and then went on, " So
vor'vc booth been in earnest, have you f?
Queer; | used to think Bob and Dora
Smith ouli make match. aud | always
farc ell you'd marry Jack Wilson, JessIca?
IIJr came Bob TO cut him OUT? aud Jes-
sica lookei her straight "a the eyes aud
sad, My d-lr. wan' you to tell me how
YOU put that trimming on your broNc pop
lin. want my new suit trlr1med in the
ZANE way, and came over to confer ~i'h
you
In July, a httl' purity of ak left Milr"u
kec t. visit tie D-lIs, and Devils lake, and
.cenery lhrr-ahnuts Carrie Somcr>, Bob
Bril- o and JESS en- Gray comprised the
three w'th which our story is CONNECTED.
rh"y hal Il very i.ce time Of j., for two or
three day., ard the forrth dnv out felt like
;.ki a rest So they stnpp over at tn.
Cliff n"u-e, ID glf- LAKE o say week Or
.her.atoars They had been there ut 40
lays, when two gentlemen cine DOWN from
,h- NORTH aud registered tkcir name. II
J.ane, an JACK W ils0n, at the Cliff house.
Bob and Carrie greeted their old frien
curdri!y, All there WAS nothing 'or Jo-sicn
10 10 hu, treat him WE'LL or mike ;heIr az
fair public They were all GA the .rr
aud, in he evening, jack ana his brother
some d>t-,rc, from -->i..,. ~h.n Carrie
.rcle up: "Oh Jessie 10 'ou krnw my -i-
'..r Ia Chicago l. 80 we'll she thinks sh-
/, i'll be up her Til. summer | only wis
he cn1li have come i.h but she hard |
" dare travel vet. never dreamed -he
could recover, last wiu,er D., you rem
Dor the time cent Bob over To bring YOU
when -he autographed for me-? | never got
such trigh: in my life thar gave me
sni it ali seem. ike a nightmare now. She
was so low all those weeks, ! dill not sup
pn,e she would ever recover. But the day
before she started, she wrote, saying her
physicians thought her ALMOST strong enough
to travel"
Jesscl expressed her pleasure, and Bob
said, "Anl, by the way, Jessica, TINT WAS
tie first ride you cvrr took with me. have
Carrie to thank for that haven't |. I-emem.
Der my htte rag made good time that day.
going up Sprung street" And then Bot
fell tc thinking of hcw bright his hopes
" ere that day in another direction, and nis
taca cIou led.
But tack Wilson, sitting near, heard
every word, and remembered. Surely that
the very ride that had made all the
trouble. Had he been such fool after
all.
He tr ed to speak to J-ssica that evening
and the next morning, bar she avoided him.
That afternoon Carrie and Jessica announc-
ed their deterininatio ion to Climb to the top
Of the highest cliff a feat they had ben too
tired to attempt before. Two or three 9th
ers went hing, aud jack and his brother
followed after. Jcss'ea being feet Of foot
and light, outstripQed them all But Jack
Wa, noe far behind her. She turned quick
lv to descend, rs soon rs he reached her
side, but slipped and urenchcd her foot.
Jacks cut>tretched arm saved her from
! .a.liDg. She turned Shte. Lean on me,
he said Il will help you down. You are
hurt, know
"OnEy little" she said. Il t, INK can
go down aIope. or Mr.. Brisbow viii assist
me-
"Mr. Brisbow will not assist you He IS
helping that elderly lady up the elf, Ii
would he unkind to call upon him. | am
here at your service, and I think it will be
cruel and mean f you refuse nv arm"
IL will not be tile frsr time vou hare
thought me mean Je-sica SAID quickly,
and then bit her lip