The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-08-27

away.
..They are INV friends, sir"
81 know il. Pardon me il seem
unkind. | ann not, lsolena. would
gladly serve YOU, gladly take you away
from such life, gladly offer"
\ knock at the door interrupted him.
IL was the postman. He counted out a
large bundle Of letters, and said, pleas
antly,
''Biz is a-looking up, mam'sellc.
SiNty-two letters Is n big haul"
She bowed the man out, and then,
with the bunch of letters still in her
hand, she said, slowly.
''Thank you, Mr.. Van Stupen.
You are very kind. need no help.
| have created a good business, and
have more than n hundred dollars in the
sayings-bank, and rs soon as the fall
trade opens | shall take more comforta-
bic quarters. | am doing well, and
want for nothing, save
She PAUSED. The door slowly open
ed without warning, and shambling
figure crept in unbiddcn. Ii startled
them both with drunken laugh.
'Say-'Solena, gimme n ten-won't
YOU? I've had hard lines-I have"
''What do YOU mean, sir, by this in
solence?' cried Mr.. Van Stupen.
ssTake Yourself Off,
.sMr Van Stupen, y cried the sister,
interposing between the men, she is
my brother. Edward, there is the
money; now please go away. Come
again another day"
EYES, demme fy DON'T Ten dol
larsl here's wealth for youi"
Stumbling down the stairs, he crept
away, and the two were left alone.
s.That was not wise, Miss Van Rens-
selaer. He will trouble YOU again. :"
.'He is my brother, sir" she said.
with dignity. ''We will not speak Of
him more ~
Mr. Van Stupen was i'm a measure
defeated. He had not accomplished
his mission, and after a few common
places he withdrew, and without an in
vitation TO renew his call.
Now was her life clear before her.
She must give her whole heart 10 her
business. There was naught else to
feed on, and II must take that or starve.
The one friend she had retained had
proved unfriendly. How had he dared
To come to her since his engagement 10
Amy Ramsey? She had seen the en-
gagement in some gossip's letter in
newspaper many weeks before.
Bv ten the next morning she had two
in the Herald, one for
better room, and one for a female book
keeper At night she glanced over the
paper tn see If her advertisements had
received attention. Her eye fell on the
marriages:
RAMSEY I. couRTLASD. = Amy Ramsey.
daughter Of Theodore Ramsey. Of this city, 10
Allen COurtland. Of Stanford, Connecticut. etc.
The paper slid from her hand, and
for an hour or more she dreamed of the
happy might have been. How she had
him, And he was gone,
Three hundred and thirty-one girls
and women presented themselves ut her
room during the next four days. Ten
per cent Of them knew their business
fairly well; nineteen per cent. We're
totally ignorant of the whole subject.
After much discussion girl who bad a
first-class talent for doing exactly As she
was told was selected. and i'm "A new
room on West fourteenth Street the
two set up a larger and more convent
ent establishment. The girl kept the
books, and the mistress shopped for a
profession. The weeks grew to months,
and the winter came. Mademoiselle
Isolena constantly spread her advertise
ments before the rural public, and the
fame Of her bargains filled the feminine
mind with admiration. She slowly and
surely prospered, and tried to think
herself happy-and failed.
In all this neither father nor sister
nor brothers ever visited her. She
for living. They never could
forgive that Madison Square con-
Guided she must have died, and nobody
ever contradicted the runor Made
moiselle Isolena was often useful 10
Madison Square, but none knew
her, none recognized her. She
hal changed somewhat, grown
more placid and quiet, and
her face had put on womanly
beauty the Isolena of Madison Square
had never known.
suddenly the clerk gave notice that
she must leave. All, yesl going to be
That was il. Her work was
only a make-shift till man could be !
found To support her. After some de-
law Isolena found her father, and he |
called to see her. Would he keep her |
books for her? "Never. She was an
girl thus.to blast the family |
name. Julia never did, nor Edward,
nor Thomas Could he support her? |
Well, no, not very conveniently. lie
was busy on the street, and II took all
ne could pick up to pay his board !
md the boys board. By-thc-way,
be was just little short. Could |
he lend him twenty dollars for n day or
wo? In silence she gave him ten dol
airs, and he went away without even
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