The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-11
MY LILY.OF-THE-YALLEY.

ish voice. well known and loved by me !;
and vet started I'm half alright. so deep
was my reverie. Reveries. in the majority
of cases. probably. have love for their in
spring god but this was an exceptional
one, else had sarely been prepared for
any such surprise as this, from the very
priestess herself of love.
Not that she acknowledged IL, or l
either. for that matter. But we were
both finite, and love is infinite.
:. You lit.le puss :" exclaimed. show
you frightened me J"
:" Do / look so like fright, then, in my
masqucrrdngg
"0fcourse not. You are always charm
ing. But yOur voice"
Was harsh and
. How dexterously YOU do fish for COM
pliments this afternoon, You know
your voice is soft and musical, for | have
told you 80 several times; and"
. Ha, Ia. ha, Go on"
:. LIZ was that very sweetness and soft
ness that startled me. being so antipodal
10 my thoughtsjust then"
There - sudden seriousness settling
over her manner. "That convinces me
that you are not oSeying your doctor.
You must have been thinking of those
dreadful columns of figures, and OF puts,
and calls and shorts and such ridicu-
lous nonsense. Don't you remember you
told me YOU shouldn't think ofany calls,
but calling the cows, nor any shorts
but those they have for their supper. 10
make them give you an extra quality OF
milk for your breakfast, so you can 20
back to the city in the fall vigorous for
business, and fresh for the smiles of your
sweetheart
"Quite long speech. upon my word
And il Is not month yet since supposed
you never INDUCED in any thing beyond
monosyllables. and scattered ones AZ that. y
=. Thank YOU for nothing. But how
do youlike my costume?"
Charming. Who assisted you ~
8. / made the things, Cousin Maggie help
ed arrange them, and Mr.. Fred Marston
acted az critic. to see whether ! was pre-
senrable."
And pronounced you an fat -
:. Yes, ii looks would do so. BIT he
was so busy sketchlng that he would
hardly say word"
-Puss," | said. after moments delib-
Grafton, and wondering whether really
had the courage, ''do you really remem-
Der all | told YOU. in my gossiping way,
the day after Fred and arrived, about the
doctors instructions-hOw | WAS never To
think Of business or cares of any kind, but
only amusement, and any nonsense that
came uppermosty"
Yes-perfectlv.
Who'd have thought | would 90 sc
contrary thereto FIRST, to come up Il
this quiet place, where both amusement
and nonsense would seem to be sacrIlegi
Gus and
Secondly looking as prim and digni
fled as 80 slight and sweet body could.
Yes, secondly, by falling in love with
YOU
/ spoke deliberately, and with an effort
and the last word had not died from my
lips before i knew that my premonitions
of dangerous ground were not uninspired
A pink glow suffused her face for an in.
slant. and then faded into whitenes:
that was not so deathly as il was transpar
ent.
Ii added to my pain as well as to a vague
delight felt in the picture she made in
her masquerading dress.
To speak of this mimic masquerade, and
che picture IL formed, 1t will be necessary
to 90 back few days, on which occasion
4 sat In the little pinched-up parlor Of the
eld-fashioned farmhouse that formed my
retreat from the city's hum and business
for a few weeks in the summer. On the
wall opposite where | sat hung an old
family portrait, so old, indeed, that the
daughter of my hostess was not exactly
certain as to who she was, or Of what gen
Grafton she had formed a part of the life
The student Of fashions caprices could
probably have ascertained by research
but u really made no great difference
The salient part of the portrait was large
Elizabethan ruff, not so stiff and ungainly
as are generally represented in portraits
but seeming quite graceful and pretty
and, indeed, as though forming part Of tho
personality Of the parsonage, who was
young, less than twenty, apparently, Skin
white and delicate, almost devoid of color
eyes ola dolce far nisnfe feeling. and lips
whose just perceptible pout was In fine
keeping with the round. CHEEKY face.
" Miss Perry" I said, "the portrait
yonder Is enough like you topass for your
own, you should only tell people yot
were masqueradng. How like lily-of