The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-09
A CAMPAIGNING ROMANCE.

I" It's too aggravating, so il is. Dear
me! | wish 1 never forgot any thing"
mo. no, for mercy's sake don't wish
YOU never forgot any thing; for then you'd
always have 10 remember all the disagree
able things that ever happened 10 you in
your life. Believe me. its vastly better a.
IL IL. III we never forgot any thing az all.
then we'd have TO carry down 10 our
graves the vivid recollection of all the
grief, sorrow, or pain we ever suffered OF
all the times we've been snubbed by peo-
pie. of all the hateful things that folks
have said TO us and about us, and. above
all, Of every time in our lives when we've
made fools of ourselves. You will find
that it's much TO be thankful for, If you
can forget the occasions on which you've
made fool OF yourself. when you come
10 he an old maid, like your Aunt Laeti-
tia
Alice Kildare laughed.
Not much like being an old maid. is
it; seventeen. and already engaged six
months 20
swell. was engaged at sixteen, and
have been engaged three times In my life,
and vet here | am. an old maid in eye
glasses. and likely 10 die the same. please
God. Think. now. what a budget OF heart
breaking recollections I'd have to carry
about with me the rest of my life. if had
remembered ii all. Dom wish you never
forgot any thing. Alice. On the contrary.
thank Heaven we do forget things"
Again Alice Kildare laughed. "Sue
and / are going TO have our fortunes told.
Aunt Laetie. Go with us. venerable moth
er, and see that IT'S done right"
" l can tell yours without looking into a
globe of mesmerized water. You'll be an
maid . -
the elements OF an old maid in your soul
one sort Of old maid, that is"
"What are the elements of an old maid.
Aunt Laet!'
"Oh of your sort of old MAZDA high
spirit. bright mind, sharp tongue. and
an uncomfortable love OF flirting. You'll
be the sort of old maid that takes to Wo-
mans Rights and things-not the ort
that takes TO cats and religion. Once
more. mark the prophecy, Alice Esmerel-
da Kildare,-
For the third time. Alice laughed, her
bright. spunky, ringing laugh. and then
-clspped on her gypsy hat and went with
her friend Sue 10 see Nine. Minchauski,
the great clairvoyante sibyl, who could
miraculously see the shadow of coming
events In globe Of mesmerized w2ter-at
so much head.
Alice was betrothed TO slim, handsome,
1ong-haired college student, who wrote
poetry and had an -Eolian harp in one win
dow and rose geranium In the other. and
meant to go into the literary line as soon
as he was done college. He was very much
in love. and Alice was-oh! dreadfully in
love, but that didn't at all prevent this
truthful young lady from flirting with a
dozen other young men all at once, and
telling no end Of white lies about her en-
gagement. She was exceedingly attrac-
tive, but not so pretty IS she was bright,
piquant, and spirited. AT this very time,
when she lay awake nights thinking of
her betrothed, and never went TO bed with
out tendcrly kissing his photograph. a:
this very time she was flirting desperately
With Tom Creighton. her lovers class
mate, a rich mans son who was at home
on a three months leave of absence,
which had been recommended by the col
lege faculty. Worst Of all, she had al
lowed Tom Creighton, in the presence of
third person, 10 tell her 2 slanderous
story about her lover, one which she knew
must be false; and there she sat and lis
fight for her lovers good name, just for
fear Tom Creighton would think she was
engaged, II she said any thing. don't de.
fend her, mind you 1 think such CON
duct was simply scandaIous, and such q
young lady don't deserve even to have
any body fall In love with her; no, not il
she lived 10 be 1000.
well, what does the sibyl say asked
Aunt Laetic. +
''She's humbug,- said Alice savagely
I'm sorry went. It's really silly and
wrong to encourage such wicked impos
tiers, besides"
This time Sue laughed. "The SHY