The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-19


entity unheard by mamma. who went on.
II only regret that with your very SUI
perior education. your dainty ways AM
tastes. your beauty, and your money. you
should throw yourself away on "A country
doctor. IL il very nice thing for DIR.
Byles. no doubt but think little cool
rejection would ccnviif-e yon that II i a
WRECKED match for you"
Nelly blazeh. She was young and TO
mantle and very much In love. This
world-wisdom enra.ed and disgnsted her.
II should think you thought people
went into marriage A. they 90 20 market,
mother,-to make the best bargain. 4
know Joe would love me Just the same
il hadn't GOT oent-there,H A very
angry sob pointed this cool statement of
facts. Poor little Nelly, But some time
or other we have all been geese. For my
part pity her honestly.
- He might love you. my dear. but he
probably would not want 10 marry You.
Men are not fools " with great emphasis
on men y. :. But the question j. not OF
Dr. Byles' sincerity il Is about your own
7 happiness; and cannot think this l. the
I beSt way 10 secure that. which Is the first
! Thing think of, OF course
I Nelly was too vexed 10 be touched with
the last clause Of Mrs. Gray's speech.
though she knew il was true: but, my
goodness. what was any body's love. or
care. or opinion, compared with Joe
Byles's: And, after all. what is the use
Of being In love in a halfway manner.
IL don't know what sort Of man you
think I'D better marry, I'm sure" retorr-
ed Nelly.
tlemeR Vet. l should like you 10 marry a
II l.rf hal of
painter. or a great political character
somebody 10 be proud OF. who would APP
preciate sou thoroughly"
I'm sure poets are h0rrid TO ~ mar
ried 10. They always have long hair and
dyspepsia. l hate a man with long hair.
And a for artists, they're always getting
drunk or divorced. or something dreadful:
be-iles. they smell Of paint. and make my
head ache awfully. But if they were ever
20 nice ,lOn't love them, nor any body
bur joe"
The female mind does generalize in
singular and somewhat anomalous man
ner under the influence Of the feminine at
fections. We hope the great fraternity OF
Art viii forgive little Nelly; all this only
meant. as she admitted in lis climax. :" 1
love Joe Byles.-
Mrs. Gray almost smiled. in the midst
reasoning, but she OPPORTUNITY looked cut
Of the window, and the young lady went
on:
Besides, If wanted TO marry one of
these great men. what can any body do
about il ] can't ask them. can 1 They
don't know me, and very likely they
wouldn't want 10 marry me If they did. |
They must know lots Of girls IS pretty /
as ] am. and with ever 50 much 1
more money. Thirty thousand dollars
isn't much. even here i'm Woodyille.''
MY dear" exclaimed Mrs. Gray. IL
only ask you 70 wait a wear or two. What /
does girl Of eighteen Know about life and |
society," We will 90 to New York and
Washington this winter. and let you see
a few people. I'm not a haru-hearted 4
mother. ami Nellys l only want you 10
be sure you are happy. dear"
Two sincere tear rolled out of Mrs.
Grsy's handsome dark eyes. and Nelly's 4
heart relented. She flew at her mother :
and kissed her vehemently.
= You're the dearest old nanny, only
You see you've spoiled me always. OF
course didn't mean to get married before
next June any way. I've told Joe 80 over
and over. | won't even wear ring yet.
Addy Morse says nobody ought to wear an
ring but six months, andit's
October now
90 there was an affecting parting with
Joe. after which that CHEEKY. handsome
young fellow drove of 10 visit ten miles
Of patients, at intervals smoking the cigar
Of consolation. and rejecting on the last
ont. while Nelly sobbed bitterly
in her own room pressed his parting gift
Of a cluster Of blue gentians in her own
clasp Bible. and hoped he would have
self-control enough, being a man. not To
cry during his calls. Being a man, her
hope was fulfilled.
The best laid schemes Of women some
times meet the same fote with those of
mice and men. Mrs. GRAY did no. effect
social success for Nelly in New York. Her
fsw friends there were sober married peo-
pie, who did not move in either fashiona-
bic or literary circles. There were girls
among them almost as pretty as our little
friend, quite As well of, and with much
more . chic" Their manners daunred
Nelly. their aplomb dismayed her. She
could not achieve their peculiar style. and
they patronized her within an inch Of her
life. She had some attention. il il true
the atte ntion wild rose challenges in the
midst Of p1YfeYTe crowded with it, nom
inal kindred, the result Of high cultivation
aud stimulation. One good young man
in the shoe business offered himselfto her,
and well-to-do clerk from a vast dry
goods palace laid his salary at her feet:
but neither mother nor daughter proved
propitious, and Nelly's sole comfort was.
after she locked her door al night. to sit up
under the gas-light and read Joe ByIesSs
letters. and contrast their hearty manly
fun and affection with the dapper smirk
and cut-and-dried small-talk OF Mr.. Fin,i-
Ing and Augustus Taype. After Christ
mas they left New York and went on to
Washington. Nelly was crushed AT a few
leyees, had coffee and ice cream spilled on
her pink silk and her saffron tulle at more
than one Senatorial reception; but her
simple. bright nature was utterly out Of
place i'm fashionable society. She was