The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-21

Nopu4luu. ~ was ~ part Dl MARX HDAn-
tons farm; and up and down is shad.
ed paths their owner had been restlessly
walking ever since he left the church
He alone, Of all present that day, had
understood i'm flash the old mans
blunder and its cause. In that moment.
when he drew himself proudly up IN
the face Of all who looked al him. he
was saying To himself, "She belongs ~
me, and she shall be mine That no.
tice shall be repeated here, and il shall
be no blunder."
Now, as he restlessly paced to and
fro, quite convinced that affairs had
reached crisis, and could never stay Az
they were, he was fully resolved to make
a good fight for his rights. lie was inst
making up his mind 10 20 20 Robert
Jocelyn and have il out with him Al
once, when he CHANGED To glance across
the field to the orchard beyond, and his
eve caught the flutter of pink-dress
among the tress. Wei he knew who
had worn that pink muslin in church.
he knew, toe, the nook under the old an.
ple-trec, for he had sat there more than
once with Lizzie. Without a moments
hesitation he sprang over the low wall
and went straight across the field 10 the
old tree. There, rs he expected, he
found Lizzie. Ii is unnecessary 70 re-
late all the arguments he used 10 bring
her to his way of thinking; at leastthey
were not Immediately effective, for the
poor girls conscience and sense Of duty
were unfortunately arrayed upon the
wrong side. They had been thus occu.
pied for perhaps half an hour, and were
on the verge of genuine quarrel. liz
zie, with tear-stainci face, sat pulling
neryously ut the long grass. Mark stood
before her talking earnestly She had
said something about repairing her
mothers wrong. He interrupted her
almost angrily.
" How can YOU repair one wrong by
doing anothcr2 That your mother
failed to keep faith with Robert Joce-
lyn is nothing to you. A girl is not
bound 10 marry every man her mother
jilts. II she did wrong by him, YOU
can not make il right by doing nue. the
same wrong. tell you that my claim
is better than his. That he loves YOU
do not doubt-how could he help il
but love you as well as he, and sou
Your own lips. Oh, Lizziel don't YOU
know that love has some rights as well
as duty?"
What answer Lizzie might have made
can not tell. for just then the sound Of
a step in the grass made them both
turn, and there stood Robert Jocelva.
Mark Strengthened himself with de-
tiant look, but Lizzie sat silent and
trembling. 1t was to her the new-com-
er spoke.
81 thought 20 find you alone" he
said, but perhaps il is better rs il l..
have heard "A part of your converse
ton, and what Mark says is right.
have thought it all out myself TO-DAY.
and came TO tell you So | have made
a great mistake, but, thank God, | have
found it out before il is too late.
hope YOU will forgive me, Lizzie.
have not been faithful to your mother.
for promised her upon her dying bed
that would watch over the happiness
Of her child; and have not kept my
word, but selfishly sought my own hap
piness, forgetting yours. Long ago
regarded you As my child; il was pre-
sumption in me TO think YOU could be
any thing else. But my eyes are for
nnately opened. 1t will be all right
between Us, for | have found my child
again
lie stopped and kissed her twice up
on the lips so like her mothers. Then,
taking Marks hand, he said calmly,
"This child has promised to be mine.
give her TO you. Be good To her. and
may God bless you both"
Then he walked slowly away in the
direction Of his brothers house. The
young people looked after him in 81
lence, their own great JOY forgotten for
the time in their sorrowful sympathy
for him who had resigned 10 them 50
much.
Robert Jocclyn made il his care 70
reconcile Ezra and his wife 10 the change
in Lizzie's destiny. Bywhat arguments
he did so, and how things were ex-
planned TO the public-if explained at
all am unable 10 relate. II j. sui
ficicnt 10 say that on the two Sundays
Immediately following old Mr.. Bcaman
again announced 10 the deeply inter-
ested congregation the intention of mar
rage between Mark Boynion and Eliza
Ntln ll'tins anu lhf iAi'uAlfli was 'tti
ried out at no distant day.
II was many years ago that these
things happened, during which the
Boyntons have been happy and
prosperous couple, with no reason 70
regret Mr.. Beaman's mistake. Strong
sons and pretty daughters have grown
up around them. One of these, gen
tie, bue-eyed girl, bears the name Of
PhTbc. With her is often seen an ragged
man who leans upon her arm, or fol-
lows her movements with eyes full Of
tenderness and love "Unclc Robert
Is the object of affection and reverence
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