The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-21

on Will always looA btttCf 10 mt
in siN-pcnny calico than any woman |
ever saw dragging three yards of silk
behind her; and a. for the trunk. 4 be-
lieye Brown Bess could drag Noah
ark, With the fo~ls II the air and the
beasts "a the field, II Il belonged 20 YOU.
Are YOU tired, Clara? Would YOU like
10 20 and rest for an hour ~ the hotel
before we start ?"
"Oh. no." said Clara eagerly; II
am not i'm the least tired. | want 10 20
home.- She blnshed all over her fair
face. IL was the first time the little
word =. home- had slipped out between
her rosy lips.
"Well, then. I'll -Tm for Brow. Bess.
She is standing in a stable little way
down Water Street" In five minutes
Harry ratified ON To the levee. = Amt
Bess beauty. Clara? She j. strong
and willing and Is gentle as a kitten
You viii be able 10 drive her anywhere
you please. just feel Of her coat Ii
is IS soft as silk"
Clara patted Bess and gave her a
cracker out of her bag. Then Harry
put his little sweetheart into the wagon
with a pride of possession that was de-
lightfui 10 witness He could have
kissed the tips of her pretty Kid boots,
and the trim sun-umbrella fastened to
her side BY mysterious little chains,
and the newtRussia-leather bag After
roughing il five years in the West Clara
was a revelation Of beauty to Harry's
senses.
"This makes me think of the man in
Mother Goose, who went To London
in wheelbarrow 10 buy him wife, :"
said Clara a. the great trunk was being
hoisted in al the back Of the wagon.
I" But the wheelharrow won't break
nor the wife get fall" returned Harry
gayly.
"And how is your Jonathan?' Clara
asked a they were snugly driving out
Of town
Jack Is well. He has taken such a
lively interest in YOU and the little
house have had half a mind 70 be jeal-
Gus. Jack is y grand. good fellow, as
true as steel. lie will be getting mar
ried him self soon, for | know be can't
stand ii 20 see our happiness and not
follow suit
"Is there any one he fancies?" Clara
inquired, seeming a love atfairwith true
feminine eagerness.
~ have thought said Harry, s'that
some day be would make up To Mary
Freeborn. the daughter Of the boss.
You will like Mary I've notion
she's the only one in Hartley you will
take to-
They had crawled up over the river
bluff, for the day had grown sultry, and
were now on the edge Of the great
breezy prairie.
"Oh, how beautiful" exclaimed
Clara, with childish delight, as her eye
took in the vast stretch of undulating
green, with plowed fields and few
scattered groves Of young timber, where
the birds sang ecstaticaliy and the pink
and white blossoms Of the wild apple
had not wholly faded.
This is like what yon viii see from
the windows Of the little house. No
body can stand in our daylight. It's
good country 10 dig living out Of. We
don't have peck Of stones 10 apint Of
dirt, as they do up in bethesda. but
Clara. long for a sight of
the old blue hills. hope you won't get
homesick-
"Oh. / know I shall like it famous
w. returned Clara. - ] shall never get
homesick-where you are''-in a soft
parenthesis.
Harry rewarded this pretty speech in
n proper manner. He had one arm en-
iirely free, and Bess required but little
attention
There is only one thing am afraid
Of, . continued Clara. I. and that i your
Western tornado. | have always had
horror of high winds, and we do get
dreadful accounts in the newspapers.
Then havea bad habit Of dreaming
things that come to pass, and for three
nights running was in q frightful wind
tempest, and woke up crying because
you were blown away from me-"
"Nonsense. returned Harry. in his
positive. mans way Of putting down
feminine notions. a. You had eaten
that disagreed with you
"Things never disagree with me-
Clara. meekly.
"Well. OF course tornadoes do some
times occur in this part of the country.
| was within five miles Of one last wear
over in Harris County. Ii cut clean
swarth about mile wide, and ground
every thing on its track to powder
There was large brick store over
there, and the owner told me he had
never been able to find single brick
that belonged TO il. A strange child
about two years old was blown into the
place, and the people, believe, don't
know yet where 1t came FROM
"Oh. how dreadful. Harry, / am
sure | shall be caught in q tornado
And l am just as positive that you
and and the little house and Brown
Bess and the Maltese kitten and Spot,
the watchdog, and our brindle cow
chow deiici0usly that sour sounded in
his own earl 90 will ezcapa All nerils ~