The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-02-25

linois,"
lie wondered why the azure eyes Of
| Jennie West, so potent with other men,
took no permanent hold on his fancy.
lie had unwiitingly surprised them into
tenderness once; he had felt the temp
tation of vanity rise to his lips thereat,
and had suddenly checked an impulse
which in former days would have urged
him on into the follies of a Irritation.
Whence tie iniluenccg Under what be-
nign spell was he coming to be a better
man? Was il principle, or was it pre-
possessionP lie hardly knew. He only
knew that he remembered Mary Beck.
Sometimes he called himself a fool for
thus measuring up a brief glimpse of a
girl who, after all, might not have
enough in common with him on which
10 base even a friendship. But months
came and went. and the vivid tleeting
picture was still with him. He felt
bound 10 call himself a fool oftener than
ever.
One summer came a letter bordcrcd
with black, and JOS father was dead.
Next morning found him cn route for
PENNSYLVANIA. Perhaps his fellow-trav-
elers may have noticed the nan who sat
with bowed head, manifeStly absorbed
in gloomy reflections, but no one ven
tured TO speak To him. He was wrest-
ling with remorscful thoughts-those
hard requests OF the dead To the living.
Now and then he YEARLY looked out
over the spinning eNpanse Of prairie or
the waltzing trees as he sped past them.
But that was all. And now he had
crossed the Mississippi and was whirl-
inc through Illinois. oh, DIR. 10, this
is sacred ground, Why do YOU forget?
There is but one chance in "A thousand,
but why not watch for that? You s.can
not canvass Illinois, that's true. But
YOU can sean the slender belt of il over
which you are travelling, and perhaps,
perhaps No, let him alone with his
grief. She is nowhere near. Among
all the eyes which glance up from the
platforms At the stations, or look out Of
windows a the train sweeps past, none
are black enough for hers.
Indianapolis. The light Of a sunrise
%unwontedly red and glowing streams in
at one end Of the great depot, and
throws its vivid halo over the busting
crowd Of workmen and passengers until
they are TRANSPORTED. 10 stops a mo-
ment in the midst Of his coffee and
sandwiches TO survey the scene, and
finds hat a newly arrived train is dis
gorging It's contents in the immediate
vicinity of his refreshmcnt stand. The
crowd IF slecpy-looking passengers
come stumbling over the rails toward
him, heading for the waiting-rooms. A
rumpled, grimy, unkempt set they are,
and 10 j. about Ia return To his break
fast. as "A matter Of greater interest,
when suddenly the arm which j. raising
the coffee 10 his lips j. arrested midway,
and its owner stares ont upon the crowd.
The next minute he was forcing himself
through il, vainly trying 20 rc-catch a
glimpse Of what he had seen before.
Meantime the bell Of his train began to
ring furiously. and more frantic grows
his search. There is not moment left
his train is moving. He jumps on be-
hind and strains his eyes 10 catch one
more glance al the interior Of the great
building, till he is whirled out of sight.
So near, His one brief glimpse had
not cheated him. Ii was indeed Mary
Beck. But she was lost again as hope
lessly as at first. His gloom was now
doubled. He ven wished he had not
seen her. He was getting on without
her, and why had she crossed his path
to create this fruitless disturbance Of
mind in him? Surmiscs as to her des-
~tination tormented him with their hope
less uncertainty but among all con-
lectures the true one evaded his mind.
For all that forenoon She was so near to
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face had he merely entered the next
coach in front Of his own.
At noon he changed cars. So did she.
Again both entered the same train; and,
as before, they sped on in unconscious
companionship.
Law was doing her best for 10, but
Accident must needs step to her as
sistance. And 50 it happened, during
the afternoon, hat the fastening Of one
Of the car windows gave way, and a
lady's voice was heard e break out in
a sharp exclamation Of pain. Half a
dozen gentlemen sprang 10 eNtricate
her hand, and il was found that the
wrist was injured. The lady turned pale,
but set her teeth and Kept back all
further expression Of suffering.
You are a physician, believe
said the conductor 10 10 4 few minutes
after. "A lady in the next coach has
hurt her wrist. VIII you come in and
examine itPn
His own hand shook violently as he
took hers. pair Of black eyes sought
his face in wonder for a moment, and
then withdrew to the contemplation Of
the injured wrist. Not a token Of re-
cognition. II was well for 10 that he
was thus left TO recover from his sur
prise, else his reputation among the
passengers for professional skill must