The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-11-03

ing in the foam; bold tritOns winding
their shells; mermaids playing al hide
and-seek; mikes ard hooking water
spritos peeping from the hasins-all
dream-land and wonderland opening,
and the common earth put aside and far
away.
With cries Of delight the party made
their WAY down, and scattered through
the cave. There VAS room for an army.
Ii was hard 20 realize that with the re-
turning tide the space must MI, the gate
way close, and lesye no resting-place
for human foot.
"YOu said the tide wss going down,
didn't YOU. little bOy"
yeah"
"You're sure?'
yeah"
"That's nice.m cried Isabel. "Then
We can stay as long as we ike Oh,
do, somebody, come here and see this. s"
She was lying with her face almost
touching the anemOnes. Nobody re-
spOnded 10 her call-each had found
some other point of interest. Tom had
fished up a sea-urchin, and was exhib-
l.
niche Of their own, 81 safe whispering
distance, were absorbed in each other.
Esther had climbed 10 the tOpmOst
lodged. and was sitting there alone.
For the first time in six weary months, =
sensation Of pleasure had come TO her,
and she was conscious of but one long
in.-that they would al 20 away and
leave her 10 realize IL. With some
vague hope she got out her color-bOx
and portfolio, and began 10 sketch.
Sketching. she mad discovered, kept
people Of, and furnished an excuse for
silence And 50 an hour OF 50 passed
by. She heard. as in a dream, the
chatter ofthe others, their questions 10
the little guide, his short, jerkv replies.
The pools were all expl, ed; the VI
chins and anemOues had been tickled
with parasols, and made 70 shut, open
and shut again; the young people be-
Gan 20 sigh for future worlds 20 con-
Quer, and Mrs. Gray to consider II very
damp.
Little boy, isn't there something
else near by which We should like TO
see?"
hAc-- So
"Well, what Is it2 Tell Us, please.
There's the Heads, guess"
"Ohi how far OF is thai' A mile,
did you saw That's not far. Papa,
the boy SAYS there's place called the
. Heads, only a u=ile away, and we
want 20 90 and see il. Can't we 90?
You know the way, don't YOU, little
boy"
yeah
81 think this place Is very damp"
sighed Mrs Gray. 81 should De really
glad 10 20 somewhere and feel the sun
shine again. begin TO have creeping
chills. suppose We let the boy show
Us the way 70 this other place, father -
avery well. Get your things to-
gether, girls. Come, Esther, were 90
ing"
Esther reused herself as from q
dream. go, Mr.. Gray Must | 90?
I'm in the middle of a sketch, you see.
Couldn't you leave me here quietly, and
pick me up As YOU c'J.ue back should
Ike Il so much"
"Well-I don't know. The tide Is
going out, the boy says; there won't DE
any trouble of that kind. Are you sure
you won't he chilled, or lonely?"
"Oh, quite sure"
"Promise me that, il you are, you
will 20 70 the cottage AZ the bend and
warm yourself, or sit on the rocks in
the sun Wen look for YOU in the one
place or the other. GoOd-by, my
DEAR
"GOOd-by, sir"
"And, OEsther, YOU must have some
lunch. You'n be starved before we
come back" cried careful Helen.
50 she and Tom and a basket made
their way upward, and deposit Of
sandwiches and port wine was eft in a
convenient crevice within reach.
"GOOd by, dear. hope the sketch
viii be lovely" And they are gone
Up the hill-side-Mrs. GRAY last, lean
ing upon her husbands arm.
"POOr childw she said, cit makes
my heart ache 70 see her look so sad.
Didn't YOU notice how she was longing
to have Us 90, and leave her alone?"
"And the very worst thing for her.
She needs rousing, and all this morbid
thinking does her harm"
The voice died away. Esther caught
the words, and she smiled at them-s
bitter little smile. That was what al
Of hem had said since her trouble came
She must be rOused-amused-and they
had crowded business and pleasure.
upon her until she sometimes felt she
could bear Il no longer. This was the
| first time in many weeks that she had
felt really free, free TO be silent, TO lOOk
sad, to cry if she wished. What lux
ury il wasi No anXious-eyed mother
% watch her-these comparative
strangers withdrawn-this cool, dark
I ling silence-it was delicious There
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