The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-03-09
A FAIRY TOOTH.

lctty utt1c Woln1H tuat lonucfs III
The crimson silk and myrtle leaves
No. not exactly pretty, now that look
g her again, but what my small
nisoss would call cunning Don't you
think sop
"fthink her both pretty and cum
ming" answered Robert Douglass, sand
have thought SO ever since first met
her, which was exactly one year and
three days ago, o'clock this very after
noon"
ashes friend Of yours. then?"
al hope so. She's my wife,
For . moment George Earle was
slightly discounted then turning to
his old comrade and grasping him
heartily BY the hand, he said,
Let me congratulate you, my dear
fellow Have Just arrived from the
otter end Of the world, haven't had
time to hear the news. / know you
intended matrimony-that bit Of in
formation dated as far as Japan and
Iexpected to meet you and your f1ncss
here ~ your cousin this evening; but
somehow il never struck me that you
were married, nor that that young
lady"
"Was the fancse,- laughed Doug
las. " She does look rather youthful,
but in reality she is Internationally so.
You see, there's only ten years differ
ence in our ages, after ALL
"But l thought-in fact, Warren
wrote me little over year ago. said
Earle, with some hesitati n, = that you
were engaged to Constance Howard. y
"Almost, but not quite, thank Heay-
eni for she was Constance only in
name, and threw me over for French
Count, who tnrned out TO be French
nobody. However, my heart wIthstood
the strain and only crasked-it didn't
break; and 1t this present moment
feel that instead Of owing her grudge,
owe her good turn, which I shall
pay with interest If ever I get the OPP
portunity; for il was through her in
directly, and . tooth directly, that
became acquainted with the little
woman in crimson silk and myrtle
lenyes.
A toothP''
90 Yes, sir, tooth But I see you'd
like 70 hear all about it, and As am
good natured to fault, and don't care
about dancing, Ill consent to CRAFTY
your curiosity, although sitter promis-
ing me in the days OF our bcyhood 70
b groomsman, you weren't TO be
founG when had that position to offer
yos- Are you engaged for any Of the
dances? ''
"Ihe fourth from this-s waltz, {" re-
piled his friend.
"Well, meanwhile wen 70 TO the
smoking-room and have cigar, and
In narrate. But don't expect much o..
. story, or you'll be disappointed,
though do think il was about the odd
ct way Of forming an acquaintance
ever heard Of, and ten to one you'll
think so too
To the smoking room they repaired,
and - soon as the blue smoke was cir
cling above their heads, Douglass be-
gan:
"One afternoon, just one year and
three days ago, which, you will per-
ceive, BY REMEMBERING that this il ST
Valentines Day, 1877, must have been
the afternoon Of February III, 1876, /
was hurrying along the street As fast AZ
the snow and ice would let me- we'd
had u heavy fall of snow the preceding
night-toward the residence a Miss
Constance Howard, and had arrived
within = few doors Of the house.. when
] saw small, plainly dressed young
woman cautious descending the steps,
and then as cautlcu IL, with eyes bent
on the ground, advancing in my cirec-
ton. She wore NO vail, and ~ she
drew near TO me | studied her face with
pleasure. II was such bright, brown,
honest, innocent face.