The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-14
:. N Name y, SIR she said, quietly.

naihe ~ SIR she SAID, quietly.
"That YOU unvci"
No. | mean You shall take me On
your own theory Of beauty. Ii You will
run the risk, there Is my hand!''
And she extended the bewitching IT.
tie hand, which had held in my palm
like FACILITATING and fluitering bird. n
grasped il, pressed ii, pressed II 10 nv
lips, and moved by sort Of fascination,
answered:
will marry you, that is-if-if You
can show me evidence Of your rcspecta-
bility-of your position! Pardon me,
but you know that --"
perfectly comprehend you. Ex-
pecting this demand. am prepared to
meet il" and opening her reticule she
handed me note. II was from my I'M
Gle the M. ID. There was no installing
nor forging his oddly-shapcd hand
writing. ! read as follows:
DEAR JACK: The bearer 4 In every way
your equal. II you marry her you will not
compromise yourself.
$50. then, my uncle il in this affair, =
! said laughingly. MY friends mean
shall put my theories into practice.
will marry you.- said desperately,
and almost fearing she would change
her mind.
Let us exchange rings in mutual
pledge" she said, behind that horrid
veil
The exchange was made and then
said
"Will You now let me seal my prom
Use on your fair lips?''
:. lcs;" and She removed slowly her
veil and started back with horror.
Never before had man beheld 50 ugly
face. felt as if should fall through
the floor. fairly staggered with the
shock not only to my nerves but To my
theory. "Who in heavens name are
youg' A loud and mirthful and tri-
umphant laugh from behind caused me
to turn round and in the wide, open
folding-doors beheld my uncle, my
fond Harry Hamilton, and my Puritan
aunt, and half-a-dozcn friends and rela-
tives, who seemed beside themselves
with joy.
stood amazed. saw had been
victimizcdl regarded the stranger
before me with anger as the chief party
70 conspiracy against me, when sud-
denly ! saw the ugly yisage which was
an admirably fitting mask. fall 70 the
ground, revealing the lovely, beautiful,
laughing, charming, mischieyous face
of my fair cousin,
When the uproarious excitement had
a little subsidized and every body had
laughed nj me A. much a. they could, |
clasped the bewitching Fanny. my
cousin Cher name was Frances Annie),
in my arms and cried:
:. Let him laugh. my friends, who
wins! But" added, with look Of
doubt, .what about the Bible and your
mother, cousin?''
/" Here is mother; let her speak for
herself" said Fanny, smiling and look
ing more beautiful (the preity-footed
witch) than ever saw her in my life.
Confound that clever mask. how
thoroughly il deceived me-
"Why, l have found that il is not in
the Bible, only in the last part, put in
by nobody knows who, that cousins
shan't marry said her mother; land
only in the old English Bibles: $50
when saw how il was and that Fanny
loved you. and that you would have
married her If you dared, gave my
consent, and TO please your uncle and
some others we got up this little decep-
ton, and Mrs. Bracegirdle being lei into
the secret three days ago, let us in by
the side door into the parlor'
I. Yes, doctor, couldn't refuse 'em,
50 unlocked the folding-doors and slip
ped out the keys. You know asked
you this morning II you hadn't better
take wife,
The result Of this innocent conspiracy
Of my relatives heartily seconded by
Fanny, who knew had loved her from
boyhood, was that GOT the best and
most beautiful wife in the world, choo>-
ing her, after all. by her pretty feet, and
50 establishing my favorite theory that
(confound that ugly-visagcd mask, il
well nigh killed me on the spot) pair
Of pretty feet can belong only 70 4 lovely
face and person, on the principle that
"AIl's well that ends wellr