The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-07

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latter, As Mrs. jenkins came in through
the back entrance. :" DO tell Il that's
YOU! sit down. do What's the word
this afternoonP Heard any thing very
sew latelyP"
80, well, mol do'no, either; p'raps
il may be new 10 you, though"
"Why. what Is itP" said she. ~
dare say it's. I'm not in the way Of
hearin' any thing till every body else
has picked Il clean. What Is Il, now?"
30. well, nothin' really worth men
tioning. But, then. you may As well
know a. me. It's nothin', though, that
care to have 20 from me; you know
don't wish TO be mixed up in this
scrape."
No, Your name sha'nt be mention
ed. But what is it, Mrs. Jenkins2 What
i it? DO, pray, tell me sudden, for I'm
dyin' to know"
"It's no great affair, after all, though.
Still. it's something. But this is all
there is in IL: Mr. Jones has got 10
abusin' his wife most dreadfully and he
declares that If she thinks o. goin' out
yisitin', he'll surely shut her up where
she can't get out soon"
"Of all things in the world"
s.Yes, and more than that; he's even
gone and forbidden her going to even
ing meetings. What do you think Of
such man as that?''
~ think he's monster.'
And 50 do 1 I: but that AIM quite ALL
He Jaws her all the time, abuses her,
threatens her, and keeps her in mortal
fear Of her life! Only TO think Of i'll"
.How did you hear about it? won
der II folks generally know it. How did
Won hear about il, I'D like to know?"
..Well, I'd as lief tell you as not,
Mrs. Tautog; but then you must prom
ise not to tell any body else about it. !"
"Oh, to be sure not. What should l
want TO be gaddin' about the neighbor-
hood for, tellin' hard stories about re-
spectacle folks2 Who did tell you,
though?''
Nobody told me, exactly; but
happen to know it come, in the first
place, from the minister"
. You don't say So. ~
Mrs. jenkins nodded in silence.
aWell. do declare now Who'd
ever thought Of such thing Of Mr..
Jones! But I've seemed 10 take notice.
back along, that his wife was a good
deal down-hcarted and sort o. melan-
choly, like. And that must be the rea-
son; that explains il all"
"Yes,- said Mrs. Jenkins ''that's
it,
The latter lady did not stay very long
after unbosoming herself of her heavy
secret, when off posted Mrs Tautog,
armed and equipped for the brave bust
ness she had in hand. The first house
she drop into was Mrs. Mallory's-
MRS. Mallory she said, almost as
soon as she was seated, shave YOU heard
the newsg"
.Why. no. answered the astonished
lady. .What is it, pray?"
And forthwith Mrs. Tautog narrated
all that Mrs. jenkins had been kind
enough TO tell her and ing
nothing about the embellishments she
laid on in the course Of her story.
Mrs. Mallory was astonished, ofcourse.
And as soon as her visitor had with
drawn, she donned her bonnet and
shawl, and whips across 70 Mrs. Dinks's.
There the story was repeated with vari-
ations and considerable additions.
Then Mrs. Drinks took II up. And
then Mrs. Murray got interested
in 1t, and Mrs. Filpot. and % on, till
every D by hal got hold Of II, and ha
talked it up, and had passed judgmen
on the man who was guilty Of such
gross malpractice toward his family.
If it had stopped right there, perhaps il
would have answered; brt il didn't. II
spread like circle in the water, till in
the end Mrs. Jones herself heard Of IL
and heard. Of course, that the author o.
the story was the minister's own self.
The mex. thing to be done was FOL
Mr.. Jones and his family 70 leave Mr..
Caper's church, and 20 somewhere else.
The clergyman was greatly troubled
about Il, and sent his wife over to see il
she could discover the cause. Mrs
Jones received her with a great deal o.
GOODNESS, and seemed hardly civil. Tn
able 10 endure 1t any longer, Mrs. Ca
pers asked the aggrieved lady frank,
what the trouble was. Mrs. Jones a:
frankly told her; that was well, for now
the latter knew exactly what the matter
was, and what was necessary 10 do.
Going home and imparting the intelli.
gence to her husband, he manifested
quite a. much establishment a. she. liz
Sat and thought Il over while, In order
the better 70 collect hismelf before taking
single step, and then started off direct
for Mr.. Jones himself. He told Mr.
Jones what he had just heard, and de-
clarcd the whole Of II an nntruth from
beginning 10 end. Mr.. Jones went OF
with the minutest particulars connected
with the affair, and making the most Of
the case in his power against the minis
ter. Still the latter positively
denied his guilt, and declared his deter
mination 70 ferret out the author Of =