The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-22

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quarrel. lust few idle words about
ribbon. and told him In my silly anger
would have no more e saI 70 MN
Will the stars shone. And nQw they
~ "A rhine for him. for he y bhe4-
Mind o. mother. can not liz, Lean
- bsor It," vi NJ a
@Yd You win live. child" the wid- \
ow answered quickly. I'VE can bear
any thing, we women Your father
was brought In tormU dczd-kfiied m \
these mines when you were scarce three
ysars old. tpyN46 ard \ an alive yet
. But this u worse thdn deAth." she
cried psssionately- .Mo.her, do You
hear? He who was my plighted hus-
band Is blind, in q far, Strange country.
must 60 and bring him home' home 70
Rysdyk-"
she had risen from her mothers arms
and stood before her in the moonlight.
pale. resoiute, with her hands clasped
rigidly. "Give me my dowry, mother,
and let me CO." she said. Do not de-
ny me this thing. am well and strong,
and, il do say Il, ! am quick-witted;
can make my way. l shall come back
safely Let me 60, mother.
Their talk lasted far into the night.
But with IL we have no more TO do nor
the details by which little money was
made ID 20 = great way For. after
many tears, the widow consented that
Meg should take her dowry and spend
II As she chose II they had been more
worldly-wise they wolid have known
how 70 accomplish their purpose through
< the agency Of others As It YVES, they
saw no other way than FIR Me- TO do
herself the thing she wanted DONE
Oh, that weary, weary journey Why
was the world so wide, the way 50 long!
Meg kept up brave heart until the
boisterous ocean was crossed, and she
had made her way IS far as Buffalo.
where she had been told 70 take the
steamer for Marquette. 1t seemed 70
her that she had Travelled the width Of
the whole wide earth talready, since her
foot first fell upon the soil OF the strange
new world.
Where was she goingP Would she
ever find MattY Sailing on and on
penetrating natures secret places,
where the loot If man had nerer tr0d-
den. SO il seemed 10 her. Could human
kind live in these vast, wild wilder
nesses,
IL was like A new birth when, after
many DAYS, the steamer entered the
beautiful bay Of Marquette, and he
} fair Young city rose before her astonish-
ed eTes. t. white cliffs cleaning in the
sun. its green shores sweeping down
ward 10 the waters edge. She was near
her goal a. last -
For Ishpeming was about fifteen miles
away up the railroad, and thither she
went by the first train. How rough
: and wild il al was, And how the
charred and blsckened pine trees tower.
: ed aloft like grim giants, and pointed
, their ghastly tingers At her - she swept
, through their solitude,
"Can you tell me where to find man
! called Matthew Erickson?" she asked
. Of the depot master, trembling from
: head TO foot
{ Erickson? Ericks0n2 Blown up
4 in the mines q year or % ago, wasn't
3 he? He STAYS II Sam Ayres's, the En-
9 glishman's, / believe. just yer 60 round
1 TIA. corner. ma'am, then turn % the
!, right and 60 up the hill--or stat Let
q me lock up and III 90 with you. Ever
been in Ishpeming befores No?
( thought you looked like . stranger In
2 these parts"
o He left her It Sam Ayres's gate, hay.
ing opened it gallantly wnen he saw tina
. her cold fingers were unit 70 do he1
J. bidding. A kindly faced woman cam.
y to the door and bAde her welcome.
; Meg's story was soon told
and Won have come ail this lon!
0 wav 70 take Erickson home sgain? 2
her eyes filing "God bless vou- dear
/ for I'm sure He sent you. We've don
= tac best we could for him, but you ar
? his sister,
a ..No. I'm afriend "a neighbor. Their
% was no one else" she said, simply.
r What's your name? III tell him
;. No matter about my name; say
d friend from the old country"
ct The woman came back presently.
,e "Be careful" she said, . he's wea
sr vet. But want 70 tell you something
Is Just to keep your heart up for he look
u like . ghost There was great docto
4 from New York up here last week :
look At his poor eyes, and he told Sar
ID there was 4 chance for him yet-jus
IN one chance in hundred"
* .Does he know. itYr asked Mef
n TREMENDOUSLY, her color coming and &
BY ing. She was but woman after al
Only blindness would have brought h<
"a there.
er = No, and you must not tell him. m
doctor said 50 most particularly. WI
a, yon 20 up now?"
* He had been sitting in the sun BY Il
Iir window all day brooding. They hs
al been very kind to him, these peopl
70 h,s MADNESS vear4 itself out An
X awhile. What was to become Of hin
M. The wages he had hid up were wastir
a away. 4 he early Ncrthern winter Won