The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-07

ternOOn the bAndASc was Pincou WV
nv eyes 10 remain there until my ply
stefan consented 70 It's removal.
"Pcrfect rest" certainly had in my
new abode-tso perfect for an active
spirit like mine. And had II not been
for the singing Of the birds, the cluck
u the hens, the lowing Of the cattle, the
hum Of the bees and most OF all Inc peo-
pie next door, I should have fed after
two or three days back TO my room AZ
Mrs. Bairnsfather's.
The people next door proved TO be
excellent company, though we were TO-
tally unkn 70 each other.
The two gardens were separated by
board fence, loosely put together and
oyergrown with luxuriant growth OF
morning -gloriss and passion flowers
And my favorite retreat in our garden
on the hot July afternoons was tiny
arbor covered with Ayrshire roses and
honeysuckles. and apparently the favor
tie retreat OF the people next door was
a similar arbor in the corner OF their
garden and so it came to pass that from
hearing their conversational didn't ex-
actly listen 70 it at first, but as Mrs.
Cluppins, of Pickwickian memory, re-
marked, sit forced itself upon my ear"
II came to think of them as the hap
piest family had ever heard. There
was husband, wife, grandmother
and baby, and they were all fondly in
love with each other and constantly
telling each other so.
Therefore, / was much surprised one
day-it was about two weeks after my
arrival at Westbrook, and I'D been
rather honesick for Spinny and disap-
pointed that I'D heard nothing from Ar
thur Leroy, and sorry about Mr.. Pop
kins--I was sitting beneath the roses
and honeysuckles- hear the little wife
next door I'D quite made up my mind
she was little woman) suddenly burst
out with: "Ohl Low, dear, to think
that once thought l nersr could love
you"
Because wasn't handsome and be-
cause had such q queer name, Min
ME, /" he said with lrugn.
"Becsuse hongk you were not
handsome. You know, darling, all
girls think Of him as blue-eyed, golden
haired, golden-mustached, with COM
plexion to match, or raven. haired and
dark-eyed, with complexion to match,
and when | first knew you you were
neither"
"And I am neither now, Minnie"
81 know that, silly, but to me you
have the dearest face in the world, and
I'm so thankful baby looks like you
She has your own bright auburn hair
and loyely.gray eyes. As for the name,
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Dutch but ! wouldn't change il for
the most poetical title ever known"
Well, the days passed on, and was
trying my best to be patient and not
succeeding very well, when on the third
Sunday of my Punishment Spinny came
down to see me.
"Popkins wouldn't come" he began,
after he'd Rugged me till l nearly
choked. "Said you wouldn't care TO
see him. Sent you box Of candies.
though. May l have all the gum-drops?
And Leroy's gone away. Amt coming
back, neither"
"Gone awayP" repeated.
"Yes: but don't you care l didn't
like him much. And heard him talkin'
about you to another teller 4th of July.
was a-hidin' hind the door, cause Bob
Smith was a-goin' to throw some tor
pedoes ut me, and Leroy he comes up
the stoop and says: sGertie's nice
girl, and pretty girl. but may be
she'll be blind, and who'd want blind
wife, And don't want wife any
how, aud she's getting too fond Of me,
and III slope He didn't say slope,
but he meant it. And say, Gertie, You
amt too fond Of him, are you? And
why wouldn't you care to see Popkins ?
Hes my man, he is. He takes me to
the Aquarium, and Coney Island, md
all over. Don't you like Popkins,
Gertie?"
like him very much, Spinny," said
I, with burning cheeks.
"Weli, I'll tell him so,- said Spinny,
"and p'raps next time he'll come
along"
After Spinny went away had an an.
CRY cry over Arthur Leroy's imperti.
nent remarks, and forgot him, so could
not have been very much 10 love with
him after all.
And then began to think about Mr..
Popkins. In fact, / could think ofnoth-
ing else. The binding Of my eyes for
so long time seemed to have suddenly
made my mental vision unusually clear
and saw swith my minds eye" many
things which, perhaps, otherwise
might never have seen.
I saw the groceries, instead Of being
sold to me at sswholesale prices,n had
been sold at price set by Mr.. Popkins
( and that price not half their actual value
saw that the nieces only existed in the
brain of Mr.. Popkins, and that the little
dresses, and aprons, and what not fol
which he had paid me so well, were
slowed away in some closet in his apart
ments. l saw that the boosted friend