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

was making ready to sum up, with the dia-
grams held out before them, two or three !
voices In the edge Of the gathering shout
cd, Give Us . rest, and ! stopped;
and u that they al surged up 70 the wagon
after another. And then they seized
hold Of the wagon and went running with
II up the street 80 fast that could scarcely
keep my feet: and when they halted 10
front OF the Court-house, l thanked them
for their ki.dness, and climbed down ana
lie assumed q reflective aspe I again, OBJ
serving as he did 80, more In soliloquy than
otherwise, - II would have been ill-bred Ia
me 70 try 20 talk 20 them any more;"
and q minute later. he said, In the same
musing, absent manner: IL only could
have mad my diagrams painted on rolling
canvas"
Then he was silent and his head dropped;
and when, directly. Miss Munger arose and
started toward the door, and passing him,
stopped TO bid him good ght, she saw that
his ewes were shut, and his mind In dream
land. She did not wake him, she only
touched his shoulder with the tips OF her
aBIesss his old heart" she said, under
her breath, and went softly out.
The next morning, Uncle Cliff called 70
congratulate Craybill upon his speech, and
70 declare to him that II they did not spring
something very smart At the last moment"
his election was as good as settled. I'VE
can't figure dead-sure on Sandy precinct"
he SAID, "for they're . slippery lot down
there; several Of 'em have lately moved Ia
and don't talk, several OF 'em are on the
fence. and several Of Fem can be bought; 50 IL
may 20 three or four either way. But the
towns for you, after that speech; and most
cfthe country precincts; except Sana ~ m r,
up that we haven't dropped on--and dcLr
reckon there has," and with parting in
junction TO Craybill to "keep q stin upper
iip," he mounted his horse and rode away.
A man OF parts" said craybill, watch
ing him till he passed out Of sight-"s man
Of partsw
town 70 see his friend the editor. who as
sured him, with profusion 81 adjectives.
that every thing was working like clock.
And when he returned home, after sunset,
in the sparkling October twilight, there was
Miss Munger by the front window waiting
for him--or Mt least she was alone, and ap.
parently waiting for him-and be noticed
that her hair, ordinarily so plain and smooth.
was combed in dr0ll Duffs over her forehead.
with "beau -catchersn on either side; and
there were some honeysuc kle- blossoms NJ
her throat She had knots OF ribbon Curl
ouslv pinned TO the cnhs about her wrists,
lap, and she was fumbng over a little bunch
OF newspaper clippings. several OF which es-
capped her fingers and iluttered 70 the noor
rs he came in.
"I'm glad you've got back" she remark
d al once, in tone that was low and un-
usual with her; and then, n she gathered
4 up the fugitive clippings, she added. with
\ an affectxtion OF giriish chirping which was
4 melancholy failure, the stars are very
I pretty tonight"
aim going to be elected. :" Craybiil inter-
posed, bluntly unregardfnl OF her speech,
and leaning over toward her eagerly, his
face aclow aud his voice hold and positive.
"I,m going 10 be elected, ne repeated, still
more COMPATIBILITY. and he wondered why
she did not clap her hands and tell him how
happy she felt about II.
.Don't be too certain" she replied pres
ENTITY, in quiet and kindly manner, a. II So
lcitous to avoid woundng him; and when
the radiance left his face, and sort OF dis
NAV settled over Il, and he would have told
her all the uplifting things Uncle elf and
the editor had been saving 10 him, she sim
Div raised her hand like one admonishing
an over.talkative child, and he lowered his
eyes and kept silence.
=. But no matter.0 she said quickly. and In
an evident furry; "let's not talk OF Il any
more, at present. Do you like poetry
Then she nervously fumbled over her little
bunch OF scraps again, and picked out one
saving. Here's somethirg"-this with
averfed face and . pretense OF hesrkenine
10 some possible noise" something that
thinks real good"
he did not look up, and 50 she read th'
} verses to him. They we're commonplace
. enough, with feet that limped and tripped
and RHYMES that were excruciati0ns OF yerba
/ surgery: but they related 10 the sea, fh'
much sailed and everlasting sea, and 20 |
supposititIous girl with blown hair and be
seeching arms, standing upon the beaci
I and singing 10 her unappArenf lover, in NJ
ship 30 brave and gay" somewhere out : 81
: the waves 30 high and gray;" and this.
r take IL. was what made IL "reai good" Z
: Miss Abigail, for a man with half an eye 10
!. feminine artfunes~ could have seen Inst ~
: was trying In her Impractical way % read 7
him between the lines q secret OF her own
a But Craybil had not even half an eye 70
such FRANKS. lie could not help observing
!. that she read with disturbed air, very diff
q ferent from the direct, arithmeticai name
Il which was her common habit, but he attrin
uted II, In he thought oft in critical sens
T, to the novelty Of her reading poetry; n
had never read poetry In his prcsene
=, before. The yer. e had no hidden meanin
II for him. In fact. he was unable To see an
% meaning N al In them (Which was no grei
Il wonder), and after sitting few minute
y with his hands 20 his head In revert
"a that made her heart beat very fast, he raise
II his blushing face, and said slowly and a.
T. bztingly.
10 -canst--make-it-out."
a s.I'llread II for you again" she Responded
n. promptly suiting the action 10 the word
4, with little more delibcration, In certal
places, than before.
TO II was very kind Of her, but the secor
reading left him yet mentally cropping.
Its the primary postulate can't fix
n nv mind" he informed her, and with pitii
HE sheepis hnes-. he forced himself TO adj
be never saw sea-"
"Nor IT, she replied, except.
e. pictures: but it's not hard THU
A. to imagine; aud any way, In this case.
IN isn't the sea that signifies 20 much n sor
Id other things--the ship, for instance, and Y
~ poor girl on the bank" Then she went I
ID to interpret the verses 70 him, line by ~