The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-11-21


M. then she looked down again and
said. sweetiy: "Thank YOU; We would
like To come II Aunt phUbe Is willing "
40, she vii be willing,' said En-
gene. "You tell her am calculating
70 make her stirring-spoon. like the
one | made for Aunt Prudy- Aunt
prudy likes hers first rate.
The hour came tor the party, which
was the time they called .'early candle
lighting F" in Piumridge, when they gave
notices for evening meetings. And the
guests were all prompt 70 the hour, only
some fingered bashfully in the porch
pretending TO be looking a. the moon
that understood her business and was
just coming herself, after first taking a
look over Mrs. Mosscroft's woodpilc 10
see that the way was clear. Last Of AL
came Amy and Katy Lindsay, and then
the party began.
First they sat around on chairs and
looked at each other without speaking.
They all met every day nj school and
had enough 10 say there, but this was 4
party; this was different.
BY and By the latch-string ratified, the
door opened, and in came the Quaker
colored cat.
"Well, there,r cried Lora Shepard,
"For PHYS sake, how did that cat get
IMP Nobody opened the door. She i
witch cat,''
90 no.r cried Eugene. She has
got double paws and that is why she
can open doors and do lots Of things.
She can play ball too almost a. good as
a boy Want 10 see her? Sojy, here,
Sojyi- he shouted, running for his ball.
Sure enough the cat settled back on
her hind legs and caught the ball with
her forepaws and teeth.
.Most a. good As boy; good as 4
girl anyway" as>ented the guests.
And from that moment until the last
apple was named and the last walnut
eaten the children forgot they were At
party
When the little guests were putting
ON their hats and bonneis, Eugene stole
up to Katy; Say, I'll 20 home with
YOU If You want l should,r he whis-
pered.
.Well,- she whispered back. "You
can If YOU want TO. Johnny Shepard j.
going with Amy. l heard him tell her.
So she won't care"
From that time there was no question
in any body's mind to whom Katy Lind
say .sbelongcd, for the boy and girl
fitted together as naturally and inno-
Gently as two sparrows, 50 that the
towns-folks spoke Of ''Eugene and ka-
E" rs one wonld say .needle and
thread" or :. knife and fork
"Just a. | expected" remarked
Phoebe Ann. sit come over me like i
flash when saw Eugene sitting on the
old hen-coop. the day we knew for Ger
tain that PERKINS, girls were coming. /
walked right of into the house and shut
to the door 80 needn't speak il out be-
fore him. There was nobody at ali in
the kitchen but mother and the cat.
And mother i % deaf that il i chance
If she hears thunder or the meeting
house bell, or she could repeat nav
exact words that l said before was
fairly through the sink-room door Eu-
gene and Katy says |, Eugene and
Katy They sound AZ natural together
a, the A i O., and now You see, old
cat, if ii don't turn out 30. And If the
cat could talk she would tell you that
this was just what l said Al the very
Identical time.
Meanwhile Eugene kept right on
growing older and older day b. DAY till
at lat he felt he wa a. old a. any body.
that j. Is years old: plenty Old enough
- 20 on q coaSting vessel, as most ~ the
men did at Plumridgc.
He was going with Capt. Cole. on Ghc
Bonnie Dundee. little schooner that
ran from Portland 10 Providence, touch
Ing At various places along tho coast *
there was freight 10 take on ~ put off.
Plumridgc among the other small ports.
30 Il was not quite the tearing away
from home that three years whaling
voyage or an expedition 70 the North
Pole would be- But To the boys thought
life had begun anew. and he could not
80 away without being certain that Katy
was :. his" bound by something more
than a soft glance and ready smile.
II 20 happened there was spelling
match in the old red sch0Ol-h0u~e the
very night before the Bonnie Dundee
was to sail. and after every body was
spelled down and the candles had
burned themselves out, Eugene went
home with Katy.
The stars shone, the cricketS chirped,
and now and then an apple fell with
sudden thud from the orchard trees that
the fence. Eugene and Katy
did not talk much, but listened without
knowing they heard them. 10 these gen
tie home sounds,till they were Al Phoebe
AIMS porch. Then they stopped 70 say
good-by.
Phn.be Ann was standing by tine table
inside stirring yeast with the very same
wooden spoon Eugene whitfield for her
. long before.
~ could ha' told you,'' shc was say
mr.. \. just how il would have turned
Dut.r
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