The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-25

Miss Julia Tyrrel sat before the fire
with her feet on the tender, and ten
dollar bill in her hand. To ordinary
mortals ten-dollar bill Is ten dollar
bill-that, and nothing more; but to
Julia it meant an evening Of enchant-
ment.
~ shall buy white gloves, white satin
ribbon, and FAM" she whispered, soft
ly, ssand Charley win be sure to bring q
bouquet. My dress isn't very shabby,
and II it was, he would never notice. I
ought to have an opera cloak and lots
Of other things, and I ought-yes, I
ought to pay madame my weeks rent.
But nobody does every thing be ought
70 do. and it is not my fault Il have .
hftv-dollar way for every ten-dollar
BILL"
Then she looked thoughtfully at the
bill, and turned it over In her pretty
white hands. As she did so, she no.
ticed name written in small clear let.
tiers in one corner The characters
were 90 small that she had to take the
note to the window in order to decipher
them But very little puzzled those
bright young eyes. II see" she said,
nodding her head wisely. "sJohn Hem
~ Brookes.' wonder who he Is, and
what made him write bis name on bill
that is every body's- mine just 1t pres
ent, and going to A. T. Stewart in half
an hour. Not pretty name either.
dare say he il some little snob that
thinks there Is only one man in the
world, and he il John Henry Brookes."
II was showing heavily by this time,
but Julia cared little for that. Il was
not block To the stage, and the stage
would put her down at Stewards door.
1t was always little holiday to Julia to
90 shopping; and even II it was only .
ten dollsr shopping, nobody knew that
but herself, and 1t gave her perfect free
dom TO look as Il she could buy all the
silks and laces she wanted.
A man would not know how to spend
20 minutes In buying pair Of gloves
and three yards Of satin ribbon. Julia
spent two very pleasant hours about It,
and then, not being able to come to q
decision about the fan, she determined
to walk up TO Union Square, and have
half dozen stores to select from. Il
was quite fair and bright by this time,
the sky blue, the air soft, and not very
cold; 70 with . light, rapid step she
hurried along. pausing every few min
utes before some gay window, and con-
sidering it, contents ~ carefully a. II
she really meant to buy them.
Just turning into the square, some
one saids Julia! don't cut me in that
direct way
"Why, Charley, who ever thought Of
seeing you here ut this time Of dayp
have been buying gloves. Have you got
the ticketsP'
=! was just going up town to see
you"
"Good boy! Now what is the mat
ter? You ought to be cutting up the
world with pair Of scissors in that den
Of yours near City Hall. What are
you doing among decent people GA
Broadway at 3 O'Clock In the aff.r-
noonPn
"Well, something has happened"
"Oh, Chavlsyi WHAT Is ii nicep =
don't say it's bad, exactly"
"I'll tell you what: we'll 20 into
Bigot's and have some oysters. and you
shall tell nae al about It. Have ycu
money enough Charleyp"
have TWO dollars, July, and
would rather spend them in that wav
than keep them"
"Of course. Besides, you would not
keep them anyway. and you might waste
them-and we are just here. / declare
IT'S pleasant providence meeting you.