The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-23

The IMXE AMI0IAlIr 0m ~ -
Lassle's Romance and Its sad Ending.
'FFrom the Pistsbarg TeieEraph-l
Did o ever see a pretty young
Scotch girl. who had been carefully ed
heated and brought up in the middle
class Of Scottish society? IL you have
had the good fortune to see one,
your life has not yet reached the zenith
81 It's possibilities. A bonnie Scotch
with the slint-white locks that
Bobbie Burns loved 70 speak Of, with
big blue eyes, that are almost childish
in their modesty and ~shyness, with pref
", round cheeks that wear the lovely
pink tints Of perfect health, with a sup
pie, slender figure and neat foot, en-
cased in a sensible, thick-soled boot,
and a slim hand, slightly Drowned by
the absence Of gloves. A :. lassie' with
all this i as pleasant a sight as one
could wish for on these cloudy, disagree
able days. just such a dainty :. lassie"
could have been seen in a household In
Allegheny a little more than a week ago.
She Is not there low. She does not ex-
it save in the memory of her friends
and in that great receptacle Of sorrow,
the past. In her place there is a won
an with nothing Of brightness or happi-
ness abort her. She has "big blue
eyes, but they are dull and expression
less, all their b~rilliancy being washed
away BY frequent weepings- Her face
i pale, colorless and thin. The spright-
ly grace that once gave a charm 10 her
walk and her figure, has gone, and she
walks about like an old woman who has
lost all hope and has discovered that
the world i full Of bitterness and care
The first and second pictures are Of the
same person so far as actual indemnity
and name are concerned. but OH how
they are at variance in heart and soul.
The change Is striking, and it came
about so suddenly; that the writer
sought 10 learn the cause Of II all, and
this is the story that was told 70 him (;
Some time ago a gentleman who lives
in Allegheny went abroad for a pleasure
trip, taking with him his wife and
Young children. Some Of the gentle
mans immediate ancestors had been
born in Scotland, and he desired to
spend considerable time in that coun-
try. and did 50. During the visit OF the
party one Of the children was taken
sick at Dunkeld, a little town in Perth
shire, on the left bank of Tay. The
town had but few accommodations,
but as the child was too weak 10 be
moved, the family were compelled TO
take lodgings in a hotel and wait for
the little ones ove The mother
became worn out with watching the
sick boy, and his father asked the doc
tor If he knew of any one who
could be obtained A. a nurse,
and promised liberal pay. The
doctor said he knew just the
right kind of a person, provided she
would consent to serve as nurse She
was Jeannnie, daughter Of the clergy
man who had formerly had charge Of
the kirk. and who had died, leaving hi
only child an orphan, poor and almos'
friendless. She had always been goos
To the poor and needy during her ia
TIERS lifetime. and after he had left hel
she had zone 10 the house of a friend q
remain until she could obtain some kline
Of work. The doctor told JEANNE how
matters stood, and she at once declared
her willingness 10 nurse the sick child
and accordingly took her place at hi
bedside. The bright, cheerful face Q
the girl and her winning mad
her a great f~avorite with the children
and their parents, and, when they wer'
about to leave Dunkeld, the mother in
sisted on JEANNE coming 70 this c%ountr.
with her a. governess Of the childrel
and a companion for herself. To thi
JEANNE objected stoutly, and said, wit
many bushes and much confusion, tina
she could not leave Dunkeld. Then tn
reason came out. She was engaged :
be married to the young man whom sh
had known since childhood, and VIII
was to marry her as soon as he was able
He was a guard on the North BIRTHS
} Railroad.
|, "why could not Stewart come toop
: said the father Of the boy whom Jeanni
had so faithfully watched. II win fin
work for him in Pittsburg, and you nee
not be separated"
Then il came out that Stewart had
!. sister who was bedridden, and whom b
T had TO support, and this was the reasc
why the marriage had not taken plac
before. JEANNE was persuaded to 2
3 to Dundee to see Stewart and ask h
= uuNAlEg HIu nt was uikt0t III ~ ttutf-'
n that she should accept the liberal off
y that had been made TO her, and 90
America. He told her he would folio
. her here when he was able To provic
for his sister. Stewart added that n
doctors said the sick girl could not on
K live the winter. Poor JEANNE was a
tears and sorrow when she left with h,
friends, but she heard regularly fro
Stewart, and on arriving here she SOC
became accustomed TO her new life, ar
liked it greatly. About a month af
Stewart wrote to say that his sister W;
dead, and that he would leave for Anne
lea about the LIST Of January. Jeal
d MES songs and smiles became mo
frequent, and she looked forwal
4 eagerly for the arrival Of the ne
year.
On Tuesday last the papers contain'