The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-30

OUT, hoiictu MN lean over and Whls-
per To the hostess. As we went, how
ever, wearily dragging our legs along.
some one cnnie running after us. II
was girl, apparently Il servant girl,
young. pretty and neatly dressed. She
seemed IN a great Hurry.
Please, sir" she said stopping us,
tive brought message. Mistress
says you're 10 come back at once. And
she wished me 70 say she Is very sorry,
but she did not know YOU"
Know me! OF course not. How was
she to, seeing she had never seen me
before. nor | herP The ignorance was
mutual.
Let's 60" said George. cutting
further conversation short.
When we reached the inn, the hostess
bowed. III am sorry, sir" she said,
in a stately way, ito have sent YOU
away, but did not know YOU
Did not know me? What did she
mean by she did not know me? OF
course she did not know me. How was
she TOP But had no time for reflec-
ton. The servant showed us into an
inner room, the neatest. contest, pref
test little room do believe / ever saw.
George threw himself on the sofa; while
| cat on a chair my feet apart, my
hands on my knees, staring into va
cancy, feeling a little mystificd.
In few minutesthe servant returned
Please. will you step this way, sir?'
said she TO me.
George was asleep on the sofa. and
dhi not notice her entrance.
l followed her up stairs; we were evil
IDENTITY among the bed rooms. She
stopped at door, and opening it
showed me in. II was sleeping apart.
ment, quite small, but SO neat, and
clean and pretty, SO unlike the usual
thing you expect in hotels and inns,
that looked on the servant in amaze.
There were suit If clothes laid out on
the bed. black and seeming quite new,
and clean. white shirt hanging on a
chair; q collar. necktie and socks on
the seat; and pair Of slippers on the
floor.
Mistress said my guide, with just
enough Of the Dcric TO be agreeable.
wishes you 10 change your clothes, or
else You will get cold
What" / inquired, lis your mis-
tress' name?'
Mrs. Mac something in three syl-
tables. but what could not catch. She
then withdrew.
Taking of my drenched suit. first
had thorough good wash. and then put
on the clothes provided. / then went
down stairs again. and found my Phillis
waiting at the foot to guide me into
the parlor. where l found George still
sleeping. l woke him and told him Of
my luck.
"Well," said he, i" she's a pleasant
sort Of landlady. She seems to have
taken fancy TO you.
Don't talk nonsense" / retorted.
thinking Of Kate and my family Of
seven.
II hope" said he. among her other
kindnesses, she won't forget to let us
have some supper"
The words were hardly out Of his
mouth when there was tap at the door.
and in came Phillis. please sir said
that admirable young person. '.mistress
says may lay the table for supper?"
s'Give your mistress my compli-
ments,r replied George, with assumed
ulHnllN -- VT Nttlltioiu 1ptiipi-
mcnts, and say with the greatest pleas
ure."
She did not give her mistress his CON-
pliments. at least not then; but without
q word or smile laid il there and then,
covering Il with Il snow white table
cloth. and laying Il in that charming air
Of homc-like comfort that pervaded
everything.
Inthe morning we oversight ourselves,
and after breakfast began seriously to
consider the cost Of our entertainment.
We rang the bell, and in came the land
lady. We rose. as she entered, and
bowed. which courtesy she gracefully
returned.
I've shall he much obliged" l said.
:. IL YOU will let us have our BILL
s.Billr' she said. drawing herself
upright. do you wish to insult me,
Insult her. Insult YOUR said,
hut surely this is an imp
Yes" returned she. with something
of wounded dignity; "this Is an inn,
but not to you whatefer."
mot 70 usr' exclaimed. amazed;
while George, fancy, began to take her
for Iunatic.
do you think" she burst out. II
would take money from the man who
saved my child?'
Saved her chldi In an instant it
flashed across me, the youngster fioun-
dering in the pool and how the young
rogue had run away.
.Was--was that your son in the
pcolp" ] asked, beginning to under
stand her.
..Ay, II was Alec" she slid, " my
only son mirofer.N
.But." asked, "how did you know
il was who ---n
donald Macneil"--or some such
name. told me he was near BY. and
saw Il all
remembered the laboring man in
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