The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-16

with q truthfulness Of outline remarka-
BILE in a girl who had studied 80 little as
Kathleen.
Eventually. as our friendship increased
and ripcned, | poured into her sympa-
thetic ear the small romance Of my life,
and, as I found she did not laugh at me
or think me ridiculous, | frequently re-
Cured TO the subject, and unconsciously
il became the center If my thoughts by
day and my dreams by night.
SO the next three months glided
peacefully away, and the time came
that we should return home to England,
the Pallisscrs being our travelling com
panions-
Jack had rented a snng little place in
Herefordshire, called 1.-THE Grange"
and there | was 10 stay with them for
a couple Of weeks before returning I
the parental roof. Ii was such q pretty
place, a rather old-fashioned red brick
house, tucked in among the most lux
urious foliage You a imagine. The
garden was simply delicious, redolent
with the perfume Of roses and carna-
tons. and, indeed, flowers Of every de-
scription. IL was separated only by a
low railing from the grounds of our, or,
l should say, rather, Jacks young
landlord. the Squire OF the place.
We arrived tired, dusty, and rather
out Of sorts, having had TO wait two
hours NJ a junction where there was
nothing to do but to read the adver-
ti>ements on the walls Of the station,
and | think | could initiate exactly the
expression on the face o the lion caught
in the net, and the old nabob swallow
ing pickles-having studied them both
for 50 long. Jack, according 70 his
usual fashion, smoked away like ten
chimneys; and Geraldine-well, she, |
think, only grumbled; and when we did
Get home ~ last, the country looked 50
deliciously green and fresh. and every
thing was 50 pretty AT the Grange that
we soon recovered ourselves, and the
following day was spent in exploring
the new territory and giving our several
opinions about every thing.
AT 4 O'Clock in the afternoon Jack
came in. brimful Of news. First item.
there was splendid shooting 70 be had
in the neighborhood, and fishing. too,
was good; then. he had visited the
NVuAZ I4AAAlr WIN was ~ AnQLAEAl Ill
good fellow as Jack expressed it, and
.game for any thing He had only
just returned from 4 tour on the Cont
nent, and had not long come into his
property
ssAh, Miss Dot said Jack, with a
very knowing look, which he always put
on when he means chaff, snow. there's
a chance for you-tifteen thousand a
wear and a title, You would make a
charming little lady Of the manor. and
we would tow-tow to you most delight
fully
ssDon't be silly, Jack / said. in a
huffy tone, trying TO look serious. 81
ncrer mean 70 marry (this vehement
ID; land l detest your Adonises with
their moncy-bagsr"
Jack shrugged up his shoulders rather
incredulously, and gave = little laugh.
Now, I hate that laugh Of Jacks
"Well, my dear child" said he pa
rentally, s.all l ask Of YOU il 10 be civil
20 him TO night when he comes to din
ner. and put on YOU smartest gown
~ shall do nothing Of the sort" re-
piled T. .Smartcstgown, indeed, What
10 | care about young 'Squires with
large r~ent-rollsen
And | left the room with a strong de-
termination o 70 look nv best that
evening. What did l care about fascin-
ating men, when a certain pair Of brown
eyes were forever haunting me.
.Ah. met thought r.; show | have
changed. A few short months ago and
the idea Of Irritation would have made
me perk up and jump for Joy, and I
would have done all in my power to
make the country girls green with jeal-
ousy; but now l don't seem TO care one
little bit TO become acquainted with Ibis
magnificent Squire"
At first | thought l would make some
excuse and not appear at dinner; but
then Geraldine would think ii unkind,
perhaps; and, after AL, what did il mat
ter?
Six o'clock struck. and | went to dress
for dinner. / hesitated a little as TO
what garment I should wear, and finally
selected a p~ale-blue gauze trimmed with
blush-roses. Yes, that would do-any
thing would do. / did care, though, a
wee BIT a. to how / looked. / had been
thinking about Biarritz again, and my
eyes were very bright when l looked in
the glass.
"Shall 1 ever see him again?" I said
to myself; and as l said il something
seemed 70 whisper " Yes" and Tfelt the
blood rush quickly to my cheeks.
was dressed before Geraldine, and
demurely took my work down to the
drawing-room and seated my little self
on the amber damask sofa. A. l did
-, I glanced ~ my reflection in the OPP
posite mirror, and I flattcred myself
looked rather well in my blue cloudy
looking dress against the soft amber.
My eyes were certainly unusually bril-