The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-11


Ir's an awful nuisance TO 10 poor,
that q fact. And 70 be poor aud to
be pretty and 70 DO proud hard lines
can 20 but little further. and had gone
10 the extremity Of hard lines.
| suppose you'll think no good Of me
for saving that / was pretty But
didn't SAY II first. The glass said il
every morning. And when one sees d
check like the rosy down on peach.
eyes soft and dark as 4. black pearl.
their dark fringcs almost too heavy for
the white lids 10 lift. features like
sculpture. and yellow hair shining like
satin folds in its braids. and all that
sort of thing. one would have 10 be Il
fool not 10 know whether the picture
was good. bad or Indifferent. And 30 l
know that | was pretty: but didn't
take much satisfaction in IL: il never
gave me thrill 81 what call vanity;
II WAS the source OF almost constant
modification. on the other hand. and l
would rather have been plain as Susan
Winckworth, and have had plenty 70
wear.
Drab doesn't show the dirt. and 50
my dresses were always drab Rem
nants are cheaper than whole patterns.
and 80 my dresses were combinations
Of two or three remnants. As for bon
nets. don't believe lid ever had an en-
tircly new one. made my own gloves
but Ills Of no use going through the
category Of my wants; wanted every
thing.
And then you cant keep pretty girl
shut up from the rest Of the human race.
unless you put her in convent; people
will lind her out; and By people mean
John Rokcsby and Paul ventn0r.
and all the rest. 10 tell the truth.
didn't 80 much mind John and Paul and
all the rest. because they had known
me as little ng-bag ever since WAS
born, and dear old John would have
been only too glad 70 take me for better
or worse. rags and all; and Paul
wouldn't have had, YOU know. TO save
his soul besides. Susan was IN love
with Paul.
But when whole parcel 81 gay and
wealthy people came 10 Tie lovely little
Town Tor q two-m0nths' visit. some ut
the Rokesby's, and some at the inn.
and some camping out on account Of
The survey Of a line they were running
from somewhere TO nowhere. then il
was different. l knew the first thing
they'd say would be. .What pretty
girl and the next thing would be.
but isn't she quite too awfully shah
by.' And ! couldn't keep out II their
sight; for had I'd 20 10 the mail. and
y the store, and 10 the mill. and 10 the
station, and had " be seen ont doors.
experimenting the boys in picking and
boxing and packing; for all the income /
we had, mother and and the children, |
was what we could make from our /
strawberry beds and orchard, and IL /
was mighty little anyway. and mother
was delicate, and had to see 70 every
thing.
l happened that was down al the
station. arranging with the freight
agent for my strawberry crates. on the
gay those people came: ana saw them.
every one. and all their gay hustle. and 4
all their pretty dresses the girls,
mean; and suppose they were travel
inlg dresses too--vcry likely the worst
tney had. and their worst SO far sur
passing my best that they didn't seem
y belong 10 the same order Of things.
had heard Susan and the Rpkcsby
g..rls talking Of the arrival Of these peo-
PIC, and 81 all the fine doings there
We're % be; but saw AZ 4 glance that 4
could have no share IN the fine dongs.
Unless II should be IN 4 pillowc:lsc
party. Or something Of tho Kind. where
eicrybody looked alike. They had
never heard u me. and 80 | looked III
them with impunity that day at the
Stallion, and decided that the tall dark
fellow was Mr.. Pagct. and that fright
WHY stylish tall sallow girl. Ia dark
ol''c foulard, all pulls aud r,itllcs and
and laees and ribbons. was his
sister Miriam, and that the blue-escd
beauty was Miss Mcrvin. and The rcd
headed girl was Maria. and the straight
Young men were the surveyors.
pte'ln't have spent much time lii guess
ng' either, for.my cars are AZ good as
crscope tubes. and couldn't help
hearing what some of them were say
ny ~ they stood Waiting for somebody
2 classify their luggage. !" Deuccd
,,re'ty girl. with the red gold hairthorc!
'sy' sammy. wager case Of clarct I'm !
Y visiting terms with her before TO-