The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-29

f"4I< HtEH- MHot HAtIu& IttH uT@ulHt
up 70 do nothing. did Il % perfection
After the failure. uncle got . situation
as superintendent 81 one 81 the many
departments in the large establishment
u the gentleman who sold ..pins and
needles by the paper. and lace BY the
yard" (he was now head Of the firm.
and had . pretty. lady-like wife and
two pretty chiIdrcn). and we dismissed
one OF our servants and moved into
much smaller house
But In spite Of all our efforts Al econ
omy our income proved vastly inade-
quate ~ our expenses. and this was the
cause 0f 50 much bewailing and be-
moaning thsl our house seemed 10 be
bereft Of all giadness and sunshine.
And one evening. after Ethel. our
youngest daughter. had burst into tears
because aunt had declared II would b.
impossible 20 have ice-crcam mcrin-
CUES. wine jclIies. and similar dainties
every day for dessert. for the two suili-
cient reasons that we couldn't afford
them and our present cook couldn't
make them. ! venturcd TO suggest TO
the weeping damsel that IL she found
life positively unbearablc without the
aforementioned Injuries Gall the Eg-
berts. by-the-bye. were cxtravagantly
fond Of good things to eat). she might
knit and crochet some Of the worsted
articles >hc was in the habit Of making
So artisticalIy for herself. and sell them
to'-Mr. Lee, unclc's employer, was
about 70 say. when was interrupted by
shriil shrek
"work for storcr' she cried ''rd
starre firsf."
You wretclied girlr' added my
aunt. "How dare you even hins Of
such thing? Ethel, my darling, calm
yourself"
1T IS not enough that strangers
should presume upon our poverty.
joined in Cieanthe. also frowning upon
me. 'bnt one bound ~ US By ties Of
blood. though il must be confessed
more alien than many stranger would
be. must advance ideas that shock and
wound us. Imagine turning b her
brother Roland. who lay on the only
lounge In the room. complacently re-
garding himself in the mirror on the
opposite wall" that impcrtinent Mrs.
Bradshaw coming here this morning,
with the air Of doing kindness. too. 70
offer me- 4 position in her academy
"Great heavensr' exclaimed Roland.
springing 70 his feet and the cause
must be mighty one that brings Ro-
land 70 his feet ''One Of DV sisters a
teacher. Great heavens and he went
stamping about the room in the new
snit OF clothes aunt had just paid for
b. parting with her handsome pearl
ring.
whatever i done. 're can DO moth
ing" sobbed Ethel.
"Of course not" replied Roland,
grandiy; 1.-THE women o. oar family new
or work.
thought 10 myself. \. Nor the men
neither. except poor old uncle. who j.
tagging At 1esk from morning until
night
But our income must be increased"
said Alethea. looking up from her nov
el. and joining in the conversation for
the first time Alethea was our eldest.
and still wore her hair in the fashion Of
her youth. loose curl dangling over
each cheek-bone. being fully persuaded
that no other fashion was half 90 grace
fui or becoming.
Discharge the chambermaid.- pro
posed Ethel. land let Dorothea Il am
Doroihea) do her work II Is about
All she Il fit for. She never had bit Of
| fine feeling or style about her"
mo. she never had; she always
wonld bite her bread sighed my aunt.
'.and she has seemed sadly out Of place
among my children. She comes Of
working race. and her ideas and tastes
al smack Of traie--trade trade
discovered in aiter-years that ms aunt's
grandmother on the maternal side made
| fortune out OF tobacco.
I" But discharging the chamber-maid
won't help very much,r said Alethea-
"Itwill not. agreed Roland. What
| u saved thereby will no more than find
me in the little extras no society man
can do without
Dear! deari'' aunt took up the bur-
den again, . could have foreseen that
your father would have come down in
I this way. never would have married
him. really don't know what Is to be
done. unless we emigrate 70 some coun-
| try place where we are unkno~n. and
where il don't matter how we live. "
!. The country screamed her chill
dren. in chorus. Better death at
once
cant imagine where got the cour-
age TO do 50 after my late sharp rebufs.
but NJ this moment blurted out some
thing that had been in my mind for sew
eral weeks: "Why could not Alethea
and Ethel room together. and Alethea's
room. which Is the pleasantest in the
house. BE- let 70 iodgcr'- one who
would
I hut here paused abruptly. Alethca
I hal tainted ia the arms ~ my aunt.
who. glancing At me over the top Of her
eldest daughters head, commanded me
in her deepest tone (aunt has rather .
bass voicc) TO "lcave the room in