The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-08

She 4 be rich woman; for though the
estates been neglected. is valuable
stIlI, and could easily bring fortune
under proper management
Before I left Mafsden County. cot
from my entertainer the address 81
Mr.. Walters" Ihron,h him. II sue
cessful. ! might yet lind the fair object
q my search.
! had now . double inducemcnt; for
the fair kosey was an hcircss. and. also.
~ appeared from her retaining her
name Of Brown. yet unmarried. And
80, elnte and full Of hope. returned 70
my old quarters among the health
giving "piney- woods. where Mrs
Browling welcomed me with mother
" kindness. and the assurance that my
brief jaunt must have doae mo "a power
Of good" judging from my frightened
looks.
After our early supper, ! repaired 70
the little parlor. and. seating myself On
the sofa. gazed long At the beautiful.
coquettish face on the wall opposite.
Az least twenty years had elapsed
sin that portrait had been taken.
Roscy" was now probably tall.
graceful woman of-say thirty-iive o.
Whereabouts.
Well. at that age many women ARE
more beautiful and attractive than in
their youth. and why. was myself
nearly thirty. No great difference,
after all.
And just here Miss Mandy came in.
and. with me gay knitting IN her
hand. 50 tied herself in low rocking
char. facing me. and exactly beneath
the portrait.
| glanced from her thin. sallow yisayc
70 the blooming face above. involun-
tarily contrasting the two Then q
sudden ilea occurred to me. Donkey
| had heard Mr.. Davis mention "Rosev:"
and Miss MANDY. being Davis kins.
woman. might know something about
her So said
Miss Mandy. die you ever knew a
young lady Of the name Of Rosey
/ BroWngr
She looked up quickly. and pursed
her lips into demure smile.
why. Mr.. Courtenay. what do you
want OF Rosey BrownPr
"Oh. 1 have heard OF hertz said.
convinced that | was aga'n on the
track. and proceeding cautiously. "She
was engaged once TO Mr.. Harry Tyrell. |"
/. That was = long time ago. Rosey's
no doubt forgot al about him before
this. He was . weak. no-account sort
OF chap" she added. coollv. as she
turned - round" il her knitting.
4. W. - -, korn.>o 80 Me- u -. -. ~
I ventnred TO inquire.
well. she amt very far away from
here"
:. Not far from here?'
Miss MANDY broke into laugh.
"Why, Mr.. Courtenay. you don't
really mean to saw that YOU don't know
that I'm Rosey Brown, and that that
my portraitP"
could do nothing put stare e hel
incredulously.
"To-be-sure. time. and trouble. and
fever-'n agne. do change : person.
proceeded the lady. in : deprecafinS
tone; .'but thought anybody couIt
see the likeness"
| / looked up. and. sure enough. there
now dawned upon my perception I
ghost-likc Resemblance between those
two faces. But how could / otherwise
have ever expected itP
They use 70 call me Roscy for I
pet NAME" proceeded Miss Brown
coquettishly. "hecause they said
looked % blooming. But il came TO MI
awkward in tine, 90 l dropoed it fol
my real name OF Amanda Why Mrs
Bowling and all Of 'em could have told
you thai was Rosey Brown; and I'm
sure 1 thought everybody knew tht
portrait was NINE"
/ was too much shocked TO reply
Here had been searching for week.
for the original OF that picture. only X
find her where I had frst seen her
under the picture itself. And now thai
size was found. nv dream Of romance
vanished; nor GOULD even the though
OF her newly-added golden charms
revive my interest," in Miss Rose,
| Brown.
How she received her change Of for
tune I do not know. for 1 left TIL
" piney-wcods" inn before the news
reached her, doing her the good turn
to communicate her whereabouts 4
Mr. Walters; and 90 my romantic fol-,
about picture remained IS II doubt
less deserved "a folly 70 the end. ~
Saturday Night-
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