The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-03-17

thought him n each return more hand
some and noble. In due time Israel was
admitted 10 the bar. but the drain on the
home resources did not cease. II was
impossible for him." he wrote with .
fine scorn. 30 stoop 20 the petty md
ignoblc cases with which - many law
yers confented themselves II lofty A.
pirafions were fault, he must be
blamed. bat he would rather wait In
obscurity than accept a case unworthy
him. Grand sentiments these sounded
10 the simple home group. the grander
that they hardly understood them. but
they seemed like his slightly exagger-
ated manner. the impress 81 the great
world u which they dreamed % much
and knew % little. Time passed on; the
ideal client was slow in coming. But
summons was heard in the farmhouse.
10 higher than earthly court. and Eliza
beth earle, laying down the burdens
she had borne 30 long. hastcned % an
swer IT, II was on the sorrow-stunned
hearts that remained that there fell q
the same time Israers startling an
nouncement that he had abandoned the
law. YES" he said. in answer 20
Treasures exclamation Of surprise. 1T
has been mistake from the beginning;I
see now that never was fitted for . law
yer. It's dull. cramped life. full Of
miserable. sordid details. But . man
often has to learn through his failures.
and I've found out that not law. but
journalism. i my true vocation Quick,
intense work j. what want. something
70 appeal % the emotions and higher
faculties It's grand field, Treasure.
and when once have fairly entered on
Il. neither YOU nor father will regret the
CHANGE" and taking bis cigar from his
mouth he smiled down At her, with an
mir Of superior confidence, that silenced
all remonstrance on the part q the ad-
miring woman BY his side But alas,
even this new path was not thornle<s.
as he wrote; Everything brilliant
! in his writings was cut ont BY jealous
editors He wished he had been created
10 cringe and forget his manhood fer
| the paltry dollar, but a. he had not, he
must suffer accordingly. IN these
! years Treasure Reid had grown from
girl 70 woman not pretty, but with =
homely sweetness and CHEEKY heart
someness that carried its own charm,
and brought more than one Of the
neighboring young farmers across the
I fields 10 the old house Israel could not
/ have told why, but these things stung
1 him with angry irritation. He had often
\ pitied himself in being bound 20 .
!. woman Of 50 little beauty and style, and
/ felt that to appear with her. say NJ the
opera. would cause his pride 70 twinge
There were even times when her love
had seemed in the nature Of bondage,
but none the less he could not bear that
she should have even = passing interest
apart from him, and finally On one
Of his visits home, fired ~ some care
less gossip. he b'azed out on Treasure
with a passion 81 reproach- After
AL" he concluded bitterly. ~ don't
blame you. il YOU do marry FL Hunt;
indeed. iis the best thing Won can do.
lie can make home Tor You. and Tod
knows that's more than there's any
prospect 81 my ever doing for any
woman II Will DC lonely enough here
without YOU but, 70 BE frank there
not much ne q your ever expecting
ANYTHING u me. ! can hardly support
\ myself. ~ am not expecting any
thing q yon- she said. gently. nor
shall | marry There was q look on
her face that fllled him with remorseinl
shame. though ~ the same time ne
drew furtlye breath q relief Treas
urc would stay a the old home. and
make Il cheerful. but a. the same time
she would maze no claim on him. re
could buy choice wines and ciEars here
after. and indulge IN dubious pleasures:
without the haif guilty feeling That nal
hitherto hampcred him. 80 life On the
quiet hillside kept IT, quiet round, for
as Treasure had bitterly said y herself.
Il she was not necessary ~ Israel. there
was one 70 whom she was, for Ezekiel
Garlic was growing an old man. and
+ more and more the burden II his care