The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-13

i II tell t0N E<Nttll INV ~ tuilE l0Nt<
though | am sure As look back ~ Il all.
i think l must have been crazy. AT any
rate. | know II ! live 70 be one hundred
years old. l shall never cease 70 turn
hot and cold every time l think Of my
folly.
NV room-matc a. Miss Hough's semi
nary was Ellen March. did not like
her at first. She was one OF those noisy,
m-brcd girls. who rasp your nerves anil
makc You feel every place Is too small
70 hold both you and them. We bad .
small room. almost . closet. and being
the two eldest boarders and ID the same
classes. Miss Hough allowed Us . good
many privileges.
Sic said a. me: ~ put Ellen March
with you. Aurn. because You are one ~
the q~nictcst girls in school. and she is
the most boisterous. There y really no
harm in her. and she seems to like you
50 much that ! thi, < your influence will
terd 70 make her more refined and lady
like
That was the verdict we all pro-
nour ccd on Ellen March-"No harm in
her"
She was given more money than she
needed. and wins Y ncrou~ with every
thing she had. Besides this. she was
ohiig ng and good-naturcd. and Of
course was not 10 blame II her people
were uneducated and vulgar and had moi
taught her good amer
but il wood have been better for me
II Ellen had been a termagnnt IN temper
and ~ mean and selfish rs Lizzie Carnrs.
WHO was . by-word % every girl IA
school
II was contrary 10 the rules Of the
scho ! for room-ma'cs 70 talk after
goi = 10 bid. but Ellen would insist
upon kcs ping up a whispered CONVERSE
ton for hours and hours, when we should
have been asleep.
Al first | w,u 4 not answer. for up 70
that tims I had never broken the rules
d the school. still. | listened. which
was just as had. She talked about balls
and parties that she had attended. but
her favoritc topic was bcaux. particu-
larry two Young men, 70 ho.h Of whom
she said she WA engaged!
on see. AURA she said. Tits the
greatest fun 70 see II. lows making fools
u themselves about one. It's Just do
hghiful TO make them think each i the
favorite. and then zee them glare a
each other whenever they meet Don't
! have fun when one happens q cal
when the other Il with me! They're q
jealous as cats. and 20 polite 20 each
other! wou.dn't miss it for anything.
! don't know vet which LII marry. Per-
haps won't marry either Of them,
but ] wouldn'tb be with mt two strings N
my bow, anyhow. How many bcauS
have you go.f'
Not one. and I'm glad 81 i" I an
svercd, Indignantly. sDO stop this non
sense. Don't you know you're break
ing = nlcP"
~ don't care II I am she an
swcrcd. placidly. II didn't come herr
% Be tied 20 rules, and pas too rici
for old Hough q be TOO strict with me
But Just 70 think! You're sixteen, ant
You re p~rcttier than / am, and haven
got a beau! Why. I've had bcaux since
was thirteen. And people say II your
not attract We 10 gentlemen when your
young. You never will be-; and then. ter
chances to one. you'll be m old maid
Why, l Il be wrctchcd II the fellow:
dn't fall ia love with me and l will
Them
You think. no doubt. I ought 4 have
been disg,. ted with this conversation
was az mist. But BY degrees ! begnr
% be interested. md out II curiosit,
read Ellen's lovc-leitcrS, which sh'
used 70 get under an assumed name
and IN the spirit Of fun ! even hclpcs
hcr 10 answer some 81 them. You WI
hardly believe Il, but after a time, un
Ger the influences az her constant talk,
b,gan % feel almost ashamed that
had no beau. think Ellen must hav,
read my thoughts. for she soon bcgaI
" praise her cousin. Guy Reeves
such q splendid fell WI she q 4
"Aii the girls arc desperate about him
lou arc Just bis style. for he worshipI
dark beauties. / wish No could see you
know he Il lose his head. and Id XIV,
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