The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-02-09

never 20 N<4- 4uIIuUTs II she had 10
live and die m old maid.
On the evening a MI. Quimby's calls.
half > dozen young fellows az together
In the private rooms Of = ueIl-known
= taurant Aliec henton's cousin iva
chairman.
!. 10 ~" he sa'd. ~we must IN Of
~ make . raid upon Qu;mby to-mor-
row. You. Jack. will Be the deeplv-in-
suited husband. and You. Tom. tn hon
est capitalist whose money Qnimb. has
borrowed and squandered. Dick.
want You 20 play The undertaken from
whom the coffin was engaged. and Bin.
you can appear A. the man assault ed BY
Quimby the angry man. who has de-
termined 70 appeal % the laws 81 his
country for redress inthe shape o< heavy
damages. The Office group will Q re-
hearse.n
The conspirators agreed. and Charley
flm0rc gave them their parts. and in
sisted on . inll-drcss rehearsal before
the close Of the session. The boys were
all Of them keen!y alive 10 the stu
ation. and. besides their ambition 10
carry out the joke. felt that Il was really
. serious matter. as tending 70 lead 10
Jack luimbys permanent swear on.
III is his last chance said Elmorc-
/" tell You. boys. II we don't cure him
this time saitpeier won't save him. and
we shall never dance Al Alice Benton's
wedding. 50 far a Jack Quimby is con-
cerned.f And the boys all swore they
would do their level lest
IL was q bold Ian. but among Mr..
Quinby's many failings they knew that
forgetfulness was one Of the most
prominent, and that he seldom remem-
bered IN the morning the occurrences
that took Lace over night
When Jack Guimby awoke on the
second day Of the wear he had q vague
idea hat he was on the threshold o.
spontaneous combustion. Never. he
groaned. were M coppers 30 in
formally hot before II do not join
some Temperance legion ere the day j.
over. | am a lost man. Ilesp;te these
reflections Mr.. Cuimhy dressed him
self. and after = good round Of stifF
cocktails. walked 70 his Office and fell
into the regular business groove
s-Great Scott. Quimbvr' said one Of
the clerks. --what : head you ye got on
you. Well YOU must have been going
the pace. yesterday say, old man.
You ought 70 get 10 bed just as soon IS
Won ross BIZ can But Cuimbv
scowied Al the junior. and went on add
ing up figures as il be felt as fresh As the
morning. and even tried > popular air
in q subducd whistle. 20 prove 70 the
crowd that the preceding day had been
one OF undisfurbcd virtue
.'Quimby. N said the senior partner Of
the firm. II want that invoice made oul
BY ten o'clock"
IAN right, sir; am ~ work ~ i
now-r
Somebody for you. Mr.. Quimby.' =
cried the messenger boy. bursting into
the private Office.
-Show him in" said Quimby. Ata!l,
gaunt individual followed the boy. and
liking > stony glance on Jack. took :
vacant char.
..of course you know who am. M:
Quimby2r
Elm blessed II I do replied Jack,
after = close scrutiny: never saw YOU
before in nv Ire that ! can remember. y
MY name" said the visitor. ~
Eutrupius Brown. and ] have brought
YOU the colin Won ordered last evening.
II Won show me 70 the deceased. Mr..
Quimby. | viii arrange everything with
out further DELAY believe YOU re-
marked the corpse had already been
two DAYS on ice."
9uimby looked at his visitor. and
then darfcd 70 The window. SURE
enough. there stood 4 black wagon out
side the door.
my dear SIR he said. .rhrre Is N
body dead n this house. Tbs Is = bust
ness house. and yon arc quite mis-
taken about The address never or
dered a coffin from you. I've got ns
one To- hurry. and-and Il strikes me.
added Jack. growing desperate. thai
you are altogether il error-in fact
that You are not quite right in youl
mind.r
.is not yourn name John Quimbyys
1T Is; I'm Quimby: but. great heav
ems. / have no use for an undertaken
Then why" said Brown. in an ex
cited voice. ..why did you come las
night 70 my establishment and ring tn
night bell? Why did You tell me 4
bring along. the first thing il the mon
ing. the nobbicst caSket in the shopi
Do You think this j. fair treatment 10
. decent undertaken, Mr. Quimby? TX
you think --r
J ..For the Lord's sake. be quiet
gazped Jack Here are i've dollar
Tor . New Years present Say no NOR,
about II Take your ca<ket back. and
will call On yon this afternoon an(
square up the balance. Don't you se<
that I was not myself when I spoke q
you about that interment, Now. z,
away like : good fellow and Jacl
pushed Mr.. Brown out. and st dowI
again 70 his invoices with = heav,
heart
: "How full 1 must have been." b,
muttcred. TO order : colin; why
that's the worst I ever did. / wish