The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-06-15

hf afc from their hands and endured
their pcffing. which was much like
punishment. with hcroism; n he stayed
away they hunted him out and brought
him home IL triumph.
!" Those children might q wen live
hcre,r said Jane.
\ And their father, too,r added
John.
mot . bite Of sweet-brcad can
keep in the larder; and when they tears
their frocks they goes straight to Miss
Prue. ana she mends them before
Bridget scolds 'em. just Is Il they'd be
her very own"
X A fine stepmother she'd b. max
ing" observed John. They do be
saying in the village that it's her cap
she Is setting for the parson."
That's just the way Of the gossips!
II man takes 20 q woman it's always
she that q a-setting Of her cap for him.
The parson ought TO ask 'em % pick
out wife for him and suit their
selves
" And then there's Others who says
it's her money! persisted John. who,
like fair historian. was bound TO state
both sides; "A an that be come here
a-purpose to marry her"
=" A great deal they knows about II"
cried Jane. !" i heerd him tell her, with
my own blessed ears. that when be was
called 70 this ere parish he never
dreamed that she lived here. They must
hey knowed each other. you see. when
they was young. afore Miss Prue came
into her great-uncle's property. and
came 10 live IT The Fins; for I hear
'em talking now and again Of folks that
don't belong hercabouts. And he says:
DO you remember the day we went
hither and the day we went yony And
he says: ~ remember. remember
and looks away from her face. thinks,
myself, he must be an old beau Of hers
sees them together heap. you know.
bringing in the tea-things. and the
lamps. and pottering round
" Al the key-hoic," laughed John.
"And I've never found 'em love
making cnct though steps quiet-like.
John. As you know, and it isn't like
opening door 70 push the portiere
aside.
II Is true the Miller children were
great deal at The Elms. and gave their
fof l.nr fro ftt,of.f xot.Ex. 81. <II.<.- <Ia~...
AMI Il i I'M fhere ,v..re go co,r ,..,
so,,ls II ,he .,.;.t ~ ,';;,a'ra NV $3.50
u n.tnr,l XIV ~ should ~. ,a,... ~ -
less 81 Ill pleasant ne;ohbor. MN whom
he could Journey back 70 the past. m
deed, they never talked of to-day or to-
morrow: II was Away yesterday whose
praises they sang. whose skies they ex-
tolled. whose pleasures they coveted.
He was nothing like n lover. Ia H. S,,re.
except in prcferrin0 ber soc;etv And
yct Il was 1 happiness 10 Prue Il ZEE
him there. TO know that Re would come
tomorrow. II was toward night, one
summer day, that Miss Prue. looking
out on the lawn. where the shadows II
The leaves were dancing, saw Mr.. Miller
no unusual sight-coming toward her
door. He had been out 81 town week
on business; Bridget had coniidcd to
Jane that he had ''gone away suddin',
after q telegraph IN yallcr wrapper
come TO him;" but he had becn at home
several days without darkening. or to
express her feelings better. Illuminating
Miss Pr7ie's door. Naturally. she won
dered what his errand had been: II he
ii<ttt lIA<4 = Tall w. 4t<4tE lit Itlli<Ils ILlN
At that thought her heart stood still.
"You have been away" she said,
after the first greetings.
ayes. hone Van d;d not snffcr from
An invasion " Young Aiillers during NV
ABSENCE
I've met. but We missed von.~ she
admitted. III hone xonr vacation was
a rest ana recreation 10 Won
my Journey was not pleasure
trip. Prue. he said. INV wife died
at the asylum on the 9Th Of
the month.
Your wife, casped Miss Prue.
s.Your wifc-dicd~ the 9Th Of the
month! Thought -- Mr.. Mil
Ter 1 thought she had been dead years
and years"
II thought You knc N" ne returned.
II supposed everybody had heard Of Il;
il was too sad story too rehearse often
Or necdlessly. Il was in al the dailies
At the time. You must have been
abroad then AMY WAS IN her cradle