The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-11-23


-'sYou need not try Is hide thoso -.
pers. BESSIE; know what thew ara H;
SAID waiter Allison, with sad, little
wife. -
Mrs: Allison had just taken the bills.
xor piiis they were, from the post car
rier - the door; and as she stood before
the purenu-nirror, fastening her hat
she had endeavorcd to slip the urly.
yellow envelopes out Of her sick hus-
Yes" sighed Mr.. Allison again. ~
know very well what they are-bnt how
they are 20 be paid, or when. don't
know am sure, and he clasped bis
thin white hands over his eyes with 4
low moan His wife was at his SHE in
= moment.
Don't bc disheartencd, dear" she
said. chccrily. You arc getting well
80 fast now, and after awhile ] know
We shall get out Of these difficulties.
Why she added. playfully, ~ am 90
ing 70 collect bill Of nv own this
morning, 20 the value Of twenty dollars.
You ought not to have looked about -
cnriously, and then YOU would not
have known Of these unwelcomc visit
Ors.
Until YOU had found some WV az
bowling them out. ch?'' said Walter
smoothing the fair head bent over bis |
chair. And know full well your ex- I
pected twenty dollars Is all spent. wifev.
lou are brave little woman. Bessie.
but | can not sec how we shall stem /
this tide much longer. have 4 half no /
ton q writing TO sister Catherine. r
dislike . 90 Il but there seems just now
no other way"
WAN until after Thankscivjpo !,
said Bessie.
}. hank sgiylng. II II near AZ hand. Il
i not? What with dcbfx ana dnns
fancy we shall not feel particularly low
bitterly
~ am thankful. Walter. dear. tbat
you are 90 far recovered. and, above
al. that you were spared 10 me. y Ana !
mere bessie's voice faltcred. and shc ,
ma her lace on her husbands shoulder \
ana poih were silent as they rcmem- 4
pered ING empty crib in the next room. !
ana the little grave whittier the babv / 4
BOY had been laid 10 rest only q few i
months ago. !
Yes, dear" said Mrs. Allison. rous-
ng herself. 1--WE will ID thank XII =. 4
rays each Other. and precions Ethel. v
Anu wnen ! am tempted % despond, /
'ay over and over % myself: Il have D
lever seen the righteous forsakcn. nor
~ secd begging bread, and then am Il
nankiui for the memory q pious n
'arrnts and ancestors. And now
must 70 and see Mrs. Wilton about 4
nv work. I" N
That seems like begging bread ~ n
nc' or very near III \,
Mrs. Wilton don't think "a. c.n N
~ vou,' a. a Bessie. brightly. II gcf Il
cry good prices for my work. and Son r.
~ not 70 underratc me, can tell Won. ~
IN. 'o"' II
Walter Allison looked AZ The brioht "A
rave face. The trim. energetic bnf =.
raccful figure before him. AID siohed Il.
gain. but Bessie pretended moi ii hear ~ y.
hc stirred the fire into n blaze ~. =. ="
'nged thc books and papers on little ~ ~
and within her husband reach. shool a"
the lounge cushions. and made thc "
thor barr room look a. COW and CON- IL,
rtable As possible; and with kiSx N !. ~
VIC Ethel, andan injunction 10 stake w,
"a care Of papa Bessie went out I 4
n the wntry air. ~,
She was u brave woman. a bcr- M. II.
nd had said; but, ii spite 81 M ~. INV
cef'hess' there WAS q heavy wright All
ncr neart this November morning. wi,
some q those sudden turns 81 busi- Can
v ~ often occurring IN our cities. 4
il!cr Allison had been thrown out az ~,
Ply men., Then came the illness lux