The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-19

"iiucreu now. Bel, what do YOU say 4
= walk along shore this morning. m.
the old mill this afternoonse''
Her friend assented, and thcy ros,
from the table and went Out IL m. hall
"How delightfully."- free / feel said
Amy. az she stopped at the desk AMI
began 70 turn over the paycs 81 he REQ.
istcr' ~ told everybody not 10 write
70 me- and ! shall write 10 no one"
she scanned age after page withon,
comment Till her eyes rested ~ The onc
where She had inscribed her friends
name and her own the night before.
"Bcl," she gasped, s.look hcrci' and
fled surprise.
! nere We're the names she had regis
cred there the previous evening"
Mss: Tom Harding: Nashville. Tenn.
Miss isabel Ford. New YORK.
but beneath them was another IN 4 hold
and manly hand:
Tom Harding. Nashville. Tenn.
How perfectly shocking. What
shall doP'
~ was quite late IN the afternoon
when they climbed the stairs Of the old
mill. and they found the miller LAM
re was an old sailor. brown and
weathcr-beatcn, with kindly dark eyes
and queer little gold rings, sailor fash
ion. IA his ears. He was q Portuguese.
ne told them, was born in the Azores
ana had spent many years Of his life
upon the sea.
''llo you like American asked Bel.
Yes, yes. ! like 1t here, it's q bio
country, but like better 70 home 10
The Azo'. My woman. she have her
Brother here. and SO / stay."
n hope you will 20 home some day,
crei Amy, impulsively, putting out
oh, YES, ! tink 50, write You name
~ my book before you gop" and he
proudly produced a register, the gift OF
some former visitor.
~ gu write, Amy" said Bel. and the
old miller bent over her chair. Is she
entered:
Mrs. Tom Harding.
Miss Isabel FORD
looked At the names curiouslv a
moment and said: 'sYou husband here
little while ago. You 10 meet him
when you Gomez and turning back ID
he page before. pointed out:
Tom Harding. Nashville. Tenn.
Amy crimsoned but said nothing. n
ny i no You husband?" he persisted.
Yes mol don't know SIAM !
Amy. "Come, Bel. we must
a tink You catch him II YOU make !
'aste. said the miller placidly. !
lney were a little late at supper that !
vening. and found the chair opposite y
heir own. On whose emptiness thew y
Al congratulated themselves in the
morning. filled. The occupant was 4 !
young man with genial blue ewes q
clear-cut features. Formalifies ara II
Town sway in sea breezes, and when 4
2 had passed the butter and the cold a
and Bel had responded with prof- i
~ Of jelly, they began 10 converse \
ute as = matter Of course. He said b
nat he had been at Surfsidc m the h
forming and out rowing in the harbor n
ter IN the dav. Ii was Bel who
nswered his remarxs; Amy sat IL u
lencc. occasionally flashing dark owes i
the stranger AZ II wishing To wrcst =
him his name and h~abitation. n
I'VE were at the old mill this after NJ
'on, she said, with a little abrupt IL
~ a. they were rising from the table. Il
"indeed,' ne answered politely, .it IN
called an interesting old place. | be- \
We. and poor Amy felt THAT her re-
ark had been made in vain. BIZ
I'D give anything IL l hadn't begun N,
n she admitted to her friend as thew Fl
ounsed the stairs to their own room:
ut III carry II out 10 the end low Iii
9 added, deiiantly. "H only knew be
DO that dreadful Tom Harding VAST hi
Two pr three days glided hy in une-
ntfui comfort. Mrs. Harding. ncc sa
and Miss Ford loitercd about m,
. queer old streets and whiled away tel
hours in the bric-a-brac shops.
wa IN one OF those that they heard Ar
= museum kept by 4 sea- Captains
dow. and decided to visit IL. The "A
crnoon was rainy and they found the
40 room well filed. M,
Come right in, young women" said ha
lospitnblc voice As they passed in the ne
~ Young man, hand those women q.
ne chairs" Mi
They "crc seated. and after a mo- my
nt's pause the lecture went on. nal
'Barna les from a ships bottom.- \
! the lecturer, displaying some speci- pa'
rs As she spoke. .of which they form hui
mselves on the ships bottom and par
y from sailing ~
my stiled . laugh behind her Fan. are
looking around "a avoid meeting can
friends eyes. encountered those 81 4
young man who sat opposite them ma
able. They exchanged \ glance n you
and amusement a
said the widow. ..is the head \
Of q chiefs daughter worn at Last
Tracing, Of which the materials are -
utlful hcad-drcss Il i. win fbee and
i on. my dear?' addressing ANY. :.
ftcr a moments hesitancy. ANY - II
and the curious structure "
ed not unbccoming 70 her glowing the
Y. ncbold thy fs.e. slow
And think no Disgrace had
the lecturer. Offering a small 4