The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19
IN THE WRONG NICHE.
How a Devoted Wife Passed
from Darkness to Light.

Halstead Swinger. having tried almost
everything else. and finding nothing to
his taste, took unto himself wife. He
did not exactly love Rose, but he was
confident that she loved him, and on the
whole, he reasoned. the next best thing
to marrying one whom you love Is
marrying one who loves you. Rose
was village girl. fair Of face, devoid
Of experience. but with great capacity
for loving. She was the daughter Of
nobody in particular. as her husband
averred; that Is, Of course, he made
haste to add, nobody that anybody
would care 10 know or descend from.
Nevertheless there was one creature
who presently took it into his head TO
descend from this obscure nobody, and
that was no less person than Halstead
Swingers SON. II was agrcat pity that
nc arrived at that inopportune moment,
for his father had just come to the con-
clusion that he was in the wrong niche
IS a newspaper reporter. and that his
real vocation was the law.
The law he said to the admiring
Rose, lis in this Republic Of ours the
only sure way to distinction. Look at
the cabinet minister's. the President
and the foreign ministcrs--they have
studied law, at some time or other,
every one of them.
But are you sure. Halstcad dear.
that YOU have talent for the law?"
uucried Rose. tmidly.
.sr.lAut .l;J x.osr eaxo taianfr' nv
claimed her husband. pacing up and
down the floor. rumpling his picturesque
hair talent. my dear Rose? DO YOU
mean to say that you doubt my ability?
Alas and to this have come. that my
character Is questioned and aspersed in
my own family"
But my dear" Rose demonstrated.
tendcrly. there is no one here who has
said a word against your character Is
there. baby dear?" she coocd sweetly,
stopping down and rubbing her face
carcssngly against the babys chubby
cheeks.
speech. Rose. speech. he went on,
somewhat paciied. lis what moves the
souls Of men. have felt from the hour
of my birth that fate destined me for All
orator. To sway great masses OF men
by the power Of my speech that has
always been my idea Of happiness.
but that YOU can do by means Of
your pen. too Rose observed quietly
for since baby had arrived she wa:
afraid Of encouraging Halstead in fur.
ther changes Of profession.
my pcn!' cried Mr.. Swinger; ''dit
YOU say my pen? The living word liel
In the pen, and is hcnccforth but al
inky pen scratch. Must you reach Tho
hears Of humanity by reporting prize
fights and family scandals for th'
Weekly Bdssoon!'
Rose made no further remonstrance
for she always, at heart. agreed will
Halstead iu almost everything he said
II was undoubtedly true that II he onl,
got into his right niche he would MAKE
the world aware what man he was
and honors and distinctions woul,
shower down upon him. She therefor
agreed, after an all-night's talk. to hav
him give up his place on the Weekly
Bdssoon and take mp the study Of law
She could take in sewing in the mean
while. and perhaps get little wriun.
to do for the papers. for she had fey
modest observations 10 make concerning
things in general. and was anxious :
got chance to print them.
II.
In a certain outlying quarter Q
Brooklyn. where ash barrels, ancien
shoes and decrepit hoop-skirts play
prcdominating part in the scenery
Aalstcad Swingcr prepared himself 70
his forensic triumphs. He made Ros
long speeches on foreign and domesti
politics, and Roses foolish little hear
swclled with pride in her bosom. Sh
sent him in fancy to Congress.
foreign courts, and even to the Whit
House, and saw baby rs handsom
young man marching down the FIT
avenue, proudly erect in the conscious
ness Of inherited distinction. She ra
her needle into her finger OCCASIONAL
IN her self-forgetful zeal, and sucked
drop or two Of blood out Of II, Will