The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-11-13
A CUNNING SCHEME
Eut It Didn't Work to the Authors
Entire Satisfaction.

lis parishioners watched Rev. Mr..
Brown with peculiar interest as he left
the graveyard. leading his two little
girls BY the hand They wondered.
knowing how much she had bcen 70
him. how be would endure the terrible
blow o. his wife's death. His face was
k marble rs the coffin was lowered
into the grave; there was no outward
syn Of anguish. but no one doubted for
moment that he suffered kcenly. He
had been rashcr . mystery 70 his con-
rre-a.ion always; but they knew him
% be capable Of deep feeling. in spite
Of his cold. impassiyc manner. A
noisy. demonstra:ive show Of grief
would have been impos ible to him
He was . man Of great tranquility Of
E'nd- and with little energy Of dispo-
sitl0n- lie took al that Providence
sent him very dut.fully. without any
e40rt 70 chang or amend i. no matter
how Objectionable il m ght be. and he
possessed in perfection the art of put
NtA- AU M4-A MAAANNtNET ULltLL NIUI~
IL w1s not faSoritc with his flock.
but he wa by no means unpopular.
The poor loved him. Tor his hand was
always ready to 60 to his pocket at =
falc Of distress. limited As were his
means. and his rcproofs were always Of
the mildesr sort The rich. though
they had little TO say for Linn. had moth
Ing 10 say against him. They invited
him frequently 10 their houses. enter
tai1ed him handsomely. and bore very
cumplacentiy with his habit OF falling
into hrown study Al the dinner-table-
Al Tor the younger portion Of his flock.
ms good looks. his rich chestnut hair
and dreamy dafk eyes had early i'm
nr'Sscsi them profoundly aud thcy sang
tls praises without stint.
y wa~ q source OF rcgrst to many OF
Gle young iades-and a few Of the
older oncs-that Mr. Grown was 4
married man Many years before he
hal cone 20 the church az Rarsfow he
had welded gentle. s,scct-tempcred
rArl. who fairly worshipci him. and
nal proved herself good wife and
devoted mother. Their welded life
had flowed on a. calmly a. 4 meadow
brook. undistnrbcd by any petty
domestic jars or troubles II had never
occurred to Mr. Brown that il might
not 20 on 50 forever lie did not notice
III wife's failing health. aud as she was
one az the kind who never complain.
ne was utterly unpreparcd for her
death- II sfnprfei him. he could mot
understand Il Il seemed 10 him in
eFrllnlc. impossible. aud he felt be-
Sildercd and half-pusxled even when
&c heard the sods falling on the colin.
he went back 70 his lonely home with
~ two little girls. and shut himself up
~ ~ study where he Law down on the
.ell-worn iounge. duh pain in his
neal II seemed to him that his lost
LAURA must know how much he needed
her He could not realize that she was
gone. he nv there. interpreting TO
80 her enter and 10 feel her tender \
torch on his brow. soothing away the !
pan - she had often done when he I
"a bran weary. But hour after hour
vent by. and no one came near him.
anu NJ heard only the voices Of his
Children a. they talked loudly 10 the
COX In the kitchen.
ne next day he went out a. usual,
pursuing his accustomed round Of
ou'les ~ TRANQUILITY and patiently as
ever Ills parishioners were loud in
Their expressions Of admiration to each
Other A. they saw how well he bore his
graf sorrow. and they were very kind
70 MIN. especially i'm the matter Of adj
vlce Ills distressing situation was
.ne subject Of debate in almost every
mouse Id Barstow. II was talked over
n he meetings Of the sewing circle,
ne reading Grub and the Indian Relief
Association. and il was unanimously
aired that the hest thing the poor wild
over could do was TO employ gov
erness. who could also act ~ house
Aeper and general manager.
but y WINS not an easy matter to find
~ right kind of woman for the place,
snough there were many applicants for
~ u wa decided that only middle
aEed. respectable. quiet woman. VINO
would b. incapable Of scheming o. fill
.2e late Mrs Browns place. and who
would b. competent 10 take charge Of
We little girls. would do. and such
onr was hard % find.
n was Miss Anastasia Bowen who al
Fngth found Just the right person. and
n Mr. Brown was willing 10 do Just
WA Hiss Bowen thought best. that
,,.ay took the responsibility Of installing
1iiss susan Ppcr in the parsonage
siIhout further delay.
Ais PIpcr was neither old nor young,