The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-07

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Engllsh Language
..what did you say?' asked Mr.
Trusty. turning to look at his nephew,
rs Jack stood in the doorway.
II said didn't know. uncle" an
swercd the boy.
ooh. no. Jack; what you said was;
.Id'n know and this is the way that
you often say things. You must re-
member that it is the French words
that 60 skating along in one grand
sweep. We English-speaking nations
walk OF our words one step at a time \
You mean we ought to. uncle?"
Yes. that is exactly what mean. !"
| laughed the other. seriously. Jack,
don't slur and mispronounce your
| words. The other day heard Nat
Williams asking you something. and
you answered him: i don't cab out
| it, Now. what you meant by 'cabblng
| out YOU know best Yourself"
II meant didn I care about i. what
ever it was" cried the boy.
lis It possible?' exclaimed Mr.:
! Trusty; then why didn't you say so'''
II did, or something that meant that
But wanted to ask you something
very particular this morning. May 60
out camping with some Of the fellows
this week.
when do you want to go'"
"Sat' day
Il don't know any such day"
Jack opened his eyes moment;
then he answered, demurcly: Its the
last day Of the week. you know. And
then he corrected his slovenly way OF
saving the word. .sAnd bimeby some
more fellows are coming" he added.
when did you say?'
by and by-uncle. you're hard on
mer
..Do YOU remember. Jack. the day
that we went TO inquire for my old
chum. how somebody came TO the
door. and we looked at her first and
doubted whether she was a lady or q
servant. she looked 50 very common.
although she was almost too simply
dressed for the latter Then she spoke,
and we knew at once she was lady
not from what she said. because she
only answered our questions. but from
. the way in which she said il; her voice
was trained. and she pronounced hcl
words so well. DO you remember, a
we went down the steps. asked yo'
what you thought Of her. and you sais
, that she was very polite? ! could Sc
that YOU felt the charm, although yol
could not quite tell what il was"
z but it's different" returned Jack
z .Tm boy, YOU know. and ! don
y A. S.lla~u f.llnxra - call M
an old duffer or muff."
.'Oh, that's il! So. you are oblige'
to say cab out and 'Satday AM
. .bimeby,' and things like these?"
Jack colorcd, and then he laughed
II don't believe they'd notice an
i way" be said. do ! talk much lik
= thatP'
{ "A good deal. And when you com
r to making aftcr-dinner speeches. 70
4 will wish that you hadn't this habit I
: break up
!. .Aftcr-dinncr speeches." echoe
4 Jack.
Z 4 ut was only last week." pursue
Mr.. Trusty. .that saw boy thro'
4 down a newspaper with the assertio
= that some day he was going into publ
4 life.-
That was about election time. co
Y rectcd the boy. But, uncle. / don
!. cab--care about that now. want
z know about the camping OUT
4 .That's week of, and this
a now"
3 ooh no, not'z much "a week or
/. "Jack. what Is 'zmuch zap"
y as much as ar returned the DO
: with sigh Of despair.
= .Ah, yes; now l understand. II
= are in hurry to have the week 60 b
- and 80 you hurried your words as Il "
- would hurry the sunr'
- .That's So" said Jack, laughin
" "you know ! always talk nicely VIII
I'm not in hurry"
- :. But then you usually are 10
- hurry"
~ ..Wcll, uncle. it's such busy worl
AZ One thing tumblcs on top Of anotn
e 90, and that the reason, depend up
~ t."
en- And chen, you see," returned \
~ Trusty, smiling. ''you always get
y - much faster in this way-just a. y
va have done to-day in finding out abe
q the camping. DO you remember the I
~ proverb: The longest way round
80 the shortest way homer You thouf
the day that you tried the short
through the bog that you would nc'
IN forgetit Now, cant you see that :
al Kind Of talk Il the short cut throu
The the boep II ID sort 81 thing that I
al. much easier 20 leap into than TO no'
q der out n. Suppose you keep clear