The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-17

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Twenty-Five. said Lottic.
Twenty four" said Nell
Very young" said Claudia concln-
sivcly-
Then you called him rhy-well. ne
i shy. You said he blushcd well. be
does blush
Tina, = Just T." ! groaned- III j.
-He will think You observant."
said Nelly. nibbling the sugar from |
her biscuit with slow epicurean enjoy
ment-
HE will think. At All events that you
are Interested In him." said Lottie,
cheerfully-
I'm him-a man, groaned. for .
girl who has tyrannixed over eight al
miring brothers snd been treated all
her lille with Difference by fonu father
and uncies has an ungratefui seorn
for men. i had had NO meek mother
and aunts and sisters 10 teach me n'i-
mility as = becoming womanly virtue
Poor Cis-Poor Cicely'' said the
girls sympatheticaIIy- '.And Saturday
Is coming and you will b. forced %
see him. You poor, poor Ciceiy'
Yes. Saturday was coming Tn
Wednesday and Thursday and Friday
| went about with q constant conscious
ness u SATURDAYS inevitable advance
Our lecturer had stated that on Satur-
day afternoon he would be pleased 10
60 through our papers with us % dis
cuss points Of interest. explain diff
culties. and remove possible miscon-
ccptions- We were 10 90 to him sing
IT, WAS to 60 alone TO the man who.
| l had said. was shy Of me and thought
Of me n a girl and could not forget
that WIS a girl whom ! had called
copper-c0Iorcd- who had said blushed;
the thought was terrible
SATURDAY. came The girls were cheer
full. Go first. Cis.' they said go
first and get il over"
.-Yes. l will 20 first" said But
when he came / faItercd and put OF
the evil moment. and Claudia Nell and
Lottie all went in before me
II He j. not shy to-day" reported
Nell. on her return. II think CIs. that
we were mistaken about him. Or per
haps. he was under the impression
that we were learned girls: after ouI
papers and our chatter he knows u.
, better and thinks very little Of US III
. i solemn horribly solemn, And M
ola man could BE- severer. Oh: he i
o,,i,e ~ hss es<a-''
Nell had reported truly. He wa
ouise a. hi easa. He rose when h,
heard m@. and looked nj me calml,
enough when he shook hands
Miss Chrystal2" he said
..YeS.- l said. mcekly.
He touched 4 chair that stood besid
MS At the table. and sat down with
feeling II obedience. His face wa
grave. his manner. As Nell had said
severe. / wondered how | could hav
7 thought him nervous. He seated him
self beside me. and drew 4 correcte'
exercise toward him.
This. think. i your paper. Mis-
|. | chrvstsis'r
--Yes.-- l said. in a small v0ice-''I-
/ think SO. Mr.. Tudor
H. turned the pages slowly an
rravelv- sat looking down AZ m
= hands folded meekly on the table an
! did not see his face.
III Your first answer isis made
: cuuate.s'
The first mar. II Stubs sis yer
!; difficult. said yenturing 10 look VI
There was = strange quick lit
twinkle for moment in his eyes As
/. glanced At me. but his lips did NJ
4 smile
: In the next question:. ne SAT-
! slowly .'You confuse OR seem TO col
fuse two things. the constitutions AZ
the ASsize Of Claendon-a slip. pc
hapS2-
lie was looking steadily and calm
!, NJ me. waiting For the first time
!, nv life | felt small and young ~
! meek I forgot thar ] was ninetes
I. and no longer schoolgirl ! vi
j overwhelmed with sense Of my ov
y ivnoranc- -No-it was not slip.
! said Constitutional history y quite
: quite new to me-"
$50 ! had gathered from your p
e per-: ne said quietly
n His very gravity ana qu,etne
"A seemed ike bitterest satire- ne =
4 ne did not grasp my theory nere-n
a not follow my argument mere Anu
Ne nAd han No theors ILL., 49, - -. 49,
'. my own arnnens 80 80, 800
ic grave am 9u,rt Anu s.y 's.., -. 4.
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