The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-16
1T CAUSED MISCHIEF.


When young woman stands beside
The fireplace. taps her foot On the rug.
and says. coolly- Il feel very much hon
ord. I'm sure. hut don't think ne
are suited 70 each other. the young
man Who i most interested in the con-
versafion can do nothing better than
20 depart as soon - consistent With his
dignity
So Richard went out and banged the
door. leaving Dolly in the library
Dolly w-s eighteen. Richard uzs txen-
ty-three. the 1ges ~ which = man and
woman are most given 20 tormenring
each other Dolly thought Richard
the handsomest and wi-esf of human
beings Richard thought Dolly the low
Hest and most icvzbie Il women: %
there i no use describing either q
them That Dolly should refuse Rich-
ard. OF thai Richard should propose 20
Dolly in an nnfzxorabie moment NAV
seem strange. but il Was the fault u :
gossip . silent gossip. who or whioh
had circulated most extraordinary in
telIigcnce concerning Richard
One fine afternoon less than : week
before this painful evening Interview.
Richard walked down Main street en-
joyine the mild spring air thinking Of
Dolly and tennis. Dolly and bis canoe.
Dolly and his tandem and Dolly and
his buggy. - had been his habit ever
since he returned from COLLEGE and
found that Dolly had treasured up Al
his letters 70 her brother. Main street
vas crowded; the evening train. the
.-suppcr train" from town. had lust
arrived. and Richard Who lad come
down on an earlier train on some bus
ines with old Mr. FARMLAND. met the
crowd and besmed serenely on every
one People meet very closely on the
narrow SIDEWALK Of ! village street,
that was the reason Why the two Pou-
lett giri& apparently struck BY Rich
ards new scad-Pin. stared and gig
gled - they passed Then Miss Lawn
DE-. the dresSmaker. peered as him
with eager eyes. Ms Alan the doc
tors wife. stout and xi0u. came % afull
stop in front az him and - he stepped
aside % give her room. she turned and
hooked ~ him again before she p2ssed
en- Richards special friends the
boys." - the young lawyers clerks
and railroad men a. his own age we're
called. were nearly AL on the other
side Of the street but Bobby Price.
just through college. and on his wzy
kome from the tennis-Eround- s1un-
tercd slowly 20 meet Richard Lul1e
Cameron was with him gi<wling -
usual. and they both stopped and
talked % Richard for minute Or two
Then Il was f<a-tine. and every one In
weII-regul2srd SunnydzIe went home
Within the next thrcc dzys Al sun
nydale was talking about Richard Dale
and Julie Frznklsnd- q the Outrage
ous Irritation between them. for Jni5s
was engaged % George Lane. who was
in Europe on long business trip The
first thai Dolly Firth heard a IL wns
from her Aunt Julia Dorr- I'VE Al
know hou Jn1is nirscd before - roa
enxage~l.~ said Aunt Julia. sfser A.
nouncinx the fnces in he case- Bat
] sever would have believed that she
could have mi<behaved % afterwards
Gcarxe will Be furi0ux o. course hs
will break %. and can't blame him =
Dolly kepe silena Richard had been
devoted % her since they uere ehil-
drcn; they had quarTeled and made up
dozen times. and he k1d occasionally
invited other girls % parties and Pic
nic< when he thought Dolly nd shown
signs q Underwriting him. but never
IN their lives had there been any thing
like this And % think how e had
kept % calling On her three times :
werk. while he waS- no doubt. calling
upon julie the other four evcDinrs-
And then % cone down in the early
train % 90 her. The defe<rsb,< little
1irs. 4 VS. I'll her fanlf.- thought
Dolly. beading over her work and
blushinG With shame and anger Int
though Dolly inwar1ly ragged So
showed Do Signs u disturbance. and
screnely uee Richnrd when ~ called
- usual two days afsrr she lid Iearned
e - falgene~a
~ b were ne tk.s she whole village
had 80 u believe that should -
drceIved " kin axnin. = shoughs Dolly.
- 80 looked into ~ eyes 6kas we're
1sorUg - her skan u oeheR = th<y
ooaned = ~ from un1er nIckagd1s
o1roiRks bgOuA
Wkon KicA1rl uko - lssely 49,
eusanln sa1i11neapsy buninsn Grrsngs-