The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-11-19

jns IKE " woocd speak 10 mi bvuddcr.
Wat you want 10 hask I'm 70 can hask
me Eet will be hall Dc same"
Aleck Harris looked up into her face
squarely and frankly. H. had mol the
slightest suspicion " what hal cause;
those dc;p bushes and fright sparkle
IN those eyes. lie was q mere babe in
such matters.
well. II must. why I must. but ]
would much prefer talking 20 your
brother. Yon know how hard il Is 70
move . oma when her affections ara
concerned. and l confess haven't
m wS;sn, .n,'" y a,% %"s''s ,a ySu; A'c .:Ye
must not say dat."-"The truth Is old
man Fagot. over on the bayou. has
offered me his fast mare. that be
bought In New Orleans. for one hun
dred dollars. Now. l know how much
on like that pet hon g Of yours. but |
prefer him 70 Fagot's. and ! came ovsr
10 see whether you would sell. II
Boucta was here ! know ! could make
a trade
The young lady was looking him
now squarcly in the eye. With every
word he uttered her face grew paler
and paler. At last she could stand il
no longer.
"Sicur Hareesc: Stop right dare !
hall de time links 20 one gentleman
han ! Railways say so 10 my brudder.
but hi can no stan dis. 70 come ere
to suit apoor lcetlc girl hin er hown
'ousc. 70 har de most awefullest nan
L-x -. 49,. E.< - a., n..
too much.' and she rushed 10 her
room and threw herself on the bed.
Harris was staggered. He could not
account for the strange actions Of the
young lady. He knew he had said
nothing TO wound her feelings. But
why this ~outburst? At last it dawned
on him that the lady had misinter-
preted his visit As one Of wooing. II
struck him all OF . heap. Such a
thought had never entered his mind.
He could hear her sobs from an inner
room. and they touched him. After al
il might he better for him 10 take 9
wife. He had become tired of living
alone. As he looked across the prai
ric. dotted with cattle. some Of then
his own he reflected over the matter
lie might do worse. Alosine was no
bad looking and was a good domestic
girl. Yes. he would try il. He called
to her. but no answer came. Then b
arose and approached her room. II
was met with ayolley Of shrieks-
.Alosine. my darling. viii YOU TAX
me now. 1t is YOU. and not the horse
! want"
Alas! his words fell upon a deserted
house. He had hcsitated before tn
closed door. He felt that il would no
be proper for him to enter. so he callc'
: in tender voice: ssAlosine. Alosine.
but every thing was silent Fleet as
deer the young lady had fed over tn
prairie. and she never heard the affec
7 ~tionatc call OF her now lover. H
I turned. mounted his pony and rod
homeward. regretting that he ha
frightened the timid Alosine.
The brother Boucta called upon hir
the next day for an explanation. whe
/ Harris told Of Alosines misappreher
: sion OF his object. and a bargain WI
9 made for her pet horse. Not a wor
Q did Harris say OF his sudden reso!ntio
0 to ask the girls hand. The episot
4 had. however. attracted his attention
4 matrimony. and a few months later !
4 espoused Gusta.inc Floriel. Of Bayc
D vermilion. 1t was only after his ma
Z rage that he told the story on himsel
which. coming to Alosine's ears. SCI
4 her to bed sick.
Sitting on that same gallery Of Il
D Ponpon house an old lady can still :
D seen Of afternoons. but no hor>cma
a ever alights beneath the china tree net
her home. Her one golden opports
a nitv had gone.-tharies II. Whitney,