The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

wondering Il Il was fo<yy outside. o.
4 his eyes were dim
s-Ihc LADY said 70 wait for an an
swcr." said The hoy.
oh. yes There was that note. He
would read H.
Dear John-Comc and see me g.
iay. can mol believe it--Befh"
Who Was Beth, Oh, he r.mem-
bcred now; she was the girl who has
promised 10 marry him. the thief The
word. he thought. sounded well. 50 he
said il ovcr and over again Thief.
Thief. Thief. The boy asked Tor the
answer.
..Weli." he laughed wildly a he
said il; tell her l will be there"
John . down again. and again
began giaring At the wall Il Was
nearing ten o'clock now. and John
got up and put on his ovrrcoat and hat.
scrupously brushed them and went ouL
lie again took = cab and went 10 Beth's
bouse. This time he paid the eabman.
and as he went in was about 10 speak
- the servant when he saw that il was
Beth herself who hal opened the door.
lie. however. was No n all surprised.
but said good-morning 10 her much as
he would have done % the servant-
oh. John. l am - glad you have
~come-why. John. are you iis"
He laughed and again said good
morning He preceded her into the
parior. and sat down in the same chair
he had occupied the night before He
was laughing quietly % himself all the
time His head was aching terribly
now. and that was very funny
John. dear John. tell me il isn't
true. l know il j. not was hasty
last night, John; Won't you forgive
me-
John looked At her. brushed . speck
q lint from his knee and laughed
a little louder.
-John- John. why don't you answer
me2 Why don't sou tell me It isn'I
true? But no. I won't ask that. know
il isn't She threw her arms around
him n sank ~ his side
He did not move. but stopped laugh
ing Oh, how his head did ache. No,
il had stopped aching Where was he:
Oh. yes Beth was with him and wa.
sobbing. Why was she crying? H.
didn't remember. but thought that b.
was connected with il in some way. b.
didn't know how He lifted her head
from his knee. bent down. and kisses
her. Kissed her many times. ant
drew her npfolding his arms about her
and telling her he was sorry VIVA
he was sorry for he couldn't have said
He got up and drawing her 70 him
kissed her again and said: Goodbye
Beth"
He could see her lirs move. but n
didn't hear any thing H. went 10 tn
door. opened Il. and went down 10 tn
street and wondered why the horse
and wagon didn't make any noise
How silently they went along; hov
quiet every thing was He eouldn'
even hear his own footsteps Helooke'
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Great God. how his head achcd- Wei
~ Ma ,old NJ Kn;cker that IL was
l.. ~ could 90 now.
n toll down HE coat md hat. pu
,hem on- and rent out into the stree,
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street ne had lust left: hi, Was the ol
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