The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-01

one, too" he answered. endeavoring
70 assert his equality; but let's get
70 business. How did your advertise
mcnt pan out?"
ION. got seventeen answers, and
every blessed one Of them seemed 10
think that she filled the bill exactly.
Sixteen Of them couldn't spell. and
their letters were horribly written
not the society scrawl. but labored
attempt that showed that the writer
would do well II sht could"
\ Deserve credit for IL. " murmured
the other; "most Of the girls try TO
see what an undccipherablc scratch
they can put on paper"
= II cant be worse than your pre-
scriptions woulc be II you ever have
occasion TO write any" retortcd the
lawyer; ''Dut keep still now. or else
tell your story first"
For heavens sake, 20 on.' inn
plored DR.. Raymond
I'll divided these sixteen into squads
Of four, and selected three p. m. on
four consecutive days as the time OF
meeting; that corner across the street
ms the place. Each was to carry a
white handkerchief as a signal
~ You wrote 10 four to come AT
once?' inquired Raymond. with inter-
est tempered by incredulity
"Of course. You should have seen
each glare at the other three as she
noted the sign which was to distin-
guish her from all others. kept dis
creetly in the background Up here.
and saw it all. myself invisible. +"
= But about the seventeenth
well her letter was different; and
as she seemed to be jolly widow.
thought I'd have little fun under
the rose You know that Alice is so
confoundcdly jealous, the mischicfs to
pay II look at another woman; 50
this was a temptation. She said she
was twcnty-scycn, that her income
was sufficient to maintain her. but she
desired the companionship and pro-
lection OF husband. She had been
the belle Of her native town in Ken
lucky before her marriage and subse-
qucnt removal; she had had some
Thoughts OF studying for the operate
stage. but had shrunk from the ordeal
OF public appearances; then she had
dabblcd in art. but she was not salts
fled with the achievements which her
friends so warmly commended. !
thought there must be a hitch some
where. that such woman should an
swcr an advertisement. But / wrote
10 her and made an Apo ntment.
which both Of Us kept. She was a
sumner. and no mistakc-just lots OF
style. and as pretty as picture;
while her manners were wonderfully
fascinating
~ wonder what Miss Dcnnison
would have thought OF hcr?' thought
fully remarked DIR. Raymond.
'.Oh. keep still. and let me get
through, will you? She was pretty
well gone on me from the first. That
isn't vanity"
= Sounds like it might be-" COM
mcntcd Raymond. critically.
WYATT till you hear it ALL She was
awfully soft, and when we could not
meet she insisted that should write to
her. OF course couldn't see her
every day. but she seemed to be salts
fed with letter when told her il was
impossible to come. But she wasn't
very easy to please with the letters.
She reproached me for my GOODNESS
continually. didn't want to pile it
on too thick. but | got deeper into il
than l had any notion OF when be-
gan. Finally, one day. ! wrote her
one that was pretty warm. and the
next day she was here
Had you told her who you wcre?"
inquired Raymond. with some surprise
and a kccner interest than the case
seemed TO wjlrrant.
'What do you take me for. any
how? I'm not quite fool, or at least
! thought then that wasn't j called
myself Mr.. Edwards. and told her /
was a book-keepcr; don't know how
she found out the truth, but here she
came. anyhow
1T is singular how ones concealed
identity can be discovered in a big city
like this. isn't it?" remarked the ply
stefan, philosophically.
Very. But, then. l suppose she
followed me stealthily from some Of
our meetings, and made inquiry Of
some one that spoke to me. Well. she
came. she saw, and may as well con-
Tess that she conquered. She insisted
upon interviewing me in the inner OF
flee, although l assured her that we
would not be interrupted here /
showed her In there; she stood mo-
ment with her hand upon the knob. a.
II she had half-changed her mind.
Finally she sat down"
What did she want?" was the curl
Gus inquiry.
"She wanted to make fool OF me.
and she did 1t to pcrfection!'' was the
savage response. ''Shc spoke OF the
letters which she had received from
me, and said she supposed that would
not like Miss Dennison 10 see them.