The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-19

can't SIT amy work, howsesef Aucn try;
an we eat up the las bit o. Whites nc noon
A dozen aigs amt much; hut they a VT Il
dust o. meal an bit d bacon 'nough
mebbe Ia Last day or two
His chin quivcrcd A. he made the pitiful
confession aud big tear rolled down each
furrowed cheek
Ethel VIVA only child and could not
wholly control her impulses Her heart had
been set on the pleasure to be afforded By
those Easter eggs She leaned her hoad on
his heaving breast and gave way to y Hood
/ Of sobs
| There. there. don't cry" he urged
"Well not sell 'em II you don't want TO- l
kin ply 70 the Board o Charities, which,
lackly. iii have 70 do anyhow when we'd
eat up the wu'th o. the aigs."
! II had been a matter OF pleasurable pride
! u Tom Tow sley that he had been able, even
| In his feeble old are 70 escape what be could
not but regard rs the ignominy Of an appeal
for charity The contemplation Of It's pos
sihility was humiliating and bitter. Even
the words as he half whispered them oves
Ethers sunny head wounded him sorelv.
! NO gran'pa. we won't ast anybody 70
hep us. Ill sell the eggs. They'll bring a
lots know they Will On'y did 50 want
to color EN- with the sassyfras"
/ Her tears flowed afrcsh. but she cndcav-
ored 10 wipe .hcm away. slipping from his
arms rs she did 90.
| Tom Towslcy was too greatly over
whclned 10 reply, or even question or rc-
strain her.
| He heard her pass into the kitchen; bnt
had no thought Of what she intended 10 do
The silence that followed soon grew 50 op-
prcssiyo that he went ia there to question
her
She was gone. and likewise the eggs, all
but one, IL rested In painful loneliness on
the center of the kitchen table. and on IL
tear still = canned like a pearl
Then Tom Towsley knew that Ethel had
taken the eggs, reserving this one. and h,lr-
ried with them ont into the town.
He went to the gate with the intention OF
calling her back, but she was not to be
seen. Then he returned TO his seat in
the chimney corner with strange pam at
his heart
Within twenty minutes Ethel returned.
carrying ia the besket a title paper Of meal
and a square Of meat both OF them scarcely
a load for the bright and active six-year- old
There, gran'pa, she exclaimed n little
thrill OF exultation in her voice. The
grocery man said he give me big measure
reckon it's enough TO do a month"
She darted into the kitchen.
An here's the egg ! saved. grandpa.
You can color 1t with kassyfras. an wen
imagine it's whole dozen. cant WEI
Thus az reused, Towsley put the iron kettle
on the stove. placed water in 1t. sufficient
quantity OF sassafras root. and. ut the proper
time. the egg lie moved about silently
though. a. II a great calamity impended. or
had already befallcn him.
Then. while the coloiing process went on.
he took Ethel upon his knee and poured
out his heart to her, az II he were only an
other child.
1t was touching scene. and there were
witnesses to it unwilling, nnintentional
witnesses.
The landlord had come quietly into the
little yard with gentleman whom he was
showing over the place with view to it,
sale
The words OF Ethel and Tom Towsey
came to them through the half-Opcn win
dow. and were OF such character that they
were reed into quietnesS
When Towsley had ended what might be /
termed personal confession OF his straits
and circumstances. his voice grew more
and he told his little grand
child the meaning Of Easter, and tow