The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-14
THE OTHER GIRL.
What Came OF the Miss Emily
Correspondence.

The opening Of the mail box was the
most exciting event Of every day, or
seemed so. TO the young ladies at Miss
Cooks Underwood Female Seminary
seeing them clustered around Miss
\ desk, like swarming bees around
y aeen. pressing to get nearer.
out their slim hands. craning
nd necks, clamoring for some
the contents Of that box, you
nave said to yourself that this
loubtedly 'the object Of their com
school.
:. Emily. here Is ond{or you, from
lngton- your brothcr,lf course"
ook's tone did not Uphold the con-
snrc expressed in her words, and
,lrls Kent's duh faSa flushed little
\. ..t took her letter. II was not from
.er bother. as she saw at once: and She
H. erself of to parts unknown for
~ safer keeping Of this mystery.
,,,s time aft}r she emerged with red
v.s my lgehcral appearance Of having
An through food.
nv esar Augustus. En-. Whatever Is
matter with your cried one OF the
in tho purcst seminary
'a.0m
Isrothcr Ned has gone and fallen
op'nf a window and broken his arm"
There was little shricking sound,
MEANT doubtless for sympathy. and then
pas Of her listeners tried to console
M Az.
Never mind. Emmie. Broken arms
ann so very bad. and Of course he'll
NJ good doctors in Washington"
b, I've no doub, Ned will do we'll
enp .gh." answered this stricken sister.
Nbat here's letter from his friend. Mr..
lancaster. and do not know how to
answer IT,"
The shricks this time were perhaps
W from sympathy.
You ridiculous girl. Let us see the
letter. said one. Emily seemed about
Y give them the letter, but another
Voice interfcred:
Emily you surely will not do any
,hlng % horrid! How could YOU show a
'e''er written in such spirit OF kind
MS 70 this pack Of giggling nsnnics?v
Hear hcr' From what indignant
heights she sweeps US with fierce rusts.'
rrled one Of tho boistcrous party: but
MISS Roberta Park seemed utterly in
Inherent TO their shafts, and. in Quix-
o'ic determination to defend tho absent
'et'cr-writcr. she bore Emily of.
Now, Roberta whimpcred the per-
picked girl, you'll have to show me
now 70 answer this letter"
when do you intend to grow up, En-
ny? declare you act as il YOU were
lust about five years old. =
Emily took tho dcprcciatory remark
enough. being quite used TO
such; she fetched Robcrta's writing
iesk. opened the ink-bottlc and prc-
'tntcd her tho mothcr-of-pcarl pcn-han-
no with most satisfied Now
Roberta was a ready scribe. and with
'nly shadowy prctcnse OF reluctance
he dashed Of dainty note. striking
With unfailing tact the perfect mean L.
wecn stiffness and undue familiarity.
'"]f &NV1. Wuot SOrt OI girl IL MISS
smily?' Hobart Lancaster had Just
lnlshcd reading the aforesaid note and
ound the flavor much to his taste.
Oh nice enough GIRL answered
hc invalid, with that shocking indif-
ercnce 50 common towards sisters-cx-
ept y Dc some other fellows sister.
"Clcvcr?'
mo
Never mind, don't like clever wom-
N; and finding Ned unapprcciative,
~. Lancaster kept tho note to himself,
'nd came TO the conclusion that Miss
.mily would be pining to hear from
Ned long before the splintcrcd arm could
'c used TO write.
oh, horrors! Bcrta, here's another
'o'e Now you've got to answer this
me- too; and you must not say any
ming very nice. because Miss Cook
ooKed knives and forks at me when she
landed this out
~ you don't want IL TO be nice note,
10y don't you write II yoursclf?. asked