The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-07
! MODERN JOHN ALDEN.
.oror Pencils Russo Worked Like
a Charm.

/
a Charm.
M IN All our lives yon need me--if
,..r. should ~ any thing that can do
IN ,ou swear . DO ~ SAID Julian
| ,I.E, ..Nou can ask me nothing which.
s,.rv personal sacrifice. will not en-
1.sycr ~ accomplish. mean that when
,..,it beg Of you 70 remember II.
| y.aar. rich ] am poor. You are some
| ,..lr- am nobody. But the time may
,.,.a \ b.n the promise is worth some
,hInr. and. on the honor Of gentle
ran. will keep II.
Al bour bcf ore this speech was made
Aaron Pcnncl had saved Julian Hicks
s.s,er from a watery grave and brought
.r.afe N his strong arms 70 the very
w, mon the beach Of Northtown where
he two men now stood together. And
A3a Hicks was in very truth pearl Of
r,eat nrice 10 her brother Julian-the
onlv one 81 his near kin still living.
,ounrer than himself by ten good years,
And from her birth pet and plaything.
a NJ made this vow to the man beside
him. hitherto mere acquaintance, in
,he tullncss Of his gratitude TO one that
lad done al that one could do for ar
other.
There we're never two men so utterly
mike a. Julian Hicks and Aaron PEN
Nj The first. hard-workin profess
sional man, who had struggled for such
lille success as Fate had meted out TO
bin. unaidci save BY his own hands and
lain: not handsome, not snowy; his
greatest charm certain gentle sweet
Vkess. peculiarly manifested 10 women.
The other. aman who had had Fortune for
. Is friend from his birth; who neither
piled nor spun; who was very hand
Pme, very elegant, very charming. a
ian Of society. and one with whom fine
omen might easily fall in love.
But from that day they were friends.
bt only as the world goes, but in very
ruth. And 50 itjcamc to pass that walk
ing one day, arm in arm latter their re-
turn from NE Seaside 20 town they met
Amy Atkins. that Aaron introduced her
20 Julian. and that a few evenings aft
rwards, Aaron took Julian to call upon
her
She was an hcircss. She was bcauti-
MI or had the name OF being SO. Her
ewes were black and velvety: her hair,
Natures own bright gold. All the en-
amel in tho chemists shops could not
make complexion like hers But that
tells you nothing about the woman tho
Frank. sweet sparkling. womanly wom
az With whom Julian fell in love before
~ had known her a month. though IL
seemed 70 him that he must in some
MYSTERIOUS way have known her ever
since re began 70 guess what love was.
since Sue dii not seem 80 much like
now friend As one long loved and hoped
"rapt mp in his profession as an
snni'ect, cngrosscd by struggles for
s'saa ana butter, which. while they
s''aom prevent man from doing great
,alngs always unfit him for society.
.asian mad known few women OF Miss
n'A'ns position. lie had no experience
y which 70 guide himself or by which
measure his own feelings. For while
~ n~l suspect he was in love. and
svNss nfawn nearer and nearer 70 the
s"'Flpo'l until. when the truth at last
usshsA non him. there was no retreat.
~ whose means were insufficient for
~ thought OF matrimony had lost his
A,af' 70 the heiress. lie who. in his
.ao'a'ion q human beauty. had some
1m's almost hated himself for being 50
Wy plain, loved and worshipped She
'V'eiiest woman the sun shone on!
was out OF the question that she
sn0uld like him. II was impossible for
IN now TO cease to love her--to be
AaPpy without hcr--to leave her and
ner no more. As the moth, which
IL huttcred about fame until its
s'"gs are singed. is still tempted 70 its
sov'n' - ne felt he must lingcr near the
-, moman who had his heart in her keeping.
n, she could care for him never en-
.e'ea his mind: that she did would have
Ssn an absurdity too preposterous to
''a" o. but II was true. neverthc-
.'~ Amy Atkins, though too bright
.''' " Keep the fact secret. had grown
.onuer Of Julian Hicks than she had
sought that she could be OF any man.
u now the play began in earncst-a
ANA oftcner acted than most people
saess Two hearts afire, while one
, ~s.,a think from look and speech and
. ..anner. that they were leo to each
ssas,-iove guarding itself with shield
n saim good breeding!
amy said: III he care ever 50 little
4. Al me will make very sure that he
him. : e"'o ono "ni' 1T
'u'ian said: 'Shc shall mover laugh
s ~ M though she does not love me. She
'al respect me and never guess her
bear r." n'ay nave :"
! ana 9 they met and parted. day after
s, ana no one fancicd that any thing
~vao'ed the heircss but Aaron Pcnncl;
.s ss ,aiT two--tho same Aaron Pcnncl
I'M \ iian's sister saw how pale Julian
'M ow sad his sweet mouth came to
~ ~ times hopeless look Wa In