The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-14

delivered herself into the hands ~ the
enemy Nv pathetically refnarking:
"lou're very mean. Mort: yor haven't
kissed me once yet" Nick qnaiscd;
even lac was touched by this absolute
trust lie felt almost inclined 70 blurt
out the whole truth and then run for
his life. but that sunny. inviting smile
would have melted an iceberg; at all
events, IL melted his scruples. and the
caitiff glnec his lips 70 hers in most
uncousinly way-that Is. II cousins kiss
as cousins should. The idea that some
thing was wrong flashed for an incon-
ceivablc moment across her mind. hut
flashed away as quickly. and after Civ
ing him copious but more than needless
instructions as 10 his way home babe
Inn TO lunch next day.
Nick walked 70 his lodgings in
hardly enviable state Of mind
1--WE made an Internal brute Of my
sclf-pcrhaps worse But / really
couldn't help Il, she's such dainty
little thing. Why. hang il. I'm over
head and ears in love with her already.
Shell never forgive me that kiss.
though What on earth must do?
cant deprive the poor little woman Of
her newly-acquircd cousin without any
explanation. leigh. no. ! must make
clean breast Of il Tomorrow.
With which virtnous resolution he
turned in. But alacls a day. Nick was q
bold, bad man, and al heart quite unre-
generates SO next day, instead Of plead
ing guilty and throwing himself on the
mercy Of the court. rs he should have
done. he lapsed into error and marched
into my lady's bower with a cousinly
swaggcr. which abated the moment he
saw the inmate for there was an ON
inous glitter in that little woman's eye
that gave him goosenesh. The game
! was up. he saw at once.
Good day. sir" said Nemesis in a
morning gown. kindly explain this
TO me-" And she handed him a tele-
, gram:
Mrs. BRArHwArrE; Sorry couldn't come.
, Mother III. Coming next week.
III MORT WHITAKER
Not that Nick read all this lie felt
/, 80 ashamed Of his ignominiors position
! that the letters swan before his eyes
. All he could see was cruel finger
and a contcmptuous eye directed
toward the door. which cnunciated
, ..begoner' more pointedly than any
, words could do. Nicks first impulse
was that Of headlong flight. Then his
: forensic instincts came back to him
! for he was a rising young lawyer-and
he resolved to make a speech for the
defense. SO he came to grips with
Mrs. Brathwaite without more ado.
my dear Mrs.-er-er-cr- Blank"
! this in the most dryly comical way
, that made the widow. even in her
anger. bite ncr lips 70 prevent smile.
, and won hearing for Nick. My
dear Mrs Blank. l will offer no ex-
, cuse for my abominable conduct and
I extraordinary tissue of lies, though l
! have one which ought TO plead power
!, fully in my behalf Here he made q
! motion Is though TO point out his
. client. and gestured at those silent
\ iurymen-nos more wooden than many
!. live ones-the chairs That excuse,
madam is your own face. Yes,
= madam"-and he grew aptly ALTER
ative-'.your face was my fall and will
/, ever be my fate" Soto voce-"Sounds
! like line Of poetry, and ought to fetch
I her" As n fact she did seem TO be
y softcning somewhat Then our Choate
in embryo went on just picking himself
up in time from starting his peroration
!, with "Gentlemen Of the jury
= Madam. speaking frankly. regret to
!, have 70 state that | am not one bit
!, repcntant-as far as my own sin i con
cerned-.for what have done. In such
! cause. and for such reward as q
|, few words from those lips. though
may say am naturally truthful.
would perjure myself any and every
moment OF the daT. Any man would
: have committed the same fault tried
Z by the same temptation. No mar
Z could have helped himself. Simon
I Stylites himself'-and he rolled of the
name in the most sonorous fashion
would have shown his own apprecia
tion Of your charms in the same way a.
: did il you had come up to that ascetis
old party and looked and talked as 70,
) did with me"
And 50 on. and so on, for half m
Y hour. ending up with patching to
gether Violas two sentences: Though
= am not that played. ] am gentle
= man. after which came his pedigree
from the first generation thereof. s.
that he overwhelmed the poor littl,
e woman in torrent Of words. Then
y too, she was half in love with him al
:? ready. and secretly admired his con
y summatc cheek. Finally he left hi
: card. begging 10 be allowed to call
q having obtained her assurance that sh'
: would think over the matter Of fire.
+ pardon
y Less than week after all this cam
y note for him
DEAR MIR wEyBRrDc E:-out Of my grea
mercy you are forgiven. shall expect you I
O. nve oclock tea Yours. etc
I'll BELLE BRATHwArTE.~
r Nick went TO that five o'clock tea
A: and to many other five o'clock teas an
% other functions at the same address
D The result Of all these visits is that Al
!. argument has sprung upbetween them
,e Belle has been bitten BY the sacrc
or Egyptian bug that the Bernhard
l. brought over. and Is mad TO visit ID
II pyramids and the Nile cataracts, Will
n. Nick says that the doing" Of Switzcl
~ land and Italy is the proper thing for