The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-25

Ing tho sex was but change 81 name,
with more Of concession and less OF i'm
portunity IN rown ina mere bagntells
70 man whose pen was As ubiquitou'
a. Chinaman's chopsticks
Several letters on either side were
sent. photographs exchanged. Fred
sending that Of an extreme " prett,
girl no had met ut Cornell during MI.
college career. lie was beginning
however, 10 tire Of the tender monot
ony, when. one day. he laid upon the
coloncl's desk = neat package, which
ON being opened disclosed pair Of
earrings and brooch set with garnet
and pearls The colonel examined
them critically. Fred seemed more
dismayed than amused.
They're worth hundred dollars,
me boy-if they're genuine. What does
the fellow say about them?"
why, it's = present, he says, and
hints Of more TO come. and that we
must arrange for . meeting all this
with the widest protestations Of etcr-
nal love and fidelity. Hang Il! This
Is getting serious / never thought the
fool would go so far. Some Of the boys
have got hold Of It. I'll be laughed out
Of town II he does come"
Write him that the sudden death OF
one Of your uncles, cousins or aunts
calls you off TO California instantly,
me boy. Hint Of great riches falling
your way. 81 family mystery imposing
silence. Tell him to possess his soul
in patience, and that he will hear from
You in month or SO. Then you can
return his COMPOUNDED jcwelry and
break up the affair somehow-any-
how"
The colonel felt himself sagacious,
yet his conclusion was misty, too
misty, il seemed. when, two days later,
Fred rushed into the sanctum with an
open letter in his hand. his eyes dill ated
and his hair disheveled.
Colonel" he said, I'm ruined,
devastated. must leave. oblitcratc
myself, and the News will have to get
another man. Read that"
lie dashed the letter down upon the
desk and fell to gnawing his nails
nervously. The colonel looked UP
"SAiAStthSi ~ thSh itdu tic hotc. AltcE
few passionate. devotional interjec-
tions 1t wound up by stating that this
fond lover would run down to Roseville
on the following Friday to see his
''adored one" his queen"
Isn't this daisy Of a predicamento'
exclaimed Fred. as his chief sat tapping
the arm Of the editorial chair with his
blue pencil. and his eyes fixed reflect
ingly upon his assistant Can you
make me an advance Of forty dollars
or 50? I'll get Meigs to take my place
and flee to some painless wilderness
for awhile. until this infatuated for
eigner RECEIVERS his reason"
Fred. me boy" said the colonel.
sagely. II know trick worth two Of
that Write me a touching obituary
notice OF Miss Nellie Jardine's very
sudden demise. A congestive chill,
spinal meningitis; anything Of that
sort will do. Wen just insert that lit
tie notice and have one copy struck of. |
Have it marked and sent TO that poor /
fool OF Cuban. together with the Jew
clry he has sent and. pristo me boy. |
you are out of the whole affair in no !
tonne. We won't need Meigs then; he's |
a dunderhead anyhow, and you can
still 90 on with your work"
Fred. though at first doubt ~. fell in
with this idea, and the programme was
fully carried out The announcement.
beginning sudden death OF an estima-
BILE young lady" was really quite pa
thetic. and so tickled Fred's fancy that |
his nervousness vanished. Wednesday
and Thursday passed. lie became so !
absorbed in other things that when on
Friday. a wid-cycd, haggard. foreign
looking man burst into the sanctum
with paper in his hand. Fred looked |
mp sercncly. then recognized. with an
thrill, that it was the Cuban
from the picture the latter had sent
The colonel had just gone out to take
some liquid refreshment with his own
special candidate for the Legislature.
and probably would not be back for a
half hour. Fred realized that he had |
10 face his own particular lion alone.
''Roosvicle News-ee ithere?' asked
the stranger, in . somber tone.
"Well-a-I'm not 20 sure" Fred
hesitated whether to frankly own up
or ANONYMOUSLY flee. 49,
Fer must be. was q so told
you sec zat?"
lie pointed to the notice in the paper
he held and watched Fred anxiously.
s'Zat-zat--' his voice was profound
u melancholy. ''Oh. senior! am desc
atc-I am nconsolable--I no one know
! hcere. VIII you-so lsindiy-to take
ne to-thc grave last resting
place. scnor?"
Fred here suddenly felt an inspira-
ion that lent him glimpse Of rescue.
only two days before, in the little
new grave had been made.
member Of family little known and
'eccntly arrived at Rosevlle. had died
ind been buried there. No tombstone
lad, as yet, been put up. Why not
AXE the man there and leave him alone
With his sorrow? Then Fred could
rave little time to devise some
method Of escaping from him. lie
rose with an amiablc and sympathetic
mile
Certainly. sir" said he. reaching for
lis hat Come with me. 1t was
most melancholy event and as you
Gem interested, see no harm In show
ng you the grave of our esteemed
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