The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-14

'A~ N4Ar iln>Letl prctflig a. 1 walked
into the room spoke u her IN ~.
idioiic manner that is IN vogue when
two are obliged 10 st-.ak without !.
formal Introduction, and stepped ont
on the porch where ! could see th..
grand old hills that loomed M in tn..
pIrphng shasies ~ the coming evening.
1 could not help spcculatiny sbou,
John nrhay maria -.,. and concluded
that one ~ Aunt Fa-bay's matchmak-
ing efforts had miscarried.
Presently Uncle i and Aunt Furbar
came In and while She and the girl 1
had Seen were putting the finishing
touches 70 the supper table. which had
been waiting my coming Incle ii c.su.s.
out on the porch "a tell TIE that his to-
baceo crop was % excellent aaality
and much heavier than usual In 4
SNORT time we We're called 10 supper.
and Aunt Furhay introduced me Ia the
youdg lady by saying This j. Meta =
After supper Uncle II and ! went
back to the porch and he lighted hi
corncob pipe. while / drew deem
breaths ~ the cool breeze from the
river and the dim Kentucky hills Be-
yond
Yes. said Uncle -. presently. as II
continuing a conversation tina, had
been recently broken off. Johns
married and he's got nice little wife
too. II % say il myself
Where did he fini here- asked
thinking had been laboring under =
mistaken idea and rather at sea
Right her. in the neiyhborhood.
answered Uncle - You see Il was
one u mothers plans. an allow she
never had one on EN- work our III the.
better satisfaction o the parties inter
ested than this one did Mothers a
master hand at retiin' up matches an
shes sort % proud o. her record in that
direction Long in june there was 4
mighty fine ga came MP from CiDcin-
natl 10 stay q spell with Nellie Bradley.
The Brad.eys have connections in Gin
cinnatl an ;hit -ai. whose name was
Jeanette Herbert. Was one Of EN-
She was calcnlatin' To STAY all summer.
an Nell brought her over one day T.
introduce her 10 "a. I'd heard D. her
afore she come over an supposed IN.
would he >or. o uplifted IN carry her
head pretty high while she was in this
neck 81 woods. but she was lust tins.
incest little gal ever laid eyes On. an
mother nearly fell On her neck tn. hrst
thing We knew her father was rich
"a mud an we was considerably sur
prlscd y hen We found that She could
cook an do any other kind q work a.
well a. II she had To work Tor = Twin
Iwa>n-t week aforr mother b.
gun to hini around that NJ Bra1lrv
would make mighty good match for
our John. and knoved h. was good l
enough FOR any boiT. for he's had .
good deal % money spent on him a--ir- 4
in hlm an dedication mp To Lebanon. 4
an - Delaware. an IL did seem a. II 4
he o-tcr get wife from the pick o. all 4
the gals in creation John amt nv
boy. Won know. but seein' never had 4
none o my own / set a good store by 4
him an wanted him To do well: 50 \
sort o fell ia with mothers plans an
when ! see thar the two on EN- was 4
a-ritiin along mighty well .o-ethcr. 4
kind q patied myself on the back over
the way things was a-roin-. Nellie an
John had allus hcen good friends. an
i was-a'f long afore the boy rot 70 20
In over every whip>titrh On some cr-
rand or other. an mother an ne we
Sno~ed the thing was a. good - set
Ted an made our plans accoriia
'--Abort This time john got letter
rom an old >choolInaie teiiin' hun that
he might look for company anv
iav- an sure enough ia a few
lays along comes a me a-looh-
n fcllcr as you could wish 10 see
When he first came be allowed he'd
'tay a week. but he KEEP lin-p-in' along
~ tinallv mother he said she believed
'hil-fhil Hunt was his name-was
nore'n half in love with our hired gal
I'D noticed m Y s.alf that he was sorter :
langin' round where she was. hut bless :
on / hadn't mothers keen scent for :
hat sort q thing. an never gave il :
econd thought Nellie Bradley an
ii>s Herbert seemed - have a great
kin for the gal too. an very fire. {
uentlv they'd run over an talk 20 her :
n the evenin' an then John an the :
al would 60 home with them across !
he fieins. an l never see lot o. :
Dung folks get along NOR friendly 4
oEether. an when young Tom Hark- /
cs> come home an begun to paw a a
God deal Of attention 10 Nellie. mother /
Tas Jest wild. for there was a chance c
D make three matches 20 once. an yeu =
right say. Kill three birds with one b
tone T
Mother said our girl would make a
plendid wife for ANYBODY. and she'd z
cen real Ss.arri that Jofn vxnr,i.4 fall IN =