The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-29

orchard. All pink with apple blossoms
A warm May wind blew tie curlS ~
her forehead To and fro. and made her
teeltoo drowsy 10 read -Aiddlemarch'
had sunk into her lap. with one finger
between the leaves TO keep the place.
and she was half asleep when the sound
81 Voices from the sitting-room behind
her ioatcd out. and became a part OF
her day dream.
seems 70 me- said a hish-pitched
tone. which she knew TO be that of q
n.irlbor. seems to me YOU amt look
INT Jest up TO the mark this spring Mis-
Malcv."
well. ! don't know as am fcciin'
any too spry.' returned the gentle old
xoic. OF Lydia's grandmother u ex-
rect it's his dreadful hot weather com
IN on all Of a sudden so. I've been
thinkin' I'D start in takin' some Trim
stone and molasses three mornin's and
then skip three. ANY body needs a little
medicine in the spring. ] don't seem
Is have much Of any appetite. md I'm
veal, as a rag"
MAYBE it's the cooiSin' Of that hired
girl from the city. that You amt nsea
tor suggested the neighbor- '-liow
does she take hold? j. she mucl Of q
hand."
~Well. Lyddy's satisfied with her. and
she knows more than ! do about the
way they do things nowadays. shes
visited the governors folks and To1nd
among her schoolmates a good deal.
and shes seen Just how things ought 70
lie. ! guess they set a pretty good
table TO Gov. Cobb's-"
81 guess they do said The neighbor-
s.Iut it's kind . hard for an old
wcman like me 70 get used to new
tangled ways. There amt n.shin' rel
isi.in' 10 me in such little warm, dover
me>scs. declare. I'D like nothin bet
ter for nv dinner than a good rye and
Injun cake and a nice. hot cup OF tea
..rd like 10 know wha; in the world
there is to hcnder your hayin' itg- cried
the neighbor. sitting up straight.
We'll. Lydiy she says it amt the
fashion to have tea for dinner, and !
give in 10 her sooner n to make q fuss
you see. Mis- Scavcy. young folks i
Young folks. When Lyddy come home
from boardin' school last fall could
see twas hard for her"
The old lady paused
'.The house amt new" she resumed
s.Whv. I've lived here myself. winter
md summer. gcin' on sixty year Our
WAYS here amt like city ways. and she
wanted TO ask some Of hcr mates up
here: but / could tell twas mortifyin'
a. her to think Of their comm to such
! poor old place. and me, too. 80 behind
The times
80 Just saws nothin'. and let her 70
ahead her own way. fixin' things up
Good land. Mis- Seavey. just wish ycs
could see the best parlor."
"Nhat has she done 70 n?" asked
Mrs. >eavcy-
The village did not think much o.
lydia since she had returned from
school. a tall. stylish girl. with more
Mrs than a music box as the ladies
declared at the sewing circle
Why. the chairs and the tables i
all twisted every which way. Look
rs II a high wind had been BLOWN
Through. The blinds = all left wis
open. and the sun streamin' in. a-faiin
out the carpet like everything. BOD,
yrusssels. too. Mis- Seavey."
Good land.'' said Mrs Seavey-
sShe's got ont some Of the best chin,
and stood MP the plates on tn mante
piece. and more Of EN- hangin' on tn
wall. There's cid shawls a danglin
sn the doorways That picture o
father. painted when he was a younI
man. she's took down altogether Sh
eays it's awful"
Dear suz.~ cried the ncighbor-
but I'm sure the minister used :
yet a sight by that picture neve
come in when he was here. but ! foun
him lnokin' at Il. shes stood som
plants on the noor by the window.
she's-well. l can't tell you all 81
wants we should set there commo
every day. I don't know what he
grandfather would saw il he could -
il expect he would turn over in hi
grave
Poor Mrs. Marcy was quite out :
breath as she poured out her soul 4
have The sacred best parior profane
had been a sore trial. which !. Q a
her love for Lydia to bear. To :
there common would have been I
her a. wicked rs 10 carry her knittin
the meeting house
she wants should dress up eyer
afternoon Ia my best black silk and n
white net cap Sarah sheldon made NJ
That silks too goni 70 set roundi Il
It, only been turned twice. and IL
KEEP Il nice for funerals and when d
80 70 meetin'. though that ain-t o.te
now Why. it'll get all shiny IN .
time II 4 20 10 putin Il on every da.
ict alone my fcelin' like . fool =
rigysd up 20 when there amt NO oce'
SION. Lyddy. she's different Youn
folks ought 20 rig
Now. Mis' Seavev. I don't want y,
uthink I'm compiainin'. AZ my tin
iife it's hard work tryin' . vit I'M
new rays But land. ron en- git MS
70 anything. II makes Lyddy happ
roor child. Its hard for her 20
ssIned VI here IN the country. Ine