The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-13

grated his teeth and looked wicked.
s.You see before you a shadow. | have
drank Of the sweets Of life. and now
only the dregs remain. ! look back ~
the happiness OF the past TWO weeks,
during which I have been permitted 70
gaze into the fond blue eyes Of my loved
one and carry her rubbers to school for
her to wear home when it rained. 70
hear the sweet words that fell from her
lips as she lovingly told me was a ter
ror. and as | think it is all over and that
/ shall never again place my arm around
her waist | feel az if the world had been
kicked off its base and was whirling
through space, liable 70 be knocked into
a cooked hat. and ! don't care a darn.
Ny girl has shook me"
.sSho? You don't say so,n said the
grocery man as he threw a rotten potato
into n basket Of good ones that Were go
ing to the orphan asylum. We'll, she
showed sense. You would have blown
her up, or broken her neck, or some
thing. But don't feel bad. You viii
soon find another girl that will discount
her. and you will forget this one"
.sNever.' said the boy as he nibbled
at a piece Of Goldfish that he had picked
off. II shall never allow my affections
to become cntwined about another piece
OF calico. 1t humans me, sir. Hence
forth | am a hater Of the whole girl race.
From this out / shall harbor revenge in
my heart. and no girl can cross my path
and live. | want to grow up to become
a he schoolma'm. or a he milliner, o.
something. where | can grind girls into
the dust under the heel Of a terrible des-
potism and make them sue for mere.
ITO think that girl. on whom | have
lavished my hearts best love and over
30 cents in the paEt two weeks. could let
the smell of a goat on my clothes come
between us and break off an acquaint-
ance that seemed to be the forerunner
Of a happy future and say 'Ta-ta' to
me and 20 off to dancing school with a
telegraph messenger boy who wears q
sleeping car porter uniform Is too much,
and my heart is broken. | will lay for
that messenger some night when he Is
delivering a message in our ward. and l
will make hin think lightning has struck
the wire and run in on his bench. Oh.
You don't know anything about the woe
there is in this world. You never loved
many people, did you:"
The grocery man admitted he never
loved very hard. bnt he knew n little
something about it from an aunt Of his
who got mashed on u Chicago drum
mer. 'But your father mus &c having
a rest while your whole mind il occupied
with your love affair" said he.
EYES," said the boy. with n vacan'
look, II take no interest in the pleasure
of the chase any more, though l did hay
a little quiet fun this morning at tn
breakfast table. You see. Pa is the con
~trariest man ever was. Ii l complain
that anything ut the table don't tast
good. Pa says ii is all right. This morn
ing / took the strip pitcher and cmptie'
out the white strip and put in some CO
liver oil that Ma is taking for hercougl
| put some on my pancakes and pretend
cl to taste Of il, and / told Pa the siru
was 0 and not fit to eat. Pa was ma
in a second, and he poured out some q
his pancakes and said was getting 70
COMPOUNDED particular. lie said the siru
was good enough FOR him, and he soprc
his pancakes in it and fired some dow
his neck. q gaul burned hypocrit'
that's what he II. | could see by his FAC
that the cod liver oil was nearly KILN
him, Int he said that sirup was all rich.
and if l didn't cat mine he would brea
my back, and, 10y gosh. had 70 cat j
and Pa said he guessed he hadn't K,
much appetite, and he would just dFin
n cup Of coffee and eat a donut.
IL like TO died, and that is one thin
1 think, that makes this disappointmcr
'e in love harder to bear. But | felt SORT
y for Ma. Ma amt got n very stror
~ stummick, and when she got some
that cod liver oil in her mouth She WEI
right up stairs sickcr'n horse, and
!. had to help her, and she hal nooralg
all the morning. l eat pickles 10 tai
:, tho taste ont Of my mouth, and then Ia
=, for the hired girls. They eat too mu'
= sirup anyway, and when they got 81
~ that cod liver oil and swallowed n lot
it one Of them, q Nirish girl. she got I
from the table and put her hand on h
corset and said 'Howly Jaysusv al