The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-08

Ia her expression that for the moment
people forgot that she had cause Cor
anxiety. Three or four damsels OF her
own age crowded about her. voluble
with congratulations
MY dear" said her mother. lit is a
quarter To eleven. We had better
start"
Eva's eyes asked the question that
everyone else was asking: Has he
Gomez
do not fear" was Mrs Darlings re-
ply. 'Of course he will be there. lie
will not dare Then she stopped.
There had been a momentary flash IN
her eyes of very pugnacious kind.
And - the procession formed and
walked over the crimson cloth which
stretched from the porch to the garden
gate. where the motto: Joy be with
thee" looked down on them. A gust
of wind set the pockct-handkerchie
and bits of flannel huttering merrily.
A murmur Of voices also greeted the
brides appearance. About once in
half a century Tong saw wedding OF
this kind. II was spectacle by no
means TO he lost. A certain bedriddcn
yillagcr had been carried into the bit OF
garden in front Of his cottage. bedding
and all. TO behold the sight.
Twenty PAGES brought them TO the
churchyard gate The graves were
nice and green. and the sheep nibbling
among them did not seem at all fright
AnAA h.+ h,,rx
Thus they passed into the church. not
without many furtive glance over the
park towards the Great house. which
at Mr.. Dantins bidding, was flying the
royal banner in spite Of young Jack.
absence.
Inside, they were met with almost a
caressing tenderness by Mr.. Dantin and
sad shake of the head. II am sorry.
he said TO Mrs Darling. ''that your res
olution was not to be shaken"
The lady tossed her head slightly
and seemed disposed to be angry. I'll
is most extraordinary thing" she ex
claimed. looking at the clock in the
west of the church Ii wanted eight
minutes to the time.
The old rector put a gay face on the
business. Why. in truth, should h
not? He had buried and welded 81
many people that he had come TO view
neither ceremony as SO very important
"You will have TO come another day
my dear Miss Eva" he said, that i
all. You must not mind. 1t is thu
linked sweetness of expectation, Ion;
drawn out. that is ALL"
but" for once there was
touch of petulance in the girls voice a
her eyes clouded with tears-.'it is s.
unlike him ! fear something mus
have happened to him. Philip" sh
added. making "A sudden appeal to tn
man who was to have been made he
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you any ide'
what il means"
II? How should To- was the reply
as the elder Dautin shuffied away.
Philips face was unusually pale
There was no candor in his eye-evel
seen through his spectacles-
Outside the church and in the body o
the building the whispers were of
more emphatic nature The villag
gossips claimed to have a very profoun'
knowledge of the iniquity of younl
men. 1t was said openly that Maste
Jack had no doubt played the girl sa
trick. was. as likely as not, at that YER
moment marrying some one else il
London town. and that the best thinI
they could do for Miss Eva was to TAX
her home. put her to bed and treat he
for Mysteries whether she showed then
or not
Poor young crittur. So sweet tenn
percd and nice looking, to be trickit il
sech way
There were comments on Mr.. Phil
lips white face. which led on To com
parsons between the two brothers
These were not markedly adverse to tn
elder son; but upon the whole they wer
in favor of Master Jack" who was tn
more free with his money.
Hell marry She, hisself, YOU see.
said one woman very positively.
''What-now? Instead Of his owl
brother. do call that
ION. you silly" was the inteipose'
reply-''not jest vet, o coorse- Theyl
wait bit-yo'll see"
Three minutes to eleven. and still n
bridegroom.
For an explana tion of this unusuall.
dramatic scene in Tong church W
must 90 back three days Philip Dan
tin had strivcn 10 keep his rage agains
his brother within due bounds, but ha,
failed. His stuffed specimens in tn
snbterrancan rooms could not consol
him: nor could his live beasts either
These underground rooms were quite
remarkable feature of the Great house
They dated from the sixteenth century
IL not earlier. For a hundred years o
more they were disused. Philip. how
ever. persuaded his father TO cxpcn
money in making them tolerably hal
liable. and very suitable for the kind o
museum he had accumulated. TIL
farthermost of them was the YER
'"sanctum sanctorum" of his operations
At its extreme end there was an ancien
doorway Of chiseled stone severa
inches in thickness, and beyond thai
utter darkness and the beginning of
labyrinth which had not been explore
for ages. and was left to itself. II wa
believed to have no issue.
On this third evening before the da
that was To make him = happy fellow