The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-09

"si uTtsscu carrying IurRo punuie On
crowded thoroughfare would have at
tracted attention, but in the metropolis
| people are more apt To mind their own
business than are the people elsewhere.
and 80 il happened that as Karl made
his way down Sixth avenue. with the
riding-habit wrapped in brown paper
under his arm, scarcely head was
turned TO look after him. Had II been
otherwise, however, IL is doubtful
whether the young theological student
would have observed il. lie was plunged
deeply in thought, and as his feet trav-
ersed the six or seven blocks that lay
between his fathers shop and the Stur-
gis residence his mind travelled once
again over the seven years that had in
tervcned since that eventful day when
Madeline Sturgis had come into his life.
As he looked back at the boy that he
was then he wondered how he had ven
tured 10 let the seed of hope take root
in his heart The son Of a cheap Ger
man tailor; his companions, like him
self, the children of poor tradcsmen-it
was certainly wild notion that pos
sessed him To WOO and win this aristo-
cratic little maiden. whose people Were
not only rich enough Ia buy and sell
him and his father "A thousand times
over but were Of "A social stratum far
above that in which the Engfers lived
and moved and had their being.
He remembered how he had carried
home the first riding habit when 1t was
finished, and how he had been asked to
wait in the dining-room until Miss Stnr-
gs could try il on and ascertain wheth-
er il was entirely satisfactory; and he
recalled how he had sat there in that
basement apartment with its extension.
table and its lcather-covcred chairs:
how he had looked with admiration
upon the cngravings in walnut frames
that hung upon the walls. and how he
had hoped all the time that there might
he some com plant SO that the little la
DIV would come down to show him just
what was wrong and he could get an
other glimpse Of her. But his father
was n good workman. The habit wa'
, all that could be desired. and he had re
turned home disappointed.
The days when he saw Madeline h
, called his red-lctter days, and for !
, time they were fewer than those tina
are indicated in the printed calendars
i, One January afternoon. however. Mrs
Sturgis had come into the shop ant
had asked his father if Karl would no
, like To go To the mission Sunday-schoo
on Carmine street, in which She wa
very much interested, and his father
who would have gone through fire an
flood TO please "A customer. so fearfu
was he of losing dollars worth o
:, trade. had said that Karl would certain
: ly be there on the following Sunday.
From that time on he saw her NOR
!, frequently, and his infatuation in
. creased in proportion. She Taught
4 class of small boys across the aisl
: from where he usually sat. and o
a more than one occasion the maidc
! lady who presided over tic group Q
(, larger boys. OF which he was one, wa
a compelled TO demand with some en-
q phasis his return To the business OF tn
. hour, his gaze having q way Of wande
= ing repeatedly from his catechism {
o his Bible TO the face of the pretty lit
e teacher IN the opposite pew
One incident that he recalled wit
Il some pleasure had occurred on "A Su
A. day afternoon in early spring. He hs
i noticed that Mrs. Sturgis was m
i present in the chapel; that MadeliI
:. had come alone: and he had wonder,
!. all through the lesson whether
!, would seem rude on his part. after u
q close OF the session. To offer to wa
:. home with her. II he only could,
- thought. it would be the happiest d;
:, OF his life: but he feared that she mig
!, think him impudcnt and presumin
and. when the school was dismisse
:. and t..e scholars and teachers filed o
- into the street, he lacked the courage
- 90 forward and speal; to her.
:, But his happiness had come. neve
theless; for. in following her at VIII
=. he considered a most respectful d
stance his eyes ne yer once leaving b
1.-the Young figure. clad in well-fittiI
80 spring jacket that his father had :
4. with his own hand. he had seen h
i. rudely jostled by drunken man, al
had dashed to her aid almost before
!, realized what he was doing. The re
-. objection of her gratitude was one
his most cDeTlSntu ulcuioticS. ohsa Nv
a as he turned into Washington place.
No was thinking of how. on that occasio
IL her manner was SO cordial and so col
IA plctcly lacking in any indication tn
-. She recognized any difference whate'
~ in their social station.
Co. He remembered that il was on II
nd day that his determination to study
~ the ministry was formed. and that
no grew out of her telling him that
assistant minister at the mission
on dined with them on the evening befo
v.s The day will come. he had thong
"a when !. too, may be asked there
ms dine"
ar And now he was thinking that
10 might not be so far distant: for, was
no not going to the mission. the week
M lowing. to take the place. temporari
~, OF that very same assistant minist
- Rev. Mr.. David. who, he had hea
, i was TO he married and go to Europe
a three months honeymoon tour?
lie. Yes. il was true, as Lord Beaco
Nv. field had said: ANY man may be wi
nr he makes mp his mind to be"
for Bv the time young Engfer reacl
,..x ;l,p.. ~. had wall