The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-20

~ was q little bit of a girl, but l re-
member how the fellers used ter sit
round the fire and talk with father
bout the crops aud the stock. Hugh
Peterson was one o them, and he was
bout the incest o. the lot Your Aunt
Lucy liked him hest, too. but she used
ter be rather hard on him at times.
After keeping Hugh in hot water for a
year or SO she at last give in and they |
were engaged.
"Aftcr that father didn't hev much O.
anybody TO talk to but Hugh. lie come
twice q week and when the sleighing
was good he'd bring round his cutter
and take Lucy for "A drive. Hugh was
much the same then as he IL now, al-
| ways quiet tempered and sensible, but
Lucy has changed a powerful sight.
"She always was good, but her
beauty kind O. spoiled her. and she
| kind o. expected n good deal of atten-
ton and didn't exactly like To share
with n ybody else. She was not par
ticularly Jealous in her disposition, but
what one might call high strung.
THE time set for the weddin' was in
April, and twas before Christmas that
the trouble rose that so near upset
] everything. The schoolhouse didn't
stand then where it il now. but was
over three miles from here, near the
old Leach farm. The school-tcachcr
that winter was q girl, and she boarded
round. She was not used ter the
country. and. being not e strong. it
come kind o. hard on her to walk ter
the schoolhouse and build the fires
afore the children got there. Tho peo-
pie were not particular about taking
her to school mornin's. and sometimes
she'd hcv ter wade through the d(fts
when they was jest awful.
well. when it o her turn to
board ut the Petersons she had a bet
ter time of it. Hugh wouldn't hear to
her walkin', but used ter hitch up the
team and take her every mornin' and
90 after her ag'in in the eveuin'.
While Hugh was friendly with the
schoolma'am. yet he still kept comm ter
see Lucy as regular as could be. Some
times he'd speak bout the teacher and
tell what a good cddication she had
and how twas a pleasure to hev her
boardin' at his fathers.
Lucy at first didn't mind, but after
a few weeks wore a way and people be-
gun to chaf her bout Hugh's new
spark. it kind O. made her uneasy. She
never liked ter share attentions with
any body else. aud. gettin' kind o. sus
picious, she one day twitted Hugh oil
bcin' fond o. the society o. the school
ma'am.
'.'Of course I like her society sale
Hugh; why shouldn't ! like the society
o. them as know much more'n myself?
'sThcn Lucy got mad and showed
that she was Jealous. Hugh Mt frs
was inclined ter git mad, too, but hs
soon quietcd down and told Lucy tina
no schoolma'am could ever come 'tweer
him and her.
"They got over this first quarrel in
way, but things was never quite *
smooth as afore. After awhile tho
teacher went ter board somew where else
but she and Hugh continued to b.
right friendly and the people went OIL
talkin'. Lucy and her used ter NEE
{ at the parties that were held h = win
ter. but they never become intimate
and il made Lucy mad to hev Hug
= ask tho teacher ter ride home with 'en
in his cutter.
You know your Uncle Hugh is
2 trifie sot in his way as well as you
Aunt Lucy. and maybe he did 10 som
~aggravatin' things, but he always love-
r Lucy and she'd no right ter expect to-
I much o. him.
r Long some time near Christina
Lucy and | had been ter n ncighbor's
g bout two miles away, and we'd hn
r ried home. cause Hugh was comir
|, over that night ter take Lucy to
e party. As we climbed the hill near tn
schoolhouse. whose horse should W
see comm round the bend at u goo
/ swingin' trot but Hugh Pe~terson's, an
9 by his side in the cutter wac the schoo
q ma'am.
e .sThe wind was right frosty, and tn
G teacher was not very warmly clad. s
Jest "a they come within a few rods
$ us Hugh got up and tucked his big cos
d round her. She demonstrated on h
giving mp his coat. but he had anothe