The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-09


and, learning that the young man was
chief engineer in the construction Of l
the Great Southwestern. proceeded To I
swallow him after the fashion OF such
ogres-ihat is, TO assimilate all the I
information he could furnish. And !
VIM sat down beside him quite defer {
entail and ready to be thus consumed; =
provokingly ready, So it seemed, for 1t !
was provoking TO hear him talk SO i'm
terestingly on such a stupid subject,
and TO papa, OF all persons.
Il really think you should have
| found my substitute preferable said
| VIM. as he was leaving, with glance
at the quarterly.
mo, indeed" replied Monica. ~
have been quite absorbed by tins
article"
"A IL CAiaois2 Quite an accomplish
ment I'm sure" he murmured, ana ~
was only when he was too far away
for any retaliation that Monica per
ccived that She held her book upside
down.
"A fine young fellow" commenced
the ogre I'VE must cultivate him..
"lIc needs it, added the girl. Vi
ciously.
Allthis was bad enough TO one whose
self had always been the sun; but the
next day was worse. for. instead OF ar
irving at Palmettaville on time. tho
train leaped from the spreading tracks
and pumped the ponderous Pulimans
into the mud. There was no great
harm done. and perhaps some torpia
livers received benefit; bat, as a delay
of twenty-four hours was inevitable
and the cars stuck ut various as
! tressing angles to the perpendicular,
= it was decided that the passengers
) should remove to a hotel supposed to
: be about a mile distant And very
moderate supposition it proved before
e this removal was consunmated. ana
: the travellers. mire- stained and thichet-
: torn, arrived at the great white cara
G yansary with rooms enough Tor an
e army and accommodations incoIninch-
c surate to u rear file. OF course, every
4 one was exhausted and cross, except
l. VIM, who seemed To be amused
q Yes. Monica Abcrcrornbic was GER
q tainlv numbered with those who were
5 exhausted and cross. Nor did she re-
e. gain her equanimity, despite inc
" fact that some one had obtained fo'
Z. her the choicest rooms, for She quickly
IN learned that her maid had left benin,
y that particular handbag which con
ir tanned such essential trifies a. curilhs
Of irons and pins and powder Horrors
What could She do? II there was on
It; spo. where a princess should not 1907
is like "A fright. it was in the wilderness
A. where everyone else did
I. 4 fe
be The aue stion was answered by as
: a Greet rap and a discrcctcr III Is J..
and Mr.. Winn handed in the identica
a estray. All very well, and 1t certain
- 10 was thoughtful of him To hav
IN tramped back to the cars. as he mus
he have done: but why, oh, Why. did u
ali smile so ha,efully. and why did h
saw: II knew you would be sure
want it?- What business had he wit
/, :, any such knowledge. and what rigi
ma had lie to apply it to her?
"a Thenceforward, and until Palmett
eli Vile was at length eventually reache
!, the princess so enwrapped herse
g. with dignity that even the ogre WI
constrained 10 recommend sundry pr
prietary tones in which he Ia
~ mountainous faith.
III, Winn had disappeared within u
nd iacent hills and morasses, haviI
first devoutly, but most discourteou
soy w. thanked his stars for the privileg
and the girl grew SO tired OF her ov
company that she missed him, wni
re- made her still more dissatisfied.
men had been SO brusque. SO abrupt.
strange, that she could not keep ire
nm thinking OF him, just as one flash
ny an unfamiliar scene may cling 70
mps memory. After . little she came
day rejecting now nice he would be
der only he were entirely different,
then anger succeeded inquietude-
Mr One afternoon Monica was ridi
Its through . wooded land, far dista
'yed from the hotsl. far distant. Tor
winding way had been alluring, "
linn It's shaded solitude; the festoon
Tub. verdurc sweeping her cheeks had %
rim gracious in it's touch. and the twit
of birds and the ripple OF springs
inn' seemed voices of indefinite yet frie
rose IL co nsola,ion. A long, level sire
rect Law before her. leading to an ascen'
the base Of which was brook IL
'rtcd v;tei a dash with a clat,er over
rustic bridge and plunge haii
me. IN