The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-26

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"Do you suppose there won't he any
t%ablenux. Hip" asked Addie Luella,
breathlessly.
'oh. 'Gusta don't know anything
about IL yet. of course, nor her mother
either. saw them driving around
this morning with that pair of spank
ing bays and a new carriage. ! sup
pose ne thinks he must keep up appear
ances-"
I'm glad we don't have to-" said
Mrs. Tibbetts. drawing a long breaf
IL declare. IL we have gone such
difrunt ways | feel a nearness to AIDE
line when shes in trouble Kind OF
queer that ! was thinkin' Of her this
mornin'. expect twas because seem
them cowslips in a peddler's wagon
fetched old times right back To me-
run right out and bought all he had
and now ! don't know as | know exact
IL what To do with EN- all Your
father used 10 like a mess Of pork and
green's"
Addie Luella sighed heavily; but she
helped herself to all the blossoms. and
made Of her boudoir what her friend,
Trixy Vain wright. called a symphony
in yellow nth them. and filled a great
punch bowl with them 10 decorate the
dinner table. Ma" said She loved 10
smell posies when she was eating; but
she didn't like the candles with which
r Addie Luella persisted in lighting the
table: she said candles were 'old-fash-
ioned in East Macedony when she was
n a girl. and what VAS the sense OF
havin' EN- when they had electric.
lights?"
Pa" looked askance at the cowsnp
green's: he said he used u like EN-
when he was a boy; but he guessed
with his dyspepsy he wouldn't resk IT,
Mrs Tibbetts looked at the neglected
dish of greens and had ar Inspiration
(she kept il private. as she did many OF
her inspirations. lest they should be
frow ned upon by Addie Luellal. She
n put sone of the greens, with a slice OF
:. pork on the top. into a dish OF the old
- clover-leaf china that was her mothers
they see med to belong in something
:. old Northumberland sent them TO Miss
I. Lucretia Lund. h had come from
" Maine to keep house for her brother
She placed the dish in a dainty basket
and slipped a card inside conveying
- her compliments: that o impart :
little air OF style TO the affair. which
- was desira BILE in view OF the fact tina
=, Addic Luella might find 1t out.
..cowslip greens from Mrs. Hiran
NJ Tibbetts: that's what the servant said.
Miss Lucretia Lun took the clover
leaf china cover OF the dish an
shifted daintily. Then h locke
across the table at her broth .r-for IN
basket had been brought in while the
- were at dinner-and made a wry face
course it's very kind OF her. bu
what queer messes these western pee
he pl. do have" She said. For Miss l.,
N cretia was only about thirty, had live
IN a Maine city, and never in her III
had heard Of cowslip green's Nv
- can't eat them-pork. just think OF
But 1t seems they're a delicacy; and
rk- think I'll send them around t. Mr.
40 Parker, who sen me that dellcio'
wv pineapple preserve: 1t is SO much y
'er- fashion here 10 send dainties
'in- ..Cowslip green's. with my comp
DID, ments TO Mrs. Parker, Mike, she sa
lra 10 her servant. and dispatched the ba
Tor ket. all unwilling Of the card whi'
Mrs. Tibbetts had slipped into H.
The Parkers were dining when .
the basket arrived; but the meal was
ned '"S -.u. "a "a ~. Oh
Der ~ -. .aL.n srddenlv iii wi
Of uren : 49,
tonsilitis-
,h~ -.Cowslip greens? dear me, I dol
know what they are. said Mrs n
- kcr; but | am sure they must be We
~ nice. for Miss Lund is a fine hou'
keeper. We don't care for greens
nil: think I'll send them around
Mrs Parkhurst. Her mother. a We
~" old lady from Maine. Is visiting n
and pork and greens are SO old-fa'
- toned"
Mrs. Parker didn't see Mrs. Tibbe,
up card in the basket. and her mcsseng
IN who a sent for the doctor at
Same time. gave the basket 10 Z
Aine az the Parkhursts' maids without a
explanation The Parkhurst fam
= ~ had got 10 their after-dinncr coffee
mere - time the basket reached them.
ine IL had come mysteriou>ly. Mrs la
+. = hurst looked for some token of
arr donor, and found the card
- She uttered an exclamation OF :
Pri>e' 80
Ia the name aloud
"a llpbtttS. WI. ~
why Adeline. and cowslip greens
the ~clover-leaf chiny that was
m~others-.hc chiny that Augu
Pritcbard had when he married Nal
French. It's just as il twas
tidday.- The wrinkled hands
lifted the clover-leaf china cover tr
bled visibly. and a tear came near
ing upon the pork and greens Gr'
ma was childish. the Parkhurst {
dren thought
Il don't see now she came to do
- murmured Mrs. P~arkhurst.
N; Its holdin' out the olive bra
EHN% Adelinc. and it amt Christian n'
80 take il So said the old won
SN brokcnly. Life is too short for Ia
Z. bitterness; we Was young togc'
and like own folks. Why. Enoch
Hiram Tibbctts are own folks.
In "-Sh.- Mrs. P~arkhurst laid her
ON her mothers. and glanced war;
ly at her husband.
They're the kind that hold gr'
IL. - both ~ them she said, IN a
Mn, tone. Enoch r%arkhurst arose ant
!. c.,. the table silently. lie was . tacl
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