The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16

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and said To himself
We'll, let her 90. She will fnd on,
all wanted to tell her"
Cissic disappeared round a corne,
ana when Jack came 10 il She was no,
10 DC seen down The long avenue on
which the sunshine hckcred through
ti- cntwining branches Of the tree.
overhead. Jack went on lcisurely 10,
mile or two. then he jumped lightly
OF his machine and trundled II along
beside him. lie was now miles. away
from civilization. deep in the midst oi
the country. The road had suddenly
bccone very bad. and Jack who knew
the pcculiarities of every lane within
miles around. thought it safer 70 wheel
the bicycle along by hand rather than
risk pnncture Of his pneumatic tires
on the sharp flint stones scattered with
such profusion along the way. Near a
little rustic bridge over clear streu M
at the bottom OF n deli he found what
he expected 10 linda very pretty girl
with a most woebegonc, disconsolate
look on her face sitting on the grassy
bank looking forlornly at bicycle
that lay on the road with the tire of
the hind wheel collapsed.
"llulloa. Cissie. ;" said Jack, breezily.
'liad "A tumble?"
No" snapped Cissie; IL am not in
the habit of tumbling."
All. said Jack. II see what is the
matter. The tire is punctured. knew
that would happen ! shouted after
you to tell you Of this bit of road. but
you would not listen"
II did not hear you," said Cissie, at
which assertion Jack raised his eye
brows with incredulity, which made
Cissie all the more angry, especially as
she knew she was telling thing which
was not true.
We'll. don't want any help from
you" she said. curtly.
"Why. of course not" returned Jack.
sitting down on the opposite bank. and
leaning his bicycle against the hedge.
"A person who comes out on wheel
and doesn't know how tn mend any,
thing that goes wrong is simply silly
fool. One can see You understand all
about cycling because you have left
your machine lying on the ground and
the oil is running out OF your lamp"
Cissie looked at the young man in
amazemen..
1T isn't your lamp" she said at
last. and can surely do what like
with my own. don't see what right
you have to interfere"
"Blcss you. Cissie.' said Jack. ~ am
not interfering. am not even Offering
advice. have never yet had the
pleasure of seeing a woman take off a
pneumatic tire and mend the inner
tube. This of course you have to do be-
fore you can move on, for you are
miles away from any place. and even if
you left your machine here, you would |
not dare to walk home in that idiotic |
costume"
Cissie blushed deeply and the tears |
came into her usually bright eyes. She /
tugged nervously At the skirts of her
coat. and then seeing what she was
doing and finding they but scantily |
covered her knees she looked for mo-
ment as il she were going to burst out |
crying, for it had taken some bravery
to come out for the first time in hniclS-
erbcckers. However, instead OF cry
ing. she blazed out Mt him in anger;
What business is it of yours" she
cried. "how ! am dressed? You are
nothing to me and am sure l don't
care penny for your opinion one way
or another"
II don't suppose you do" said Jack,
match and lighting his pipe.
II used to oc under the impression that
vou knew how to dress. am not any
onger used 10 think that you could
,ot put on anything that would be un-
becoming. Now ] hold no such opinion.
once had an idea that nothing you
put on would make guy of you. but
low, Cissie, that idea has fed. Still,
must say that | admire your bravery in
coming out in the daylight, where peo-
pie can sec you, in such n rig. 1t is ut
crly futile for you to pull together the
kirts of that coat. The hard things
'ou have said to me when you had on
pretty lawn tennis costume. for in
lance, do not affect me bit when
hey are said by one who merely looks
ike saucy. impudcnt boy. You see.
'issic, ! look down upon you a. you ,
nee looked down upon me"
How dare you say you look down
Ipon me?" said Cissic.
Because it's true" answered the II,
oung man. calmly. This bank is ,
vcr so much higher than the one you
re sitting on, or, rather. were sitting ,
N. for now you are trying to crouch ,
ut of sight. and l don't wonder at it.
take back all those numerous offers ,
4 marriage made to YOU"
"You wretch" she cried. springing I
0 her feet. You take them back. do ,
gu, when You know very well they ;
'crc all rejected and scorncd."
"Oh, Cissic. Cissie.' cried the young
IAN. turning away his head. 'eSit $
own again. DO sit down. The cos i.
nmc doesn't look so bad on bicycle, q
ut it is simply awful when girl I
lands up."
When he looked around again Cissie
ad sat down and had drawn her
icycle up on its wheels, crouching in
measure behind it, as IL with its d
pndly tires it could hide the awful O
ess of the costume. n
We'll. Ciss," cried Jack. when are b
on going to get at mcnding that
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