The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-09
A SUNDAY RACE.
ny PETER sTuDLEY.

\ cool gray and sweet ncatness with
IN. and "A world OF rampant glory with
out.
tordelia Brown had been brought up
q Shakcress, and this was her Califor-
MAN home. Everybody was thunder
struck when Joel Brown proposed TO
and was accepted by prim SISTER Cor
della a. sh. was called by everyone.
Though Sister Cordelia had years and
years ago forsaken the community life,
still the early training was much in evil
dcnce. even to the quaint and spotless
kcrchief.
When the first froth of il had blown
on. eyeryou" agreed that after all il
was not an ill-match. Joel VAS steady.
Sister Corde!la was the quintessence OF
Sfeadiness. Joel Brown was nearer
fifty than forty. and %assuredly Sister
Cortlelil made no pretcnse to youth.
Again, their farms adjoineG. There
fore it was all as il should be. when
tortielia transferred her bits over to
joel Browns, his residence being about
twice the size, turning her house into
2 drying place. Joel himself had ever
been neat as wax. but now the whole
surroundings shone with a purity that
was immaculate. Joel had n touch of
romance in him; he stroked his silvery
gray chin and said:
What do you want most hat / can
buy YOU? Something out of the ordi-
nary. you understand"
tordelia understood-it was to be
the wedding present. since before they
were married she had persistcntly re-
fused to accept any memento whatso-
ever. After much deliberation she re-
piled:
Mister Brown, l guess that as We
feel We must be extravagant for once in
your life. Ill take the finest sprinkler
and fountain hose We car find"
So Joel bought a length Of hose and a
eilded nozzle that took her breath
way She had secretly sighed many
years for half such a length. and as she
directed the stream on the golden
uit until every orange shone like a
golden ball in It's setting of deep green,
She murmured: my. but | hope such a
length of nozzle is not sinful
However. Cordelia was Cordelia still.
md two things she would nat counten-
ancc. viz: the twirling whifling foun-
tain attachment To the wonderful hose
snd the other-Joel's colt.
Joel magnanimously changed the
first TO a steady triumphant matter-of-
fact spray. which played nightly on the
Hny lawn that was a part of the trim
glory of the place; but the colt-ah.
there was the rub, 1t was Jocl's weak
less, his one weakncss-he dotted on n
hr Of good horseflesh, and this colt
was 2 colt of pedigree. IL had a famous
racing sire. Had il been branded on its
slken coat with the word Sin il could
not have been more an object of silent
condemnation to Cordelia. To her il
was The carnal representative of the
ioinps and vanities Of this wicked
world. Joel was not unmindful of it;
bnt the colt--was the colt,
Tractablc andg gentle as a kitten. led by
. 4ittie halter it would run by the side Of
Joel. az he drove TO market. IL even
sought with soft whinny to WOO Cor
oeiia as she passed the paddock in her
clean gray dress and white cap; but
'ordelia never turned her head. Joel
smiled softly to himself. yet respected
,ordelia's notions all the same.
The colt grew apace. The neighbors.
men and women. also respected Corde-
llas notions-insomuch that the very
lew men friends of Joel would wait un-
Y she had passed on to meeting before
.hey strolled over TO Joel's to "hev a
look at that colt"
y was whilst Cordelia was away that
we colt was first 'broke into harness."
r'',ie breaking was required. for by
"o'is methods Enid" (for such was
,ne colts name) seemed to understand
" was a proud promotion and behaved
accordingly.
"hen the evening came on. after the !
NV ; work was over, Cordelia. like n
sO'urc OF placid rectitude, sat on the |
polch, the spray sprinkling the grass:
y 'hen would Joel harness the little
NV ana drive away for an hour, return
hs 70 devote himself to Ccrdelia and {
reading. by his suppressed iubi- F,
aNee cordelia knew the horse was oct.
magnifcently and realizing all
gree. sucha pedi-
Lands sake, Mis- Brown" said N,;..
"A' . neighbor with \ lisp and = sr,w /,