The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

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terested motives. Mankind at the club
assemblies and meets together to ieer
at him; his brother laughs him to
scorn; the women mistrust him. Only
many years can set him right with
them-and a man does not like to wait.
When he reforms. he wants to do it NJ
once. He has nc fancy Of wearing the
stained garb of sin until the sun of vir-
tue shall bleach it white. He would
don Immediately the snowy robe and
he made welcome among the elect.
Which may not be. If you mean to re-
form, you must go away.
Lovat grew sick of the life he had
led for ten years-ever since he had been
a pretty boy of Is, who should have beef
learning useful things. 1t had not beer
ouch a very bad life, but il certainly had
not been a good one. lie tried to do
right at home, and failed. Then he
came to the states.
Now the states-if you except, per-
haps. New York-is a place where there
are neither towns nor temptations. Over
all its broad prairies, where sleek steers
browse and gentle coursers stray, there
hangs an atmosphere of soft pastoral
virtue. There is also i'm the human heart
a true, natural goodness learned from
the unspoiled savage. There is no tit
tle-tattle, and n man is What he is. not
what he has been. They know this in
England, Just rs we in the states know
tina there is one fair-sized town in
Australia, and that all the rest is
bush"
Lovat knew it, and he also knew that
il was most true of Montana. That he
was aware OF the existence of Montana
shows that his youth was not alto
yethcr wasted. His family had some
land there. Of this family it must be
said that nothing in England is better
or older. Lovat is a name OF such lus-
ter that no bearer of it, whatever his
misbehaviors, could tarnish it. IT is
also a rich family-very rich. Wilton
ovat was the younger son, but he had
a decent fortune of his own. Therefore
he could do pretty much as he pleased,
and when he quarreled with his father
and his allowance was stopped, he didn't
care. His father argued with him per-
suasively: "Why, il you want to re-
form. can't you stay here and doit"
Because a chap can't in his own
town"
.ITe can, il he's any character"
mo. he can't"
Il say he can. What do you suppose l
lido" His voice subsidized as he con-
tcmplated himself in the pleasant light
of an example.
you didn't reform. You only mar
RED"
Which happened t. be so true that
Loyat, ST., was unable to reply. save in
the not parental fashion OF
answering the unanswerable, known to
childhood as getting even." He cut OFT
the allowance. but graciously permitted
his ungrateful son to dwell upon the
Montana lands.
Wilton went at breeding racers, as Is
the custom of Montana. He had a log
house on the ranch, and 1t was fur
nished with rough chairs and tables and
hunks, and with many sorts Of string
Instruments, and with pictures of his
family. and of some girls who had liked
him. and Of professional beauties who
We're not nearly so beautiful as his own
sisters. For his family was handsome
az well as Of great repute and rich.
There were also royal groups from the
'raphic and illustrated News on his
walls. and there were books in five diff
ferent languages.
The change was not unpleasant. He
rocked after his stock, and played the
musical Instruments, and read the
books in five languages for a twelve.
month. He decided that he was re
formed then. and began to grow tired
VI o<'ng a patriarch over his W herds