The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-24

thought would help her-at least whe
could do 20 IL they chose Among them
was Mrs r., frivolous. newly
married woman who had never been
suspected of ever having had q sober.
serious impulse, but who was warm
hearted and lovsble and happened TO bt
first ON my list. With this dismissed
the matter for time from my mind.
NJ we are all wont to do with things
that are narrowing. contenting our.
selves with . word or promise Of posi-.
BILE aid. like the man who always look.
ed upon . debt ~ paid and canceled
after having given his note for the Oh.
legation. i CHANGED TO call ON Mira
X. some time after. and what attracted
my attention first in the drawing room.
after the lovely countenance Of the host
ess, was an antique empire cabinet sur.
mounted by bust Of Napoleon and in.
side the identical Sevres
Surely the stone that the builders re-
jected had become the head of the cor
ner. / curbed my curiosity until the
other visitors were gone, and then, over
q cup Of tea, asked and heard the story.
1T vas one day last week." said
Mrs. H. George was home to lunch
con- You know made him promise be-
forehand that he'd always come home
to luncheon unless was going out.
Well, George was home and brought
papa with him, and then they were 60
ing to directors meeting-do have a
rose leaf; Fred sent them from New
York-of some new company they have
just organized. Papa is president and
there's ever so much capital behind it..
Their Offices are lovely in the Altruria
buildinR-you know those new corpora
tions always have such fine offices.
Don't You like flowers? Try nougat.
OF course they were talking business,
and when some one came was glad to
get out and let them finish alone.
Here was this pitiful little woman,
quite handsome at one time, / should
say. but faded and out Of style Why,
knew she was in trouble before she
spoke, for no pretty woman would wear
such clothes unless she had to, and
guess, after all, I was sorrier for her on
that account than anything else. Yes
and when she showed me that china
now, don't know anything about such
things and just have more glass and
china than there are places to put it;
people send so many of those things for
presents now-well. / told her didn' (
need any Dishes but il there was any
thing else l could do Just then papa
came in, and in q minute he was wild
He didn't see the lady or anything else,
but just those dishes. Why. it's royal
6evres! Where did it come from? It's
100 years oldr he cried, and he exam.
ined the painting and the mark-water-
mark, l believe, isn't it? When he had
finished his ecstasies. explained the
lady wished to sell it. He was aghast.
To sell such treasure for $25 was rank
robbery. why, DON Z you know they are
priceless?' he exclaimed
II never saw anything get the better
Of papa's business Judgment before. He
asked how she came to want to part
with them, and she told us. oh, the most
pitiful story. Her husband was out Of
and they had suffered
everything for months; didn't have
enough to eat, suppose. I never knew
that kind Of refined people could get 20
poor. Papa bought the china for part Of
my New Years gift. don't know how
much he gave. You can't ask about q
present And George gave her an ad-
dress and told her to have her husband
call at the Office In the morning.
never was 80 happy in my life. After
the men and the little woman were gone
! had q good cry. was in the midst Of
Il when DR.. d. called, and Of course
! had to tell him why was crying and
everything. He was 20 interested. and
he had curious look on his face and
said: Thy ways are not our ways. MIRA
R., your father Is the best man
ever knew And you know papa isn't .
church member at all; hardly ever goes
to church.
Hes very able man, the little wo-
mans husband, George says. They put
him into the Office Of the company and
think OF making him manager after the
first Of the year. He told George that
his wife 10 all that saved him in his
trouble, and she sees good in it all and
says their trials only made them nearer
to each other and that won't know
what love is until trouble comes and we
fight it down together. We've talked Of
IL since. It's curious how she happened
TO come to rs. 1t seems az il something
must have sent her at last, doesn't it?"
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