The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-16

stones directed my attention Sc hs
street. What | sasv there kept me
rooted ~ the spot. 4 great yellow
coach with large. hcraiiic embllzon-
mcnts. driven hy a whitc-wigged coach
man, had drawn up in front Of No. 10,
The powdered man holding on behind
jumpe, down and gave n knock that
brought Tie rest 81 the Row 70 It's par
lor windows IN time 70 see the most
Obvious dowarcr duchess disappear
through the doorway. What could II
mean? Had some dame of high estate
heard u their snfrerings. and called 10
play the part ~ Lady I;ountiful? Then
remembered that from BESSIE : attic
couid be obtained a capital view Of the
new tenants first iloor front, and
caught suddenly by a irenz, u curios-
ity. binding me 10 all sense Of derency.
| scampercd up the stairs and arrived
AZ the attic window az tie moment
when the strange visitor was crossing
the threshold Of the room where |
guessed the invalid lay. From where !
stood / saw the poor little white figure
spring up on her couch. eyes wide. pale
lips parted as though She behcld a
vision: then fan back on the instant
among her pillows, hiding her face in
her hands. Another moment, and the
visitor was by the bedside, bending
over her. and what followed came 20
me as a blurred tangle Of caresses and
emotion, in which the men standing on
the other side of the bed was also IN
cluded. Then / turned away, startled
suddenly into propriety by the con-
seriousness of tears running down b.:
face.
A week later the great yellow car.
riagc drove up for the last time before
the door at No. 10. where its daily APP
/, pearancc in the interval had gone far
/. 10 compensate the Row for what ii had
: undergone at the hands of the new
I. tenants. The dowager sailed in in her
( usual rustling state. and returned sup
! porting a bundle of shawls, out OF
: which peeped a familiar. pathetic LITTLE
face. The husband followed behind
. and the faces of all three shone like sun
n shine after rain as they entered III
coach and clattered out of High Row
Neither Of the pair gave Us so ~ "a
/, a backward look. but the little maid-of
all-work. experimenting the lading o
n a -fv'' with portmanteaus belonging q
a her master, cried miserabiy on III
Il doorstep.
And that was the end Of it. and we o
the Row were decidedly out OF concei
II with ourselves and with one another
a II had been n variation on the theme {
Alfred and the Oakes. and we had di'
:, tinpuished ourselves in the part of N
neatherd's wife. when a little more di
T, cernment might have placed Ms IN re-
N mancnt touch with the British arlsto'
racv. For. although we Were neverab.
- 10 learn the whole OF the story. the fa'
i Of the intimate connection OF the coup
with that august body was establish.
beyond a doubt. But by tacit consei
4, mention was rarely made Of them
I, our ncighborly talk. They had bes
The means ~ dispelling our illusions
!, to the unerring character Of our !
~ s,incts and perceptions. and the subJe
remained = painful one
- ] cncc saw the girl again. hut only {
n a ! had gone 10 stay with
y, friend in London. and we had walk
\. one afternoon TO the park to watch y
carriages returning from the drawn
Ii room. She was in one Of them. state
M but radiant. in noddiug feathers ~
flashing Jewels. \ princess every IN
81 her. How could I'VE have misre'
I. the signs? Our eyes met. a look
recognition crept into hers. then :
turned away with a flush and a lit
toss ri the head. They had understo'
~ Ms. then. and our attitude Of hostiii
!, and had resented il anu been panied
= Il. while appearing TO ignore ~
" wished She could have known how nc
u had once been 10 holding out my han
4. and my eyes filed with tears, VIII
owed none Of their bitterness to I
fact that il was a noble lady who h
lust given me the cut direct. For
lru the | could think Of nothi
ae' but the lost opportunity Of hum
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