The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-07

per. when her eye icll ON this para
graph.
Mr.. Justin ID. Gye. who has within
the past five years realized fortune OF
fully million dollars from his invest
ments in western mines and real estate,
proposes TO erect magnificent house
on Gaynor HILL"
Martha looked al the title OF the pa
per- and read. The Louisborouga Ga
zette.
Its the town where father lived be
| fore he and mother were married. lam
sure that this Justin ID. eye and the
man who signed his name to that note
are the same. And he is worth mil
| lion dollars."
She took her scissors and cut out the |
| lines She had read. Then She got an old |
atlas and looked up the city Of Louis
borough.
1T must be long distance from
here" she said, with "A sigh. III II were
only nearer, | 60 believe Ia go anc re-
mind Mr. eye of his promise TO pay
and ask him if he thought IL had been
'outlawcd in the sight Of God
All day she pondered over what she
had read. Toward evening she had 10 go
down to one of the village stores. she
was passing a railroad station when an
idea suggested itself 10 her.
"I'll 90 and ask the agent II he can
tell me how far il is to Louisborough,
and how much it Will cost 10 go there
The information She received was
discouraging 1t would cost at least
twenty-five dollars.
"And that is every dollar we have in
the world" said Martha. III have to
give it up
But the more she thought about it..
= the less willing she felt TO give It up. On
!. the morning of the third day she saio
J. to her sister:
"Ann. do you think that you and the
little boys could get along without me
: for two or three days and nights II !
: got Jane Lewis. the seamstess, 10 come
I in and stay nights with you?'
I'D rather have her than anyone
Z else. But where are you going, Mar
! THAI"
= I'm going TO a place called Louis
borough on a matter OF business, sane
Martha, with an air OF importance.
= She would have liked to keep hel
/" going a secret, but this was Impossible
=, in little town like Osborne. ny IN
time she was ready TO start the entlr'
village knew where she was going ant
y with what purpose. The general opin
ion was that it was fools errand,
- but Martha was not TO be moved.
II took her day and a night to 2
&C 70 Loulsborough. She had never bee
in such large city. and the hurry an
=. hustle confused her. Some one In "
-, borne had told her to ask policema
!. how TO find Mr.. eyes house, and VINE
She saw blue-coated officer at one en-
of the station platform, she went up I
~. him and said:
- Can you tell me where Mr.. justin
IN eye lives?'
~ ..He lives three or four miles fro
here. miss, but his place OF Dusine
-. isn't m ore than five minutes walk.
-. IL don't think that i want to go
- his house. want to see him on-on
business"
Then you'd better go TO his ofiie
~ Go right up this street until you con
to X street. Half block down tn
You'll come 70 a big marble front buii
% ing. You'll find Mr.. eyes office in tn
building. Take the elevator, and
ar elevator boy will show you just whe
it is"
e.s Mar.ha's timid. forlorn appearan
~ appealed 20 this big guardian OF
~. law, and moved him to be thusexpic
IN Il was well for Martha that she
the not hear him say as she moved away
'me "What can she want with old Gy
ers' II she's on begging errand, she'd b
ms ter save her breath
les Martha easily found the mar
building. and her heart began TO nut
na' n little when she saw a shining br'
1ue' Mate at the side of the doors. with
she name Justin ID. Gye" on il in black
'oNe ters. Below the plate she rel
: ~ Rooms "a and 60
y She did not take the elevator,
~" climbed the marble stairway, and
'e"' the head Of the first flight she fo'
rooms "a and 26. with Mr. eyes ma
on both doors.
-" An almost irresistible impulse to
from the place and take the iirst "
for Osborne seized Martha. The
atmosphere OF the place chilled and
-o pressed her. It's marble splencor m
her realize her shabby appearance.
- dusty. worn old shoes looked ou'
60 place on the marble floor. The CHI
ness of her black skirt, her worn j.
: - ct and faded straw hat impressed y
=, 49, a. upon her. Her ungloved hand trem
- -. as she laid /. on the shining brass q
;rrl. knob.
In the room she entered. half d.
clerks were at their desks, and y
were other clerks in n room hey
a.. A boy in livery came forward and a
her whom she wanted to see.
oosl "Mr. eye" replied Martha
"IIe's busy" was the reply.
,.. IL could watt" said Martha.
. "IIave you a card TO send in?''
: Ina NO replied Martha. with blu
- .You.r have 10 send in your !