The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-12-28
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nm hia way home. He was not hurry
an1 home: indeed, he was proceeding
rather leisurely for man VINO nao
been married only six months Du'
John was meditating. and wheh
man meditates and walks at the same
time he generally forces his feet 10
keep pace with his thoughts Il
John had just parted from crowa
nj his old friends Of bachelor days such
dear old fellows don't mean GEAR
old bachelors. but dear old friends, lot
John was only IS, and none OF ms
tr,ends were much older than himseil.
They had given him such cordiai
Invitation to go with them 10 the
,ooms of the Bachelors club; they
were such jolly good fellows SO iree
and easy and so utterly devoid OF
care. that they made John feel as
though he were one OF them again,
ana the parting from them had caused
his thoughts to meander slowly PACK
20 the time when he was one OF tnem'
John was thinking Of those sweet
aid DAYS OF bachelorhood, when ne
didn't have to go home early al
night: when it didn't really matter
much whether he went home az al,
He was thinking OF the wonderiu,
1ames of poker he used to pay anu
the funny stories that were SO oiten
related at the club. but he was think
ing more particularly OF the boys
who were up there now, celebrating
another anniversary Of its birth-or
.uppose I say its origin; clubs cannot
hoast Of parentage. He was think
ing OF the rare old wines that were
being drunk and the fragrant door OF
~. ;mported Havanas. He was think
irO Of the various ridiculous resoiu-
t;ons that were being made. and ne
.m;led as he thought how recklessiy
they would be broken.
A wear ago he was a member OF the
Bachelors club, and year ago re
rad repeated, for the fourth time, his
ironclad oath to always remain q
member OF the Bachelors CLUB. bu'
/. year works many wonders. creates
many changes, and makes many mar
riages.
When John took his fourth iron
clad oath. year ago. to the enec'
that .be would live and die bache
Tor" that "he preferred single bless
.dres. 10 married cussedness.' ant
that n wife. next to'a mother-ih-ia"
WINS q nuisance around the house. %
was perfectly honest in what he saio
hut six months had hardly passed be
fore he had "fallen like other fools,
as his bachelor chums expressed ~
or course IL was hard blow to IN
fraternity. for John was one OF II
charter members and stanchest sur
porters; but the club rallied, passe
red-hot resolutions, and posted
uemorial: ITO the memory OF g
uarted brother" on its bulletin-boar
and rocked along just as usual, VIII
out the presence Of Mr.. John kimoa'
Now. John Kimball wasn't d.
praved man by any meanS-wome
think all clubmcn like wine and care
b.,ter than women, and are, Their
fore. bound to be depraved; john
uniting himself in marriage 10
woman. had shown, much to the Oh
gust OF his club-mates, that ne pr
Serred the society of a woman to Il
society Of his friends and wine al
cards.
But recollections Of old time
brought so forcibly TO his mind a
remembrances OF fond ties, so recer
II broken. brought him to poi
where he found himself-like ma
men before himdebating questi
that ahould have been settled forev
hong before he took unto himself
wife, namely, which did he love be
his wife or his club? He loved
home and he adorcd the little WON
who presided over IL and endeavor
with ali her might, to make It
happiest. dearest place on earth
him, but he could not Danish from
mad the sweet recollcctions OF