The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-30

NEVER. thought Bessie Ayres, had
IN he been in so unpleasant a
predlcAment. Her purse was gone:
ii Was not in her mun. nor yet
in either pocket of her jacket.
When. where or how she had
lost il she had not the least idea; not
that that mattered much. except the
disagrccable fact that she was in the
street car. miles from home. with the
rain outside falling in n steady drizzle,
AMI that she had not five cents where
with 10 pay her fare. What could she,
What would she do?
"Nill the conductor put me off?" she
said o herself, ''or Will he trust me for
my fare, if promise to mail IL to him
as soon as / get home. He must know
papa by name" and then she thought
that if he doubted her honesty in one
respect. he would do so in all. and
might not believe that she was Judge
Ayres' daughter. well. he may put
me of II he likes. l can go TO drug
store and telephone for cab" Then
her face grew blank with the recollec-
ton that in order TO telephone she
must have twice the amount needed
for car fare. As the thought drove her
sense Of helplessness home afresh. she
looked up invoiuntarily and caught
two blue-gray eyes fixed on her. and
tMinking with amusement. She turned
pink with vexation. Thinks it funny,
does he?" she thought. II just wish
be were in my place."
The young man. standing near,
looked away instantly. When he
boarded the car Bessie had at once at
trac.cd ni- attention as an unusually
pretty girl. and he had watched the
little pantomime with interest. think
ing. meanwhile. that he had rarely seen
50 expressive face.
Poor little girl" he thought. pity
ingly. "She looks as though she ex
pecied TO be arrested. Evidently she i:
not used TO taking care of herself; be
lated by accident. no doubt, or has hat
her pocket picked"
The fash Of resentment which III
her eyes. as they caught his, confirmec
his IDEAS rs to her social standing. an1
completed his amusement at hei
plight. lie turned his back and faces
the conductor. who was rapidly ap
preaching. The sound of the bell. a
the fares were rung up. Jared Bessie
nerves.
"Fare,-
She parted her lips. but before sh
could speak: 1.-Two" said her neigh
Dor. handing the man n dime, and tn
dreaded crisis was past.
For a moment Bessie fancied tina
the conductor had overlooked her i
the crowd--the car was packed to tn
utmost. Nor was II until she saw tn
stranger. whose observation had an
noyed her. making his way towards tn
other end Of the ear. that. finding hir
alone. she understood that he had pal
for her as the other one of the two.
The discovery not only found her ur
grateful. i, filled her with indigns
ton. The one thing needed 10 con
pete her annoyance was that youn
man. with whom she was totally unas
quaInted. should treat her as an oil
iect Of charity. How dared he do sue
hing? Fortunately she remembers
that there was still something worse
~ make scene and call public after
ton 10 the fact. She had no choice br
70 ignore the transaction and appea
unconscious of the mans existenc
She knew that her checks were burr
Ing. but she clcnchcd her hands insit
her muff and looked neither TO III
right nor 10 the left.
Bessie had always been quick-ter
rered. As small girl, when she q
INTO a passion, her mother used
make her repeat poetry until 81
quieted down. She had kept up q
practice. Of herself. in later year