The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

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tr"abI-..- shs- repeated
Ne threw back the door. She stu
iiOusly avoided hooking pointedly
round but she could not help seeing
something that brushed away another
alice II the mystery-s table In the
corner by the window covered with
writing paper That's what he did
then wrote all day long He had
no carE~t down; in five minutes her
small broom had lightly fiicked round
the walls; in fiye more her long one
had gathered up the worst of the
dus, and fu-- He waited on the land
ing outside As she brushed the heap
past him he held out two coins that
had grown hot In his hand He
knew that she often thoroughly
cleaned room for fourpence.
What's that fore- she whispered,
sharply girl who seldom saw oc-
casion to whisper. Put il back. or l
Won't ask 20 do IL again You know
better--
Il know you're kind ne said again.
past a throat lump These-these
rooms soon get dirty"
They do. in six or seven weeks He
went in. the dust had subsidized She
knelt there. wringing her flannel. and
p;cturing him at the table in the cor
ner No. she should never dare to
offer TO cook him a meal Ii seemed
I the most ridiculous thing in the
world that day. but somehow. her
heart was beating faster under the
blouse that suddenly seemed too
shabby for the daylight. at the
4 thought that she had done him that
rnorsel o. good He was one Of the
men who painfully need some one to
look after them. and. in the nature of
things that some one could only be
a woman. IL was all well 70 have
broken hearts" Busy fingers are
the things = helpless man needs
And after thzt-after that Gyp. SUI
premely unconscious of her own tact,
found regular opportunities Of doing
him that little service. No one knew;
and IL he could never seem 10 find
his voice in thanks he seemed 70
know that any mention of payment
would bring the blood surging 10 her
cheeks Just as you may find fault
less kernel in fool Of husk. so you
NAV have the heart of true woman
beneath an impossible bodice GyE
= - - <hfnD IL
any one had suggested that she die
IL for love of the man Gyp nigh
have founA herself unable to an
swer
The lower door of the tenement
generally stood open One day, a
an hour when most of the occupants
were out Gyp saw q tall aristocrati'
old gentleman. with white hair firing
ing his silk hat. staring incredulousl,
in
-Do~s-does my son lodge here?
mean a Mr. Meredith" he asked
keeping back some emotion
There's one right at the top" sh
said. eyeing him doubtfully. "Yes
think he's in fifth show you"
They rent up. She pointed an
then retreated to the next landing
Not for her life could she help lis
.ening. She heard a husky Prank
and then a dull bound. as il the ma
in there had leaped conyulsively iron
his writing table And then
what. I asked you not TO try an
find me. I told you-
ny boy. I've searched all Ne'
York for you. You-here- in thi
! den. frank you know ] never mean
half of what ! said"
But you said it, was a good-foi
noshing-I could go i simply too
. YOU ut your word. Perhaps. when
can show you that I'm not SO worth
! less. In think Of coming back No
before. You mustn't come here. 70
need not worry. can exc out liz
. ing by writing. and I'm in hopes
-Bur. my boy. it's impossible-it
D starvation. Look at you now. PEI
: pie are saving I let you so to you
{ ruin--
: ITO Just the reverse. il may b
} Dad. Ii have your Obstinate hast
: spirit. that is hardly my fault ~
I had to swallow the lump. I'm quit
o comfortable here. whatever tbs plas
: is No. you had better not come II
! side You'll go back and say I'm ma
J I'm not III tell you this much:
4 his voice trembIed here-"Tve bee
: writing book-a novel I'm in hops
: IL NAV be the beginning of an end
: IL comes back-if IL fails-then L
: realize that I've made the mistake I
= my life. and may make anothe
r But IT won't I can't talk about it
a you'd never understand. You'll kno
G soon
/ NY boy. You know it will con
= tack-you know what things arr
a YOU'RE an unknown Publishers pla
X upon names nowadays; they're bour
= TO. You know well I-why, I'd ha'
: paid for it to be printed and let "
- have your fair chance You'd be &C
e tain then of getting a hearing.
r donr wish to thwart your IDEAS D.
let me pay that"
n A pause, as il he were strugghi
= against the sharpest temptation tn
= ever came to q man clutching u
. lowest rung Of that slippery iaddf