The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-27

Once. indeed, Johanna had taken
all three Of the children TO town;
but Pauline had been in school that
day, aud had missed seeing the sharer
OF her wardrobe. The visit was not
repeated, for the strain on the rickety
wagon had been so great that eau
tious Johanna would not risk sec
ond time. The day came, however,
when Pauline met Johanna's daugh-
ter under somewhat unusual circum-
stances.
The summer that Pauline was 10
years old she was rejoicing in new
bicycle. SO, too, was her brother,
Gordon; but Gordon would have re- |
ioiced much more heartily il Mrs. |
Winthrop had not insisted that he
should take daily ride with his sis
ter. who, Of course, could not be per-
mitted to- ramble about the country
alone. As Gordon expressed IL. he
hated to go poking about with
girl that had not wind enough 20 ride
uphill. and was scared to ride down.
Still. under her brothers somewhat
unwilling tutorship, Pauline was daily
becoming more and more proficient
| Before the summer was over she
could follow Gordon over the winding,
thread-like paths at the edge of the
roadside, and she had learned to
scramble to her feet without brother
IN assistance after the most humiiiat-
ing tumbles.
Within the city limits Gordon al
WAYS ignored his sister. and pretend
ed that she did not belong To him.
With his head up and his arms folded,
and with a most exasperating ex-
preston of lofty superiority on his
boyish face, he would ride for miles
along n smooth road without touch
ing his handle bars, and without .
backward glance at his charge.
Pauline, short of breath. pedaling
with might and main, and clutching
{ her handle bars with vise-ike grip,
! would follow meekly along, block
: behind her lordly companion. Some
I times Pauline could not help wishing
1 that Gordon would run over some
the objects that seemed to have sue
! an irresistible attraction for her OWL
1 wheel, but he never did
HONeNtT, sllct utP"as>e "'-~
I returned together, Mrs. winthrop wal
"a satisfied. il the children were not
d and Gordon and Pauline continued u
c take their daily ride after this I'm
congo NAL fashion.
. One day they determined to ex
I, plore a hitherto untried route. a
e five o'clock Gordon's cyclomeser san
that they were ii miles from towr
= while Pauline's stated with equa
f. positiveness that the distance was :
At miles. As neither cyclometer eve
IL told the exact truth, however, tn
TO Young people knew only that the
&c were far from home and that III
Tn wind had sud,.c My turned cold.
re AS usual, Gordon kept ungailantl
:, far in advance of his plodding siste
C Pauline was so occupied with follow
IN ing the deyiations of steep. tortuot
&c path that she failed 10 notice whis
at turn her brother had taken where Il
us roads forked.
Dsmounting. Pauline found IAN
II traces of wheel tracks along BOZ
as roads. but one seemed more tra'ei'
of than the other, and Pauline natural
as selected it.
10 At first she found it all uphill al
NV very sandy Pushing her wheel l
ar fore her, she laboriously climbed Z
ed hill. At the top she mounted san
ed down e. steep incline, flashed rou
en- a sharp curve. and plunged head III
on into stagnant pool. which fortuna'
'o- ~ was not deep
Is. Drenched TO the skin. and cover
iat with unpleasant. green slime. fauii
drarpcd herself and her wheel up I
uid muddy bank and looked up and do
iui the road for her brother.
the Gordon" she called. 20, Gord'
- Gordon."
or There was no reply. for Gordon j
ma taken the other road. ana finding
ca" smooth and level. was SAILING roU
its pleasant curves. happy in the :
10 position that his long-suffering sis
NJ was following at a respectful
lance.
On Pauline wrung the water from
dripping skirts as she stood shi'er
" hv the roadside. She felt that tn
oior was little use in making plans.
re- could neither walk nor ride, for
the front tire Of her bicycle showed
uon ugly cash. and something was wr'
with one of her knees.
-. At first there was no sign Of liz
either direction. Pauline was be:
ming to wonder II she was 10 be
~. 10 starve by the roadside when
~ saw n cloud Of dust at the top OF
~ hill. From il there emerged prese'
Po- a black -and-white object. that. a
approached. seemed strangely Ia
~ lar. although for a moment ihe
-, ~ could not place it,. Then. with a
',,a of JOY. she recognized Johanna
sens unmisiakable horse.
~. 20 Mrs. Hansen" cried Pa"l
80 ..have you seen my brother"
AL. We'll, | tank / don't know het
go said Johanna. with her kindly ~
,.as. ish voice, that seemed sweeter
her music to the girl at that moment
,t;on 20 yes. you do. Gordon Win'h
~. YOU know. I'm Pauline You've
ard MS lots Of times"
ri in my gracious! l not know 20