The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-01
eoasters.- explained Harvey. III

The doctor promptly ordered the
girl 10 remove her mother and then
with our assistance sci the broken
bone, bound up The leg and gave The
patient light injection of mor-
phine By this time tbs old lady
had recovered and was back again.
The doctor treasured her IN few
words and cautioned against dis
turbing the sleeper
Let HIM sleep a. loDs as hes~hi, =
he said, and III have hlIn about ~
q fortnight"
"A fortnight" exclaimed the
mother Why. what will become Of
the farm: He IVES getting In the
hay when the horse SHE'D, and he
went under the rake aud was hurt.
We cannot do that work. Clsmmie
can only look after the cows and
chickens and the garden, and I'm
too frail 10 help her. OBJ, Dave, II
We should lose you"-turnins to
the bed-''it would be all over"
The alacrify With which Harvey
and | offered 10 remain on the scene
and play farm hands until Dave was
we'll Was, ! thought, only equaled BY
Clemmie's secondlns Of the prsposl
ton, and We stayed
Those three weeks-lt was three
before Dave could walk-were
beautiful Arcadian drean-s breath
Of life We had never known before.
Ii was all novelty, all interest To US,
and Clemmie WAS IA most excellent
instructress in the gent art VI
farming Every night vheq We had
done milking the cow. Riding and
watering the stock and-all the other
hundred things that rusties have 10
do Harvey world say
There ls 40 getting around 1t,
you've got 10 write pastoral play
for me when We get where there are
pen and ink. il after this | can't
out Whitcomb Whitcomb and out
Prouty Prouty | want to know why"
And it seemed like dropping the cur
tain on the prettiest sort Of q play
when one sunny August Morning
We rolled our wheels out and point
Cd them toI Plttsfield The trio Of
the old house stood "a the quaint
little roTch and watched Us oil up
and make ready Dave Was just
atls 10 te about and help himself.
There were tears IN the old mothers
ewes when she held our hands and
said
"Goodby. nv sons, and God be
with YOU You have helped him to
save my Dave and he Will bless you
for il l'ye always heard that ac-
tors and newspaper men were very
bad indeed, but I'll never believe it
again. Goodby." And then Dave,
on Clemmie's arm, hobbled down to
the old vine wound gate, and there
We left them standing in the shadow
Of the great elms and waving q part
ing that We had promised should
not he for long
Neither vi Us had much 10 say -
We ghded along at the foot Of tho
emerald hills, and, for my part,
tears would have come easier than
words.
THAT was al odd remark Of
Clemmie's this morning" said Har-
vey at length, about losing a ring
and making Us all swear to return
il when found"
81 thought 50 at the time" AL
swered.
just then lie Owed into his coat
pocket and, producing a cigarette
case, opened il with an exclamation
Of surprise
What's wrong" queried, rid
ing alongside. In reply he held out
the case, and there on the cigarettes
lay Clemnie's little turquoise ring
"Shall YOU keep your promise 2"
| asked.
"Of course" said he, fastening
the jewel securely on his watch
chain. "Of course | will-but, say,
you might postpone writing that
pastoral play for me until l return
the ring. There may be = new sug
pestion for Won"