The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-02

'"1Ich "hleh shut Ia one side OF bis
garden.
! am here TO listen TO whatever
u pleasen you 10 tell me, madam" he
I said
Something In HIS attitude made her
lay her hand timiily on his arm.
Wolt you please look at me?" sue
asked.
the parson turned In his chair and
looked her fun in the eyes. And
tneraat her own averted themselves.
ana when she spoke again IL was she
who looked away, and not the man.
want to tell You something" she
said, hesltatlngly. has 1t eyar
struck you that am placed in a POSI-
lion OF great difficulty? am very
young, very rich. and-a woman
Ought not | to have some one upon
whom could depend for guidance and
help multiplication? | mean-ougl II
| not 10 marry?"
1T is the apparent end Of the con.
ditions. madam"
You think that a great heiress
must marry? So everybody seems tc
think And there are SO many gen.
temen who wish 10 marry me, Mr.
Joyce; you yourself know of several
do you not? Which would you advise
me TO accept-for. indeed, they poster
my l!fe OUT"
Madam" said the parson. hurried
~ lin a matter like that-in a mat
ter Ike that, ! say cannot counsel
IT'S a matter for your own heart,
only"
Heart? All, IL then you would
counsel me TO marry for-lovei"
1T should be the basis OF every
marriage. madam" answered Parson
Joyce
May tell you something's" she
whispered. Il am in lovel OH
| never. never thought II could be-
anything like il is. i suppose no won
an ever was so much. so happily in
love as |, and 1T has made mel do
not know what it has made me. except
that ! love the world because OF it
man, the trees and flowers, everything"
1T is true love, madam that works
these changes" said the parson very
quietly. You should thank heaven
for It."
She flashed swift eyes, with a CLINT
of tears in them, on him for a second
But | dol" she cried "All day
long, and whenever wake in the
night And yet she paused as Il
veil of sadness spread itself across her
face.
Yes. madam" said the parson.
II do not know If my love is re-
turned" she whispered.
Parson Joyce drew a long breath
The gentleman" he stopped.
Then he has not spoken to your" he
added, lamely
"Of love? Not one world" she an
swercd Sometimes / Think think
he cares for me. and sometimes fear
he does not May | tell you about
him?-it will be such a relief, be-
cause have no one whom may tell
but you"
The parson bowed his head Human
feeling was rapidly thawing the priest
within the man; he felt now as II
he were the brother OF this radiant
yonug creature,
"will he not speak," he said.
"He has not spoken
~ have heard" said Parson Joyce,
that there are ways by which a man
in these cases may be made TO speak"
The girl shrugged her shoulders and
made a little grimace
II wish | knew them" she said.
"Tne gentleman is. perhaps, poor?"
"In the eyes OF the world, yes"
And. possibly, proud?'
with the pride of true man"
1T might seem pretentious on his
part to seek your hand, madam"
Il believe, upon nv soul, it IS some
such nonsense as that which fills his
head." she exclaimed. tapping her
toe against the fender
but, madam" Parson Joyce in his
agitation rose and stood before her
with clasped hands Consider the
feelings OF a poor gentleman. who,
maybe, loves and adcres you with all
his heart. but who judges it pre-
sumptuous-'
"Presumptuous? OH" she said.
Il have no patience with such silli-
ness. The mere fact that | love hin
makes him far above me-
ut seems to me- madam" said Par
son Joyce. that there is but one way
out Of the difficulty" lie faced her
fair and square in the determined
way in which he always stood in his
pulpit. and she looked up at him, and
Immediately looked elsewhere. III the
gentleman cannot be brought to de.
clare h!s love, and his love is so ncces.
sary to your happiness
"Yss." she murmured. 1T is-it has
come TO be my life
"And If you feel assured that he is
keeping silent because he fears to be
thought presumptuous-'
Eyes. yes-I know it ia So"
Then" said Parson Joyce, you
must tell him of your love for him