The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-03-06
Confessions of An Old Maid in
Leap Year.

wade out At least that's the way it looks to me from
nv little perch in the lemon tree.
After the narrowing episode with Jack Thornton felt
like singing ullabies to myself and going fast asleep
that couldn't hear the wedding bells if they did ring.
However reasoned that it is pretty i'll wind that lifts
the shades in nObody'S window
1t was so easy didn't have to think it out for my
self after ALL Destiny and doctor did the trick for
Of course had to have doctor to bind up my sprained
So, when Aesculapius Jr,, came just groaned with
pain although really the spran was scarcely worth men
tonng.
had taken time to get into my most fetching neglgee
before sent for the dear little M D. Was he success
at his profession? Well wouldn't have let him prescribe
for Polly that is, unless wanted her to die He was
fresh young shoot right off the college tree, and hadn't
had enough orphans yet to practice to suit me. But
the ankle didn't matter. He couldn't hurt it.
Just think of the opportunities had! Did | mention
that he was member of the house party. He was, and
with bushels Of leisure on his hands Just the thing
You should have getting and hopping around
on one foot to get up hrobbing pulse for him feel
whenever the maid to see if | could receive him!
N.Y. but feel proud of myself every time think of it.
steadily for few days Whenever he would start to 60
got to allowing the tears to fill up my appealing eyes
OF course in the process Of feeling my pulse and con.
his most Of the time. That helped some.
Anyway, thought to show him how interested l was
in his work. so begged him to lend me one of the vol
umes he studying
Next time he came told him that in addition to my
other my inferior maxiary was aching and that 1T
seemed be communicating the pain to the orbcuaris
palpebrarum. Believe me, ne nearly fell off the chair
Then bv way of reviving nim told him | having
trouble with my evator angul scapulae. Well, wasn't
my neck just stiff could be from keeping 1t IN the
same position in order to look at him?
Common gratitude ought to make him cure it. l
coughed and he said that the pecoras major also af
fected, just if knew pectorals major from corpo-
raj Of the guard. hadn't studied up on that
1 tod 5 that sSod a take Just safg o sm
was doctors wife would take pleasure in getting up
to see that he well wrapped when ne was called IN
the middle of the night.
7 caidt hat I dcitu
coffee waiting for him when he returned
Would you think it? That nearly got him started, but
not quite. He remarked that | ought to have been
doctors wife Should have beenl Ye gods! Bill was no
"has been" and she would show him!
- then sweety told him that thought the mistake most
doctors made was in taking too young a wife woman
to understand so grand a character must be older
than him. Then there such flow of winged words
and such bossomng of little owerets OF wisdom that
he then and there got down his pateas to mehgura-
tvey yet.
Julius was small and slightly stopped and had weak
eyes, He would have had mustache, only there no
encouragement for to grow on that stretched shiny skin
Oh, forgot that hadn't told you his name. 1t was
julius Alberts STILL unless he sgoing under an alias
to hide from me. began calling him julius and asked
him to call me Bill Well, he the hardest fish to catch
that had yet within the sphere of my influence and
| saw that something desperate must be done
He was called back to town and came to make me
farewell call. You may believe it or not but just went
il the pretiest spell of compton fits you ever saw
II teria wasn't in it, cung to him and refused to let
him go. told him that could not part with him; hat
the trusting tendris of my heart had SO wound around
HIM that to separate us was to tear them out by the roofs
thought could scare him into promising to marry me
to get me quiet knew if he ever promised could man
age him. What did want with husband under such
circumstances? Why surely didn't neglect to tell you
about the old maid who intends to leave him barrels
of money, did |?
just wanted go at one of the barrels, that's all
But must finish my story. Failure was not IN my dc
tonary, but didn't know just which way to turn. 1t
was hc labor, hoe opus" for Bill So decided to try
another round of the hystera back to get good
start and howed and kicked till they heard me downstairs
That's just what was fishing for wanted witnesses;