The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
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The maid OF honor settled herself In y
the carriage with a great hutter OF A
laces and chiffon and gave long sign =
Wasn't Cora Just the loyeliest bride y
you ever saw" she demanded breath =
lessly OF the Gall young man VINO
climbed in after her. {
"She was certainly winner, admit
ted the young man. 1T made me KIND :
OF blue. though, ushering for Toms !
wedding. tell youl He's the best !
ever and | hate TO lose him!
Lose him?" cried the maid OF honor
IL think it's perfectly hateful Tor
mans friends to act as IL he had been
snatched from them eternally by a
cruel fate, just because he marries
nice girl and settles down. It's
"Oh. | don't mean it that way" pro
tested the tall young man. I'm not
down on matrimony. | think ! was
blue because IL wasn't my wedding
If"
Aren't you frighuully tired?' broke
in the maid OF honor hurriedly. i am
standing up at that reception TOT |
three hours straight, | can't imagine
why Aunt Matte went home without
mel"
81 hope" said the young man, stiiiiy'
"you don't think ! forced myself on
youl Cora's mother asked me TO take
you safely home"
"Oh." said the bridesmaid, with equal
haughtiness, Il knew, of course, II was
something like that. knew you
never would condemn yourself 10 an
, hours ride with me unless you simply
. couldn't get out of it. I'm very sorry
; you should be so bored"
Now Genevieve." said the young
. man, don't be so foolish. You kno"
. perfectly well I'm not bored
Il icily. that was the real troubie-ny
n constitutional foolishness! That was
.. why YOU discovered it was all mis-
N take"
- az" cried the usher IF it WASH
> YOU who broke of our engagement ran
he and square I'd like TO have some one
w point out to me what really happened
ut II thought you wanted II broker
~. on" said the maid OF honor.
80 clad il wasn't announced and noDou.
knew II. I'd hate so to put you =
any trouble or annoyance. AS IL
ne nobody is the wiser. | don't suppos
ny Cora's mother realized she was pickln
ad ont the one girl in all the world 20
ma disliked most for you TO escort nom
I'm Isn't it funny"
perfectly killing" said the youn
man. ct makes me feel about as muc
o's like laughing as funeral would ~
= a shame. too, when the best man oD'
DUSK was yearning for my chance.
why didn't you give II 10 MI
urn them" inquired the maid OF none
lner smoothly.
lish Great gunsi" breathed the ush'
.syou don't really care anything abo
,une Tad Kirby. do you? He hasn't enou
es brains to put In peanut shen' III
: toe his money. He"
q Of "your temper certainly hasn't
the nroved any" broke in the maid
,ccur honor. "You haven't particle OF RI
10 object to Tad's paying me attehti'
e OF II choose to let him.
most "I'm quite well aware OF that.
a. it the young man. stormily
,cing "Well." said the maid of honor
doesn't make any difference to you
k of in can't worry you much
y That's all you know about II.
,Ling tho usher "Why-if things ha'
zone 10 smash we-you and Two
be having our wedding just at
now"
Think of it," cried the maid
iccus honor. interestedly. Think
II one vou'ye escaped. and thank fate y
nense Ali vour best friends might be slgl
TOOK over YOU as you just sighed over
piece and mourning because they had
ilas ISL YOU, AS il is. you are sale ana
VIII cued and entirely free!
aneSl .Tm glad you can be so philos
his is ,oai@ ala the Young man. at 81
:. -, reallv didn't care much If you
consider The affair so lightly. Not
ed exnected your heart would be bro
- ..,. hut I thought possibly you might
,atarrh lsttle tender feeling for what IS
and In and for what might have been
, inter There was a little silence as
oa anu rolled along. lheh the maui Va
nv one spoke casually. ,
nv Tor .Neither Tom nor Cora seemed
IL is scared At the wedding" she said
'mbned never saw people beam as they
airsc ,I, Thev really seemed happy.
lat pro when the young man spoke MS
ing Ca nos eruY mot half" he said
:, happy as you and would have b
TO- - things hadn't gone wrong Oh,
tipation ,,,ave-I can't stand IL any 10
rsn,t there a chance for us to 20
IN the beginning and start all
ra men again.
football The maid OF honor Was - ."
her ridiculous handkerchief.
ambu. ,boueht." she gasped, "I'd just d.
evening. | was so miserable. ID
really care?'
THANK heaven. Cora's mothe
II only p eneu ,he voung man. som
Oi'AN' indistinctly. !,
For the first time the maid OF
laughed. a choked. hys'erical
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satlsfac- laush' So 81 asLed her toi'
shoes by she contesseu.
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