The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-23
why CONNIE STONE
CHANGED HER MIND
Chance Remarks Heard in a
Bride Path Unite Two
Loving Hearts.

eral miles before it took a sudden. III
expected turn and wandered oil
through the deep woods to the rive
and the bridge.
connie Stone rode dreamily alon;
the bride path, her brown eyes fxet
on the green perspective ahead. From
the highway came the sound of swift
~ nying moter cars and the rumble o.
carriage wheels to the accompaniment
OF horses hoofs.
1t would be lovely If 1t were not
Tor the noises from the road" sighed
connie at last. She flicked Brown
Den ilShtly so that they would reach
me turn in the path and ride toward
the river.
An, wish something might hap
pen-sometbing perfectly lovely!" she
signed again. MY life is so cut and
dried-plenty of money and even my
future husband selected for me, If
uncle Remus had only spared me that.
Inc very fact that am bound to mar
~ Phil Barring has prejudiced me
against him. [ can't bear him wish
he would go away!"
Ihls unhappy victim of match-mak-
ing parents and a worldly old uncle
ana guardian sulked openly as she
RODE along. for now her grievance
against the world in general, and Phil
Barring In particular, quite overpow-
ereo her delight in the fresh morning
air.
A saddle girth had slipped and Con-
ME alighted and bent to tighten Il.
AS she did so, standing there I'm the
green-Drown woods only a stones
throw from the highway, she heard a
r.otor car jar to a sandstill close at |
hand and two feminine voices engag.
ed III conversation.
and We all think 1t was per-
lectly horrid of old Remus Barrie to
agree with the girls parents that
"nen Phil was twenty-five he should
marry the girl. No, I've never seen
aer, out you may take it for granted
mat she's a fright, Adelel If she
were not her parents wouldn't have
been to such pains to marry her off"
ana SO Phil isn't quite happy over
L.! asked a lazily amused voice.
Wretched! Why-you know. nv
lear, It's no secret that he's breaking !
us neart over little me-and there's +,
nat fright of an heiress standing Iil,e
mountainous wall of money bags be- :
Ween us. or course, Phil couldn,t
marry me without some of his faith.
fortune-and there you are" ,
POOR Elizabeth" derided the voice =
Adele. IF you only knew Phil Bar. =
1g was free to marry. you wouldn't :,
are two pins for him!"
"Adelei"
And so he has poured out his
'oubles to your" = {,
No. He isn't that sort and VIZ, u
now 1t, Adele. Only he looks mis-. -
able and l understand the reason" =,
me motor suddenly started nois- -
ana drew away from the snot =,
mere Connie Stone stood, a Grim y,
'hea. paipitating eavesdropper. With -,
swift movement she pulled ONT q =.
I'D vanity case and scanned her re- -
'ction In the little mirror. o
She saw blushing face framed in - -
mist OF Jet black hair. brown eves -
IN goiden specks in them. a perfect -
Sc and mouth and white chin with n.,
deep dimple. WI
nIf he
III she calls me a fright 7 wonder An
lat she looks like," exclaimed the -
iignant Miss Stone, and she mount cir
Brown Ben and flashed down the ~
die path u
As she rode along the leafstrew, cid
y she thought of her first meetino ar.
III PhlI Barring. He had returned IN G
m long residence abroad and al
ugh he was a very grave GOOD n,
hihs young man without much to
Tor himself, Connie had mistaken
silence for awkwardness and she An
angry with him from the bepin.
g.
men ne did try to be agreeable
displayed some admiration for "A
cousin who was to be his brido Ing
nile became contrary and err.tio ter
&c, MOODS. Somehow she felt that ecu
admiration was affected. He was que
ng 10 play his part. Ii
nd all the time he was IN love the
horrid creature named Eliza. ter
l. VINO shrieked when she talked wat
onnie could have spared bersal, the
quaims-he was not in love with the
he was miserable at the idea of Grin
loreordained marriage. He was ever
Apply. was the
hate him." cried co,,,o Alth
around the sharp bend away from serv
nign road and into the stiffness Of two
thick woods. denc
re the trees grew gnarled and nm. oDta
ely. bending down from the HIGH thes'
y banks on both sides to form, and
Is overhead. A scarlet tanager one
ca across the road and made a w
OF gorgeous color against the
n tree trunk by z
hermit thrush sang f-ov, herd.
N covert and thrill OF unear,b. rive
pplneSS was In his tap5o- cOrdi