The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-05-21
MARRYING ROYALTY
So Carl SAID When He Welded
The Queen OF Cooks.

Mrs. Bliss came into the day nur.
sery. her large rosy face growing a
deeper pink with the exertion OF
elm bling the stairs To the third floor.
Good morning. Miss Newton" she
smiled at the little nursery governess
who was sitting with Bobby in the
window seat. Il wonder II you and
Bobby wouldn't like TO play today .
We are going TO picnic at the pine
grove and"
"Oh. mother-honey Bobby flung
his sturdy self at his parent. viii
there be lemonade and chicken sand
wiches? And can | wear my new
white Tommy Tucker SUITE"
Yes, 10 everything. laughed Mrs
Bliss. kissing him and moving toward
the door. Can you be ready in IS
minutes. Miss Newton?"
OF course We can, Mrs Bliss We
wouldn't miss a picnic for the world.
would We. Bobby? o. She jumped Up
and put away books and toys. Come
! childie"
They danced down the corridor 10
/ Bobbys room where nurse quickly
/ put him into the much-admired suit
I In the meantime Beth Newton
brushed her red-brown hair and
slipped into a dainty pale blue ging
ham frock. then the girl and the little
boy went sedately downstairs TO the
/ front yeranda where three motor cars
were waiting for the merry house
party that had filled the Bliss coun-
I try home for ten days
Some OF the girls and women came
up and spoke TO Bobby and nodded
kindly 10 the little governess. one
of them. Miss Nugent. tall, graceful.
and carelessly kind in her manner.
introduced Beth right and left. until
presently the girl found herself in
tim. conversation with Mr.. Carl Bel
lew so many times millionaire
that no one troubled to remember ex-
acty how many dollars there we're
and only recalled that he was just as
nice as IL he didn't have a penny.
At last they were OF. Beth and
Bobby tucked away in the tonneau
of the last car with Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell, the footman and the lunch
baskets which overlooked on TO the
running boards and the luggage car
riers.
This is jolly" cried Bobby en-
Enthusiastically as they swept out OF
the driveway and turned up the road
that led TO the Pine Mountain
Beth smiled absently. Perhaps she
was thinking that it might have been
pleasanter il she had been in one OF
the other large cars among that
merry crowd Of girls and young men.
But she chided herself sharply for the
monetary discomfort and was soon
her own accustomed happy self. en-
joying the unexpected holiday to the
utmost
At the pine grove the picnic
hampers were unloaded James, the
footman, built a fire and was then
allowed 70 return home with the
machines. They were TO come for
the picknickers at shutdown. one
can't have a jolly picnic with serv-
ants around" Mrs Bliss had de-
cided
Leaving the fire TO take care of
itself the party trooped through the
pines TO the glade where a waterfall
tumbled among the brown rocks. An
acrid smell OF burning brought them
running to the campfire
The fire had overcrept the bounda-
~ Of nunfrrffro apd hra a
licked it's way among the pine needles
until il reached the four large
hampers.
There was nothing left OF the
food save blackened remnants, and
OF the hampers there remained only
charred spinters. As the picknick-
ers reached the scene the last soda
water bottle exploded with a sicken.
ing report.
Seven miles from anywhere, :"
groaned Mrs Bliss.
And not a thing TO eat" added
Mitchell blankly.
Or to drink" mourned Mr. Mitch
ell as he grubbed among the ruins of
the hampers.
There was a murmur OF discomfort
among the young people. Some of
the men volunteered TO walk back TO
the house and bring something TO eat
but the question was quickly decided
when a few heavy drops OF rain fell.
Where is the nearest shelter? p
asked Carl Bellew.
1T must be old Ned Blake's shan
/ ty." replied Mrs Bliss. At least 1t
will keep US dry for awhile. Come
everybody"
Someone laughed a spirit OF adven.
ture into the party and so they has
tened down the slope until under the
shoulder of the mountain they reached
long. weather-beaten shanty built
against a great rock that formed its
rear wall
Ned Blake was hermi. who gained
a living by gathering herbs and Der
ries In season.
Repeated knocks upon the door