Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 July 1880 — Page 3

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JASrJtK, IXDIAXA. TMM L1TTLK BOUSK WIFK. Wv called her Mfttie. hwrif wHhtWrk Her mrry v4m Kve ifrKrtlH t tli mm, f,tr ftmtly dawa wmK grow t irrowioine dttrk Refer her retted of duties houkl be done. Jlw emrer fwH aped through the hotwe h'.I 4m); M4r and mR wthd for her Utile form. Who ! utd bold WMta Hm wed gentle Or itw4l the rMwr of wok heueeh&W -0ut wetefced witk jpnet the fore of that wm rebrH, The wtft MHtyinft of eaeh tuBfrled knot; Kh vr aked her etre or love la vain, Or fete kliMeif HOKleeted or forgot. - What beauty had she?"' We eeeM not have toM If wte k fair ever Hved or Ihkmi, Rur u-JtiitM of evftnr ffrm and mold We tinmirkt vrtw4 wore by our owa boueertur MvM were iralded by her gentle power: TkrHfh htr riht eeemed to triumph over Jler wmSwouM brighten e'en the darkest ker; Her sweet "Good night " wa our beat eveaMl ONE ABVEXTUKE. It occurred In Texas. VVe were Traveling through the interior of the State in onr own conveyance. My husband had tendency towards lung-trouble, and his physician recommended this journey as the best means of establishing his health. I had bo children to keep me at home, .i I luurral o hard to m takim alone, ami niailw snmanv nromises about scant 1 luggage, and giving no trouble, that at last he allowed me to acoonmauy 1dm. It was a strange, wild, lonely life we led, Sometimes we would drive through the country from sunrise to .sunset without meeting or seeing a human being. We would always undeavor to make our arrangements so as to secure nights' lodgings under a roof; but two or three times it happened that we had to resort to the tents which we carried in our light wagon, and encamp out on the vastprairie, under the quiet stars. The week before my adventure occurred, we had been so fortunate as to encounter, or rather to overtake, a party of three New Englandera, who were ktuntiae: through those wilds on busi ness, something about cattle, I believe. They seemed gentlemen of abundant mean; and leisure, and it was so delightful to come upon three cultivated neonle after our lone absence from home that we welcomed these strangers as old friends, and hading, after half an hour s conversation, it mutually con Tenient to proceed in the same direc tioa, we were presently Jogging along together, talking and comparing notes a ,.nM.iantlaiiv u if wk had known I we one another all our lives. One cool evening in January, we drew un in front of the large oomforta ble dwelling which had been described to us by our host of the night before, and where we were assured we should find substantial comforts and ready hos nitalitv. One of our nartv alighted, knocked, and was soon admitted into the hall. Aoarlev ensued, lasting several min utes, and presently he came towards us accompanied bv the owner of the house. a tall, personable man, well-dredsod aud well-mannerud. "This gentleman," said our friend, introducing him, "Mr. Rice, says it will be impossible for him to accommo date our party this evening; his house is full." " I am very sorry, indeed," said the other, "especially sorrv since I find I shall have to turn a lady from a door," and he bowed in my direction; 4 but every available room m occupied In fact, 1 and my wife will have to be take ourselves to the parlor sofa tonight. We would gladly admit you but for being so crowded." "What is the cause of such a orowd?" asked mv husband. " The fair in the next town, sir: all these people la my house are on their way to attend it, and I and my family intend going to-morrow. We lead such a quiet life ordinarily that we wel oome a little change now ami tnen." He was very kind; he talked the matter over with us. went back into the house to consult with his wife, and finally returned and offered us the use of a bare rarret room tor im nUrht. " There is only the bare room, but perhaps those gentlemen may prefer it to camping out. My wife suggests," here he turned to my husband, "that you take vour wife at enoe to Dan Turner's eabin: it is only about a mile o down the road a Wt. You had bet tor 1m no time, or their one spare room will be secured bv other travel ers. Dan and his wife are rather roturh.lnnkW mtttbmers. bttt VOU tell Patty I sent you, and she'll do the best she oan for vou. She used to work for mv wife heor she married Dan, and I think sha'a a e-ood-heartwl SOttl. Dan himeetf-well, Dan's no favorite of mine: Wut. tn okances to one. he's rone to the fair himself. It 1 could give you even a lounge, I would be onlv tea hannv to do so. but I have only bare floors to offer, and I think this hulv nurht to rest comfortably on a bed te-hicht." After some further discussion, this iriau was agreed upon as the most feasible which presented iteelf. and we were about to start, when Mr. ioe jmiij. "Ferhnt k would be best to leave any yalinvUee you may have with you

made for the purpose, in my oeUar, or, M you jwefer V, your friends oau take ears of them until moral for yon. 1 Uiiak H very likely Dan will hare other company before midnight, and k's just

as wbii to mc them know you're emutybsaded." We thanked kirn, and handed over our wallet containing our huppI? of ready money; ami y husband thought it beat to leave his watch behind also. The chain was very ntaeeire, and would ms iiKiy k attract aweniton. we would not be witiiout a timepiece either, for my watch was simply attached to a Wack guard which I wore arouml mr neck, so I kept it with me. We then exchanged good-nights, and my hus band gathered up the reins to o. "I suppose there is no dimoultv about Ending the way?1' he said to Mr. nice. "You couldn't mm the cabin: it is right down the road the first house you oome to." fifteen minutes drive brought us there. A woman was standing in the doorway as we approached. "Can you give us a bed to-night, madam? asked my husband, politelv. "Mr. Rice is too full to take us in, ami he sent us here thinking perhaps you might have a spare bed. bite stared in silence for the space of half a minute or so, and when at last she deigned to speak, it was to ask some question about, "Who all was stoppia' at Mr. Rice's?" "I'll tell vou all about it after I tret in," replied he, not rery truthfully; "1 nave been driving all day, ana l m very tired." B "Ben i-mIim' all dav! Yer don't sav? You nius' he tide sho nuff. Li-i-ght down, bofe on yer. I reoKin we kin make out to letyer stay fur one ni-i-ght Thar haint no flour bread in the house though; moe'er strangers is almighty keen for flour oread." But by this time we were both inside iiiu onwa; iot a uuut nau appeareu uur ing the conversation, and to him we en 1 . V . 1 . . 1 I trusted the care of our horses. It was a smoke-dried place, evidently kitchen. dining and bed-room all in one. The supper was cooking at the open are place; the table was ready laid, and a couple of bedsteads stood side by side against the background of a patch work quilt which was pinned with clothes-pins to a rope stretohed aorose the oeiling, and which serve! to convert me srrounu boot ot ibb caom uuo iwo apartments. A space was left at one end large enough to furnish means of ingress and 0 .L .1 . T egress, ana tarougn iuw siwoe x presently conducted that I might wash Hiv taoe ana nanus. Sunner was readv almost immediate ly, and I was glad to find no other visltors. xtte newess taiKeu mcejeanuy to my husband; the three wild, gypsylooking children stared with all the concentrated power of their three pairs of biaolceyes; nut the man oywnom was placed neither looked nor talked; he was a dark, reputeive lmiivKiuai, who CHi JUS 1WU YIUUKJMTBIJ , su aic JV M u he bore it a grudge. 1 thtnkhe uttered two sentences during the meal. One of these was to inquire the time. "I have no watch with me," replied my husband, to whom he aauresseu himself. "That's ourus," he growled, half to himself. 'We left our luggage with our friends." To this he made no reply, and soon after the meal was concluded I was glad to plead fatigue as an excuse for escaping from his presence. Mv husband ioined me presently, and we threw ourselves, aresseu as we were, : . on the outekle of the bed, and he was flooa. fast aeleeo. 1 lav awake for some ttrae. i coumi hear them moving about in the next room, as they prepared for bed, and then I heard the woman order the children to "make has' an' go ter sleep." Thev cvarnt sleep in hyar to-night, said the man, speaking for the first time. "I want all hanon yer ter chtr out, I want this hyar room t'-nighu What for. Dan?1' asked the woman Cause I do, that's all; fair folks is oomin'." She dkl not ask any further questions and presently I heard her ami the chil dren serambliag up the rough ladder leading to the loft above. They speedily took possession ot their beds, and the house became penectiy quiet. I heard my husband's deepdrawn, regular breathing; I heard the dog m the next room as he stirred now and then in his sleep. I heard the man more slightly once or twice. I knew from the fumes which pervaded my room that he wae smoking some very bad tobacco, when a base fell upon my mnes and I fell asleep. I awoke with a start some time after ward. Had some one been moving about my room? No. Everything was as neuai, me aigai tirwtr burned dimly on the table, and my husband lay sleeping quietly beside me. I felt under my puiow for my watcn, found it, rose, and moved quietly toward the light, that I might see the time. The table stood on the partitioned side of the room the side farthest from the bed. Just ae I approached the light I wae arrested by hearing a voice speaking low and dktinotly from the ovner swie m vac parwtkm. " Shure ther all fas' ter sleep? ' "Shure, sound os logs, bofe on turn v Come hyar then, kmme toil yer. Cooyf' summoning some one. --?' . . ... .i 17X1 yer ay wwr whvwwbj th' loek-up reemr t Wo rLtVT '

know th' way in Wrth' -t. W If "I leT hit sese I eouM git right in easy." " All neat; we'll fix bit fur 'em. eertta, an 1 reckon ther'll We moin one dollar gone to-worrer mawnin'." " w itea yer gaine ter start, Dan?" "Xot 'fore 'n hour, though I want to git sowe sleep fttsV Bupureseed laughter was followed by some whispered eoaversation which es caped me; but I now knew they were planning to rob the lock-room at Mr. Ktee'g, while l and my husband were to be let alone, because they had ascertained that we had nothing with us to tempt their ouiddHy. rresentty they seemed to betake themselves to repose, throwing them selves on the rtoor: there must have been four of them, at least. I listened with bated breath not even a whisper. Then, all at oeee, 1 heard some one says "tiadn 1 1 better look in agm nex' door?" A suggestion which caused me to spemi across to my bed in an instant. I lay there in an agony ot terror, which culminated m I heard Dan Turn er reply: "Lem me go." and his stealthy step advancing to my bedside, he aused a moment to listen, and then crept out again. jfa' ter sleep, ueave um lone anther good tell raornmV He Hung himself heavily on the floor, and the room became perfectly quiet, lney were au sleeping soundly now, but in an hour or two at the farthest they would oe on their way to rob perhaps to murder. Could I do nothing to prevent it? Nothing. If I were to attempt to rouse my husband I might endanger his life. His safety lay in our supposed unconsciousness. I sat up in bed breathing a voiceless prayer in my extremity. "It was a windy night; a gust just then shook the house, causing the windows to rattle loudly. 1 heard a drowsy murmur from the next room, which subsided into silence as the blast died . i A " A a I i hifMrMi with comi: a suauen cntu .... v 1 i around to d!nrer the cause. I noticed that the door had become unlatched, i ami was.then aiar. I Suddenly, like a Hash ot light, came Y th thought. Tmie-hte-o out of tliat door and make my way to the Kices'. ft tC? . . I ix oral- thir ltHnr Xiw.v &W1K8. . get nere oeiore iihsv awiu, i Itf. iMM-ho. 1 am al-1 aad ready dressed, and they have said they save win n mau in krc tnin before thev mere was no time to oe ivm.. m. arose with the greatest caution, taking care to dispose my pillows and my hus ...... -r band's overcoat in my vacant pmee, so as to bear some resemblance to a hu man figure. 1 then took my shoes m my nana. threw my heavy traveling shawl over my head, and crept toward the door. If it snouw creak as i stretcaea it owk; No, it opened noiselessly, and I desoended the few stei to the ground, and made my way out of the shed in my stocking feet. The road once gained, I stooped to put on and fasten my shoes; and then I swrf ftwav. ninainc as fast as I could in the direction of the brick house. I did not dare to think of my husband. God take care of himr' T udanul aloud once or twice; and once, I remember, it occurred to me how fortunate it was that they should have kept the dog in the room with them. It was a long mile, but I reached the house at hut, routed them, and gave w he alarm. Then I remember no more, Mrs. Rice savs I told them as calmly ae

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if I had been asking an ordmarv ques- thom Hrouna h!nl ia gard to the potjon, but as soon a I i ff,!L1Bt , litical Wkiatee, churning to have a dead faint, which lasted for hours. wrVed andor both. This led some one Wheal came to myseH the sun wae to a9k him how and whore be loot hie shining. I heard a yeiee say, " She ( h replied: better now;" and the reply oame ml It was tlowa in the Wilderness. We the voice I loved beet on earth, "Thank Were charging the enemy's line. A God." , bullet struck my arm, eruehed the bone, "Thank Godf' I echoed, feebly, and and I fell UBConecious. When I wae I opened my eyes to find my husband . restored to eoasctomnoso, I wae in the bending over me. IbamUof the Confederatee. Indeed, a For a few moments I scaroelv knew 'aJilkrwu min tr thrnwh mv sockets.

whether it was real, or only a dream. Thev would not let me talk about it then, but after I had eaten and drank and rested, they told me the men had grouped themselves around the lockroom window, and the party in the house were watching them, and waiting for some of them to effect an entrance before tley bore down upon them, when Mr. Rice's revolver, accidentally discharging, gave the ahum, and the robbers escaped without even bein identified that is. except the boy, Cooney, a hM-breed, whom they found shut up in the lock-room, trying to olimb up the window from the inside. They gave chase to Turner's gang, but they eluded them, and Mr. Kiee, with two or three others, proceeded to the eabin, where they found my husband sleeping peacefully; and the woman, Patty Turner, awake and down stairs- They felt sure, and so dkl I, that she knew Routing oi nor band's attempted crime. "But Turner may be caught yet," I observed. "He will be very likely to come back to see his wife and children." Mr. Riee smiled. We'll never Dan Tamer again. He has been wanting an excuse to leave his wife for some time. I doubt if ho stops muck short of Xew Orleans." They were as kind as they eould be, and begged me to stay until I felt better; but I felt as If I must get out of the State as soon as possible; and we resumed our journey next day, making our way to the nearest railway town, ami, in a week, I was telling the story of my Texas adventure to a roomful of admiring friends at home. TsuoVi .F

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bring out Um Hew Testament, wMt maps and ttlenrtfntiona, so as to naake nsouy? at tvo soots a uep Tub two little Goodale girls, k w announced, do not intend to pubHoh a book this snauner, hut evorrteing they write is "snapped up" 'by divers ntagaaiaes. They keep their little pens flying with their NttW verses. Mr. Tkxxysok k described a onee pointing out some hand to a friend and saying: " I bought that ott of 'Enoch Arden' " Dr. Smiles is said to have built a house at lUaekheatk out of the proceeds of 4 'Self-Hal p." Mm. Mary IIackktt, of Wootteocket.ll. L, still lives, after enjoying a century of life. She has all her faculties, and ha not yet used glasses. She m proud of her birthplace (Ireland), as she belives all the smart people eome from there. Mixk. Sarah Bernhardt does not look exceedingly strong, but lew even of the strongest of her sex eould support the labor through which she goes. One Saturday recently, after playing in an afternoon and evening performance, she rehearsed "Prou Frou" from twelve p. na. until six o'clock the next morning. Edgar Fawcrtt, the young poet and novelist, k portrayed as of medium height, solidly though proportionally built, with a rather square bead, 'dark ejes, florid complexion, black hair and moustache, thirty-three years old, a native of New York and a graduate of Columbia. He began writing when he was only eight Robert Bkowxixq writes to a friend: "1 can have little doubt that my writing has been in the main too hard for many I should have been pleased to communicate with; but I never design edly tried to muzzle people, as some of my critics nave supposed. Un the otn er hand. I never pretended to offer such u.twiltHre lie a substitute fora eigar or a game at uuraiaow mi &u Hire w , , An H.AU.1ii Milt 300 copies were sold, and his publisher returned him itw, which ne was neany five years ia paying for. He wa good aaiureu aouu. u, iot e wnne; -x avs how a library of nearly w volumes. waa m . m. . T over iw o wmcn a wrote rayseti. is iv not wbii. ibm vims iwuivr Kflimm uw " n,v un- ..n. hold the fruiU of hi labor?" His books sell better and better every year now. , but he has been dead ten or fifteen years. In his oase his works did not follow him. Miss Koka Perrt telle a writer for the Boston Iterald that the popular poem, "After the Ball," was her first serious attempt at versification, and (that originally it had only these two verses: ( xml Maad and Madge hi rot f whKe, , X1BJrHC,hT' For tfierevei todoae; xi a-k-Tf ad gM. mi the are fc out m the eaamber there, j JUid the mtlehaw feet are od. ' A friend advised kc to lengthen it into a narrative, which she did, and sold ' it to the Atlantic AhntMv. Then she tried another, "Tying Her Bonnet Un- ' tier Her Chin," which, though it nivxuil vkaa muitxllaluul a ill orraatAI . : i i i .1 i: i favorite with the public, was deolined by the AUtnttk. Where the Joke Was. Ox a Michigan Central train the other day was a passenger who had lost his , :..!. ttuui .A., tku ,rotn nnllail . nw.;, k... .iv;na. 1 when he discovered that I was alive ho was about to bayonet me. but a Corporal sprang forward, knocked the wretch down and saved my life." While he was tolling this a man with his left arm gone bad risen from hi seat and csune nearer, and as the other finished he bent forward and said: "I am that very Corporal! I remember the incident as if it happened only yesterday. I had you conveyed to aa old log barn over on the right" "Yes, yes-let m shake hands, let us embrace! Thank Heaven that I have found you out How oame you here?" "I have been to Detroit to be treated for cancer, but there is no longer any hope. I am going home to go to the poor-house and there end my days. I haven't a shilling or a friend." " And I am going to the poor-neuee as well," repil lied the c other. "I have J consumption, and as I am penniless a , iubi go ww uw www jjiw Then they embraoed some more and seemed to weep. One passenger fished up half a dollar and paseou nts nac, ami in five minutes a collection amounting to three dollars and fifty oents was divided between them. Brsrybody said it was a shams, and one oki man seemed willing to adopt them both If they would go on to Illinois. But they didn't; they got off at Dearborn, and ft was a quarter of an hour after before a commercial drummer dared make the statement that both chaps lived in Detroit, both lost their arms by aoeident, mh! that they had played the same Tame over aeA over on every railroad in the StAto. JVs frees. I A FLAuK IOT eToryMnaa; nam wtvj.king in ms pWe-Tae baby's luoutk A flags for everythhag and story

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Ir ooeasha eredkof he k Ukeiy to get a i Jr. O. ricmunt. Bktokb man was an one he vegetable, rrooamy a son os J. Fhilmthlnkin SuUitin. A max whose whole family was steer with hang diseases said his house wan ful of pmral-pnsuaaoaia. Jf. Y. Jfaet. Sinck the intreduotion of the ratio of good-lookkmg women inereased sixty per eat. Detroit JYac rrtm. Or eourae eroouet hi a gambHng; game, tron't you Know you oaa t pay H wiuhhh. pmuag p NKW. jfvmwm iW. Two BhiDOBfORT ehftdrea playhtej with a eat pulled it so violently by tho legs ae to kill it It must have been a very oheap at. Dmttlmrjf Nm$. Wmrm a boy has a gold watch presented to him he will oheerfully travel two miles to regulate it m the presence) of his enemies. AndrtvH' Ikufr. Ax EeglSeh physician says oatmeal makes people erose, stingy, jealous and sour-tempered. We had no idea that oatmeal had become so common au. article of food. Bottvn Trmcript. The law against carry ing concealed weapons does not apply to bicyelesTbey are revolvers, but they avoid cart ridges and never go off them-. selves. ehilmdetphia Btdlsli. The heat of the sun is variously estimated at from 1,400 to 9,000,000 degrees. We shouldn't like to live km the nun. We'd be eternally bored, with the queetioa, "Is it hot enough for you?" Norristew Ihrald. It is remarkable how generous fishermen are. When you meet a mam who has returned from a fishing trip, he always tells you that he gave his share to the other fellows. 2idsipkia Newt. Maxy a futam delegate is now swinging cn the gr.te barefooted and bareheaded, his face smeared witk molasses and his hair ia open and undisguised rebellion to the unit rule. JSeslett Courier. Thk sun's heat is 3,100,000 degrees Fahrenheit, says a scientific contempo rary. Weil, we knew it was something; above that of a refrigerator, with ion at two dollars a week, but it's a comfort to get the exair figures. Graphic This is the season of the year wheat the small boy goeth to the barber and wiaketh at him and saith: "Cut off the ends of my hair." And behold, the barber cutteth oft the hair a&el leaveth the ends. Jfeur 2km kr. ALL MKTS. A max was asked the other day how many child re he had, and he replied, "Five boys, aud eneh boy has two sisters." t Fashioxablk young ladies of London blow soap bubbles in drawingrooms in the afternoons as a remedy for ennui. The sole occupants of a house ia Belfast, Me., are three persons whose ages are ninety, eighty-two and seventyeight years. A woxax at Newport bathes in & suit of oiled silk, worn under the usual flannel suit. She says she enjoys the surf, bat oaa't boar the touch of salt water. A New York woman wears a set of . false teeth for a brooch. Her motive T not eccentric but economical. Skn paid for the teeth, oannot wear them hm their proper place, and so, hatinc wastefulness, has made a brooch of them. The ladies of Italy have adopted a fashion this summer of dressing only hm white robes adorned with natural flowers, jewelry hems; put strictly under ban. To do up a white drees at the laundry three dollars is charged, ami the flowers cost four dollars a day. Economy is observed in liaen underTo rnOTSGT the birds of the country, the French Government has oaaoted laws prohibiting the killing of other the birds of passage, and those only under certain limitations. The law hi muok more stringent than the so-called game laws in this coon try, and is strictly ouforoed against all offenders, no matter how trivial the violation, Jkhial Hull died recently at Sag Harbor, L. L, in his ninety-first year. He was possessed of unusual vigor of mind and body. He was the father of twelve children, eleven of whom are now Hying. He followed the sea for a number ol years, and was the only on of a crew who escaped from the cannibals of the Sooth Sea after a captivity Mr. Jaxks McDaxiel, a young mem of Madison, Ga., while out fishing a few evenings ago caught with a small porsk hook a yomag alligator about a foot and a half Mg. He says he had to quH fishing when he Bought it The 'gator oonunenced bellowing, and m all probability if he had stayed in the pond any longer be would hve had a tough fight with its mother. Last fall Messrs. Dan Taylor and Sam Doss purchased km New Mexico twenty thousand sheep, paying therefor sevon-tv-fire cents per head. They kept the sheep until a few days ago, losinm probably, two thousand during the winter and sprint;. The wool from eight teen thouoand brought them nine thousand dollars, enough to more than repay them for all expanses and m; asm then they sold the lot (eighteen thousand count) for one doHar and Mvonty-five seats per head a net i r?T" deUst. prou of uavwarus of eeaejtoaa thejusasm

we at my house. I have a Kxwc-room, w