Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 23, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 April 1881 — Page 3
WUDVTV AAffUlUB I father took oharaw of tha
C. UOAWK. raeltihar.
JASPEB,
INDIANA.
apriaf
Hew xjv. 00 MNIff sbxve all MMgTl la, Oee aoar toa hmateaa of love and A MMt'f life s It gyaQMHu tkiMM.
,i know ht we win lire toar Are born Uj lream awl die aether Wboat forma have waour JHUawd awart 'JTA0"0 boMMd Mout, Amr??k WtW Met Kbuut AwM the windy mm of Souut. The alroplf. faith of etlMr jreera M mtiflM raueie to our earn, A yofaw or louelar chokes with tear; jr we nave Sort the kolr (nuw
Thai OUt Of MMlOB JMl St breath That hearta are often ftantfttTkelaM 'lb damned are kJmlMMt to the Jttst fknow It all. and yet I atnAs freely mm bird la prA awn'a life ta a p recital. Iortteturti llf darken and death he Seat There la a Heayeu for hearta that ataeS AHeaven of paaston wildlrawalatj conquer nobly whet the? aiaHa. Throne bank, dlaoorHant eriea Um oiear True voioe of hope forever iiiart
imnli
wen." adH . a.w. i
rating to th tia bm that the scalier oarrbd along on a cord, "you bare finished vow time, tor thare ia your conga. Then why do van n . am
yourself by toiling along theWhwayF I sec how the matter ataada. You barn
no money to oav for th diilair
"I?" replied the aoldtar r h.M
! reoelved my pay and my bounty, aad my mother bad aatit me enough to par Vr "X ,n tba couP' " I d likW, but I oould not!"
'I understand." aaid m mtk. wU
did not understand at all. Than be kod for another bottle of vino. When the meal wan ojrer the soldier tried to walk. He tottorad. uuaM.i
a smothered err and fall hlr inm ik.
chair. I then taw a tear in bia eye. He " young man, rather thin, but nervous, dark and with aMtu
look. He waa not a man fa mht . i...
nd that tear pusiled me.
I WkUk tk - IF ..I .
nwvH imiD wum m iiuu uumh nil m
won aetu of grief, "I shall not be
ir wow to-morrow morning!"
The soldier shook his bead. 'Ton don't know, you; 1 must" It waa a TOW.
aa our AMennea thnan w:nithMi
w . . . . " '
..niptei m mtUt. 1 SSW
j iMner iooat at tha vmm man u tk
luce without astoniahniaa? miul wik
nuw wMrrogauon.
" lea." said the aoldlar. T wilt tli
.t . . "
jwu tne wnoie story. You, hare, perhaps, saved my life; I ought, at least, to tell you who ram. My nam Is Jean Cbevaucbeaux, and my father is a
woou-sputter at jtexieres. He is
H toTWMI 1 "kl I "I kaow-my feet
TOix
"'Shall we go In together r We entered and took our farewell of Marguerite. She listened to us without saring anything, but there were tears at the tips of her blonde eyelashes. Suddenly Pierre, who was taikins.
woppea nnd began to sob and I to do the ssme. Then Marierite joined in, and there we were all three shedding ljrsitttd pressing each other's hands! "When the dUiigeoce that took m away from MeKlerei began to rattle on the pavement the next day I felt inclined to throw myself down from the Imperial and get crushed under the
window to
was
some heavv
road below, and in
that precedes daya aoldtAr wkn .M.
The walkiwr in the dfoeetioa at u-.u.
rn jean are over ana who knows "Up alreadrr aaid mr -ihr Perhaps 1 am not only mW t tir..raj mT tnnr.
in Iff a." nnnfinno.! L l " . 1 '
roeeis. j. oe more so as there was a how th WMik H T- win u Urrainer at mv aide who wiT -i ZtZ i I i!h!Jlhe' w"- While he
nmMlunkni. . . 7 u,"?"" i r wwaow ne Jieara some b
try, dT& S m, oTr; SKwK
WMWAt AXB UTIIilT.
Lady Florenoa Dixie, ilatlaiwtii Ma fearless me! ---gM",w
the soldier. WAu. la goinff to tho Ttansvaal m
Prof. Rieasrd A. Praetor, the emU t w ed lady of that olty, a widow. d will benoeforth reaUU Tfi ItWaSSi: trt ' Will XX v ...
. fl M "ft yet daylight on the follow- poaed about three tanked and in morninsr when mv ithm .iMt. mmm j v
out and Drovkled thai tn-mnM.
win oe aeie ui waiai" "Do you think aof
with a look ardent as libtnln
"I promise you." My father then advised the soldier to K to bed. Cbevaucheux did not re- : bed waf ready. He shook hands with ui and went up to his room. It was ten o'clock. 'i will wake you at five o'clock. "aaid
luv jainer.
editorial
Well, you see. Time
even years are over and who
ami a sale of two
eon. nr. Han k M tv.
J of tha LouMTius (Ky.)
tu0 " y, eaa
Colambsw (0.J
continued Jean f!hvuinl.v
i.ni ' . . 7 . .
z-jerre ana 1 startea on the same dar and at the same hour and we were piaoed in the same regiment. At first
a w rvxea. x snouia nave liked to have know that he was far away. As you way imagine I could not love him. But I reflected afterwards that if Pu-
totx was wiut me I could at least talk
row ner. xitateonsoied me.
aaiatomvsei
of it After
"in tne rearlmant; I Kimm. .
friend of Pierre Purloux. He proved to be an excellent mod fallow iA .
airnu m oraer to kill tlma M
mZ" . """1 a
onen to talk of Mexieres, of Fathe
oerran ana of Marguerite.
I.1IL IJI . ... .
aomier iooaeQ up and tried to tMaaas4a .. .. a
who was spanning to Mm. 1 Ju f.Jeiul Chevattebeux are you
"JSo.'1 said tha aoldlar. T Tl-
Purioux!" ' And as If that name of Cbevaeheux baa been the nrlok of a amir. fc
ta tha
oboolhUdrea, who birthday:
vH"vr Siren eaUskt or eokZBSu Tebare repaid aiabaefc a tamuaanMBM B. W. LomamkUMr. Mn. Judith TwnmM w i-
Wail kulAU j J V7. "
denoe of her son-in-law. Mr. Js
a prominent dttaem
vqaamro, aftaes. Her gres
Th"atedm. W.U.! laMirS. SuXwtJn gthT alMaminfor seven years father could no lonr ineultlss and si L!?tl!!!L?'. hear the uoue ofTLT.h ou fberd SiT W -P-
1 t . . . . "
watuugio jnesteres. "AhT' said my father to himself, "Cbevaucaeux must be sharp if he means to catch up to that manJ' And
wom straignt to the room
lean bad alert. He waa ilrwv
. a . "
MISS flora Tomw W.
wgnter of Judge W. R.
"To rie beyond the earth, to And KUMHalhelsiita wheraoa the hid Ur aweVp and aireie uke a wiadT
Wa nal d
. . i ; ' - """"j i jut a witn
Ad ok: It U eaousk to be, Tofoei aod hear, aad thtak, and tea. To kaow that area dwen to wsT Aad there ia rapture In the tbourat That I am to dlvlneir wrurht Tbae cannot make mo whollr wauahtl What thonsh I faint aad pariah, 1 Aa Ood aod luUnite aa t beaky. -OturfM Kdjar MmlfKmury. A MACK FOK A WIFK. Mt5?,er to l,Te l Kethel. In lbs hhrh street, in a bouse I can still ee before my eyes with its slate roof and projecting beams, a hospitable bottse if ever there was one. Poor
touts anew tne way to it. They entered
amoking Ids pips and watching the
wiuu, mr muier was iron ins ana
'"f. wnen we nenra a noise
jmavnrueriie Herran. as-ood kortv i
! and a pretty one. I had already asked
ner m marriasre. and har miliar WmA
noi aata no: but. vou aa. Plum. t.
vfcmx had asked her in marriage at the
mane time utat l aw. 1'ierre Puvioux
l , V1 ,n,-v who oarries hU
hw-mii.h Ml HHU, u LflM UVIHir m nr
7" j. ougnt to nave d
www iiiiu. miu as nil HMHunaii mw
friend! Well, rather Secvan said to me as be bald out hi kuui .
' " -. I MUltMIW M.A w . Ill . I.
"rnuMwu -i -7"mJ'."'.m.rt - . iota
law. mr lad: ht Sat f -n I '1. ruvioux any more.
! Plc my daughter. I wfll ask he w thaTWaTrid rfmVneS ..I 'f h ed, said that rank. I neleci! mdut w.1
o wuuia viaoiv conaant: tn K . I nrikiL j j , . . "
wife. But .he said the that C""' 'SE!- , . ?,w
mj avcatt out
was not to be
week here-
wimm m BtriUTVIB. IL U DIM. nHt t waa
1 1 ...-" - . ' WWW
loyai. rvnen Marguerite or old Serran replied the letter was for both of us. An equal dose of hone waaorlvn
of us, and so we .went on hoping. "One dav tha Cnlonal tvnk- t?Ht 1.1.
head to apoolnt me Cornoral. T w
vexed and proud at the same time.
Xou see, I was no longer the equal of
to command
Ardennais that waa no imitl iilvant.
But I did not glory in my rank; ontbe
wiiirary, it maae me ill
" Victon-!" beeriad. wknk..
father? "I feel fresh aad strong, and I uffer no more. En router' , " And quteklyr replied my father.
RetbelT" Pea tarongn "Pierre Purloux?" F rkelVati tasa ma!.. a 1.
jnaarif inMim ia mm. Han
M;.trPesXm? P"jed under our window, goi-alo bout ,a yea7befir7hl ItSSlZ dlinT ft X?LlV?gh j the evil one were after hinv' oomplisbwi Ruaaian lady ofliuik in Ir' Al OHr "Ah, mon Dieu!" exclaimed Che- country. The widowed chH?-?.
Tauoneux as if pe bad been struck dwn. He repeated ones more: "Ah! mon Dieu!" Then be biioi-iaVi kt.
knapsack and cried: " After all, what
vou nare toia me gives Let me off!"
me courage.
PeoTa, bttsea, has besnadmittedtetlv.
m a nauasome blonde, rery
-m iuueu m manner, a brbrht scholar, aad ki.W-l" ii.L.;
in music and paintlnf. 'she haalead tow about two years, and attended the St. Louis Law School for one veer. Mr. MaoOahaa, the well-known newPPr oorrespondent. who wrote ao viryof the Turco-Busslan war, left a wife aad child. He was married
aa aoln 1mm
country. The widow and nUWA .ui
the mother aad brothers-in-law at To-
.o, y., issc year. Sbs is described as m handsome brunette, highly aduoated and aooompliabed, though flndinar the ways of this country very new and.
irw Align.
'.u T 7 -v Aney entered wue. she said the same when thov be made Cniiwmd i Z k SlWw; TPtJ "r1" to her about Puroux. ShoreJ Puvteux BtTuSou x w with it full. We were all seated one both of tu. one as much as the other: outdone-at tha d ; night at the fireside: mr father w.. she hesitatad. .ha did rEr0.?' Lttoa. end.
In the room below, my mother, already -Jean Loula u.i t
up, was ftlllng- a wallet with ororiaiona maka a nfottir. ti.. ii -iiT.
for Chevaucheuv.
was not hunsrrr.
til TI
ddsawenter a boy wiih irlgh t ,e SdlsrT WhaTtthemrr. L1' V- 'V8.
What is the matterr
, "It hi aoldier very tired who has just fatten exhausted before the door." My father loved soldiers. He rose fcntsquely, nut out, and there he was, before bad taken a step, ooming in Main with a young aoldier leaning upon him, or, rather, my father had token
hh p ana was carrying him like a sack of corn. My father hastened to draw the bir arm-chair up to the lire. The soldier waa mads to sit or rather to recline in it, and my father said, looking at the poor fellow: it possible! Walking in that The fact is that the soldier was very thin and pale, his hair flattened on bb forehead, the veins of his temples bis 2 yourJ,iule flgi hia face black wM float. Ws were then in the month of October, and the weather waa hrin.
niug to grow fresh, but the poor fellow
uul , 9er big drops as
. i own aog nays. He must hare had a loug tramp; Ms shoes were in
arses; yon could see where the stones
ia .i. ,euer: tnB Ift foot waa
rr" owier am not move
reroweea m the arm chair with his
d V.V eye half open
Mr mother had aireadr put some soup m lf. d a pan full of wine.
tit--.' LTd. wyfchr. -the first thhur to be looked after is the feet!" M.i'T... Hl,K li(mn h Nr to tear
fv- u, lM n""1, of leather. The inWier s feet, all swollen and full
wafers, jooaed like the feet of the
"wyrs. swollen with pain and wealed
J whteh we see in theplet"fM 0( the StMUliah uatatara.
My father lipped his handkerchief In
'iraua washed the wounds
u-i h besatdto me, "make tome
Ml. my mother had token put of the bigcnpboartl, hi2lll?WiHUtl U!9 Illir come to wwlf. He looked at us. at my father, 22rr wJef. Bd the two or JhmneiaiKws who had oorne In one wtcr the other. His wandering eyes wmed to Interrogate everything. It fmKv the mail, the stones, the at deserie.1 wixxls that he saw beore him. iMit .. .i.i. -.m
Of aal " . . il,nR
-wwea lUrfll DW-LD
toLf',.?,otk on the table, a
""U IOTK ijhu mid hmwn U.
aUfi 1H,P-bo'1 emitting a savory taa!l!ILh rt1 "aeU up, leaning on gwwwof U chair, and' aahl l?my with oon fused emotion:
mwisteuri mi you do
ami"
numoer three and ha had numW
"To. and so we both of us became aoldiers. For a moment I was in a tote of great fright, I confess. peo. ple at Mexieres said that Puvkntx had
a non aunt, ana that she would buy him oft. If Puvioux did not join the army, Puvioux would marry Marguerite, and L knowing that 1 shoultTbe obliged to go, for I was poor-l thonirht I already heard th RA.n .f
theredding, rending my ears aad my I must tell you that Marguerite Serran has not bar equal. If I lost her now, after having waited seven years for her. upon ray honor, I think I should blow out my brains! "Luckilr. Pierre PuvintiY
m ' ' Hw
oousrnt off. hi aunt dUid IaaviMrdM
vm m a lurvune. no nau not a
Pfnny ny more than l had! We were obliged to shoulder our guns, and we were expected on our way-bill ererr
moment. One night, Father Serran took us each by the arm and led us to an inn, and this is what be said to us as we emptied a bottle of Moselle wine. " 'My boys, you are good aad honest Ardennais, equal in merit. I lore you with alt my heart One of you shall be my son-in-law; that is understood.
not
wultilJ!? tht ,OM, matter; wn .oqwalntctl xt table." ' HTsatiKI "liv. wwnpanrSwim w.. WtoppoaHe him, as Z at shone on X-S?- Tho toldler Me. and ate
My
MQr iweihtr serml hha.
ar -,
Marguerite will wait seven years. She has no preference either for you, Puvioux. or for you. Chevancheux, but she loves both of von. and aha will m.i.
happy the one whom fortuna ahmii
choose. These are the conditions on
wnicn one of you shall marry mv
naugnier; you start on the same day, it is probable that you wilt return on the same dar. Well, the on who fir4
comes and shakes hands wish VWW
serran, ana says: 'Mere I am, my time is out;' he, I swear, shall be the husband of Marguerite.'
I was astonished: I tltntio-kt k. r
had misunderstood. I lookmTat. iu
Purionx and he looked at ma. mad. i.
though we were sad enough at heart, we wore certainly ready tn hurai nut-
laughing.
"But Father Serran was not kihW
He haddiaoovered this means of mttlMo-
otit of the dimcuHv and ha
siicKvo it. i held out my hand and
swore io act neither bv m nor vin.
ence, and to let Pierre PuvIomt
Marguerite, if he returned to Mealra
before I did. Pierre stootl up and
swore ute same., and then wa ahonr
nanus while Father Serran said: Now
the rest Is j our affair. The only thin
mi inuima ana io return safe and sound.1 "He filled our glasses once mors aad we drank a parting draught. "Before leaving I wished to see Marguerite. Just as I was arriving under her window it was at dusk I saw some one in tha shade coating in the sawa direction. 1 stopped short. It Was Pierre Pnvioux. lie seemed vexed to fid tne there. 1 was not nartienlarly pleated to meal hha. We stood there for a moment like two hlatpletofts look. iag at the Mm of our haaT Then with
mnoh the better.1 aaid PnvtAv
What luckr aaid I.
" When we had serrad mtr am
J ears for 1 do not mean to tell you our tatorydsv by day-I said tcPurioax:
" -Tveu: now is the Um to atartL aha
" Yes.' herenlied. rtinira(i
" ' YOU knOW.S I said, tha a-amwTwU
not be finally won until both of
arrived at Mexieres, and until the loser
naa aeotarea mat the oomw k..
iu vat.
" 'Agreed,' said Puvioux.
Ana so one morning, with good hoes on our feet and stick in hand, we
urn ior westeres from Angers, not
aayiag mucn, thinking a good deal and walking above everything. The weather was terribly hot and dusty. Half
way on one of our marches I sat down
on wie roeosuie overwhelmed with fatigue. i '.'.' ArVou Koing to stay there r said
. Htiviu ki aae. "Yet.'
AdUnl
aid continuing his
a soldier pass
he
march.
"Aurevolrf
" i vatoned him as be went on with
aiirmstonas if he had only just started. When I saw him disappear at a
oen oi tne road and when I waa ones alone, as it were abandoned, I felt a great despair. I made an effort I rose and began to walk again. That
uuie nam naa none me rood T miki
walked and walked until 1 bad caught 11. tn MiiwImi, h J , . l .... "
"At night, too, I was well ahead, but I was worn out I slept all night In the morning I woke up. I saw that the rtJJM K-sT on; I was furious and called someone.
" ' You have not seen on foot?'
r . .. . . . .
"xoa, Mmmmr m muaatrt. very
mH. xie aaaaa for a rutSS Of Wmiair' "
"Ah! I was outstripped in my turn! I siarted hurriedly. At three o'clock In the afternoon I had not caught up to PuTimix, nor at six o'clock diner. At night I took mv rest whil I at, and
started to walk airain. f walkMd .
good part of the night but my strength had lin its. Once mora I itm,! t
i . , . - -.r -. j.,... v.. i
anoexouat an inn. The door opened, and there sitting in s chair I saw Puvioux, pale as death. He made a movement of displeasure when he saw me that was natural. We did nnt t.iv
K3ah:. we sav? We were bo tired! The great thing waa to know who should get up firs! the next morning. It was I. The next morning was this mornmg;. Since this morning I have been Walking, taking a rest now and then, out only a very ahnn naa. Wim .
ting close. Bethel is the last staged, tween Angers and Meaierea. I knn
!
Mia& win aaui fiu mr...
uiaa taw wont ot any other liruur artiat A recent number of the MaSoMtm ?l,AH, 8 Wkjrraphical aketoh of this phsturesque artiat He is now afacty -eight years old. Meiasonier paiats a horse about as perfectly as It is poeetbie to do. He seems to spare ao pains hi getting every detail of his subject Por tastonoe, he oooehad a small railway mailt. uH k m t .
rr w ereniag wnea ept atoagsiae a gauoinag hone so taat toesoldler had come into our house heWhlsketoh syerymoVemMt das Weeding and weary. What had be- charger. 7 Tr oome oThlm. What had been the end - begot? lxmc 01 wttfwiy wmmom. One day my father had to go to wealthy PhUadelphiaa who, Mesieres on business. He took: me on his ratura from Arope. with him. At Mexieres h wTkd bow be liked the Bospaorus, retried
nc aay, aad preferred
flone-inaos
But be refused. He
Nevertheless heist of brandy, and out-
my father's shoes be
my mother and lean-
arm to take the first
Three or four raara ifbw fku w..
heard no news of Chavanohaur. ' v.
enter the first barber shop that he saw 2? J to rat ahavad. fm tk. u..i. mo orainary
child WMsitim wi h uZLr African Qieen.
smiling at the sun. A abort lime ago a clever artiehv "Will you allow me to pass?" asked fPPthe Nineteenth Cfrem' my father, laughing. ' V of Mr. JWlook, eatltied; "Is "No! I wonM-r'TnHmLik- nkiu wui. Life Worth Liviturf" The answer to
. . " n a aaa i a-a. X .
a ilttle lisp. Mwwnuiionim is: " it dependl
At that moment the door opened and ' -patch.
a. man in his shirt-aleeres appeared the I ln the year 1880 America
loa tha
ncTeniy patents to women. And
one oc utese was an indlaain- a k
tabbed to a bed post to show if there hi a man under the bed. And yet, hoW ntOch rettino- down n UmmAm mmJI
knee such a thing wosud save n iinssn
-avmon ron. There has been a aeon deal af ml.
tmv controrersy iq new York over Sawaa
father and took the child up in his
arms, saying: JJlRrr! ,JWerre! do you want to drive away the customer?" I reoosrniaed the voloa aad an du
father. We looked at the barber. The bwrbar looked at us. It was Jean Cbevaueheuxt
He laid the child down at. amm
a -m wm w VHVV WS held out his hand. His face was all red and beaming with pleasure, " What is it tou? Ah w
to think that I have never written to
yott! . Ah' yoo don t kaow. It hi I who married ber-I arrived first"
IhJ U.L!. I . . .. . . ...
luaainir laio me nacr laan- in . j. . ". . . . '
jaawiaaaaaam aauu aaa ama
e oat
Mratiaravsexaat wsdwht, aad om of
uiose wno Muefes her to be the
He
woi
eyed.
ittle
come!'
was wild
pton dramatic light-weight of the
asserts that tot toasr aco as
aarah introaooed the feature of Aria t p.Uto,1 A of the ateoe: Iastead of the usual resnlt tha JmArmZ
mained perfectly stationary whue tha
hi wi tide
my map of Franee nowT The hud stage Good heavens, if I arrived too late!"
Ana iierre Pttrloiix," asked
latner, "nas he caufht van udP'
my
....I,. ..... - ...... - . ..v
cinnra uniiriuinniitfv an.
ahead! If I oaold mimit ha t am.u u-
'wtortF lataftotol latpoaabkr'
chei
who
the nl
ther'
and
MaJ
uiK)n
lv: thl
ovctkt
iIitIv
u as nl
saw ill " aJ
hapt.ij
Iittlo
it wri
should
boy? i
goinj
and .
lawbaaMay Gui-
aairWi aak will
to-day. M
the Wattt
Ion
lil City bank, i
kl to-morrow;
must be paid
Imshed wildly into
I "Do you mean to amy tl
aav mv aote io-aay. watea
I - J ati ---.. . a a. aa
-morrow r -rtauuy, ear."
kitrea't a cent of moaay to-4ay
-and well aow, 1 think ef
n't anv note to oav si taer."
k'oml Cklonel walked away with
reiwt rraca
dont I j
"11
1I
that
and al
P
arriv
in
rerv
river.
tAfcjrttard ftnr Biahemes.
lichmond A Danrflle Rauroad
U iutroduolag oatheirfiwigtt
tafi -'uard for tpeir mamea.
knowa that many fatal aeet-
llii. h occur to braaemen are
Uvhhh the brakemen stanamg
f freight oars are knoclts
ad by covered bridges, xaa
kl iinsts of a post si'toaan
kif mile on either oc a
Vui.liro. To thii poet a aar.
U attached stietcautg .. irnv. of Goune above the
!nn head on top of a cat. Frant
Izoniitl piece oowii art swanj,
in t aso tne iaiaa "
sanding upright .Wlitta JHmr
briclgi'. the COW WlUWriWI Wa
liu I Uini W oaoa aw ammm