Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 25, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 March 1883 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER,

"umlledeor. SABHM, INDIANA. a mrmiBBtD poem bt bbtANT. Mitt. will rekts .fe, en- a "m fwmi mi too Hum JBMMHi WmWTi flMMR urnm oean Ik -ikK-mti,'' tenMw aa or tuetr is Umml as we fro Mr. (taewlu'a foitbbO) eaawm. wfcek MNIl ker I ' a very tsndsr way. setso imh Tn Hum we-e nnrnmnse1 IS MR WifMitt fwfiohi tmm gor datfc tk r so twautifaUr ate. ell upon Ike skr. rertkr Hi of snrtatv. the bowers sus J sen ai aWV3 Tko onulPSM to thy gww, wb"ie hH aleee, hi tus area work, WbiSBOr Of Mr , MM had. hy tuose whose prate la lasso. Aad tben. m HI I tare aw. keif nil Ton-atta I town, but MO my ores A iOMSWOf UU4MO irseroauof to law at (veum1 '(i vsrtaal nVfosjm Jtoi I, JM book to TMMwKfciliM, Jblr Ai tkot th wartd oMftv of (mm and praise ever, when 1 read at Mr keatrt te Totkink And now that I em talk ao nt anefa-at Meat aad 4r tnoitrw loot. Wan THE INWXEZX MTOXT. Busiaem hud brought ate to the little town of D , amoojrtke New Hampshire hills, nod hern, much aga not my 1111. 1 wat detaiaod tor, several dart, a le wait for instructions from my employers. The awwt periodical store wan twelve miles awar. and. witaoat books or papers, time "hung heavy on my hands. TtMt only break in my monotonous life wa the arrival of the trains twice a day. and fa toe d.-ad calm of my exist? eoea this Utile ripple of excitement became as muen to me the opera under more favorable dmnnataaoec. It was white toaajring upon the phuform thai 1 beeaoKHt aeqnaiated with tisom afnrth, anciaeer oa the B. ( M. Railroad. He was a man about thirty-five years of age. Not what would be called an edoeated man, bat settsfble and dear-beaded. His home was in Conront, where he bad a wife and two children. He ran from Concord to I) , and far two boar, while WHiting tor tbe down train," he was fat D . The acquaintance, at tret began to while awar an idle how, on my pa-t," at- leaAt. grew to a strong HkJng. and today there it ao one among my acquaiataaeat for whom I feel n greater respect aadeeteemtbaa for force Seaforth. He had been on the ears since be was ehteen, first an irain-or. then as brakenMa. fireman, and for the hut tea yeais m engineer. "Ton mast hart had some strange adreatores in that time," I said one dev. as we sat upon the platform of the little station, waiting for the train. taking his phm from bis month, and lookinameditatirelr the felda. fHrnnce ad ' Ton may well aay that, air. We trahi men are alwava hariajr ad "Sappoeyoa tell of them. "Well," looking nt hte watch. us there's plenty of time. I don'tmind telliz you of one queer one I had six years ago, outne fail though I don't often peak of Hi for yon see when a man'a been fade to face witk death, he ean't talk of It terr wouV I settled mjraejf on the rough beach tbet did dotv as a chair, as comfortably as 1 ooold, took a fresh cigar, and he oojraa: "It happened m thkt way. 1 was running the old Lkm from Lee to Fairtownnyon kaww nnyttnug nboui New iwn, yon Know taut September's gre omenta for fain, and this nartieukw September was no exception to the rah). We had low of extra work to do, but. as we had extra pay, more wa no gmmblmg. It was toward tbe last of the mouth that the fair at M- cumeoC Two or three extras "wore put on, tamed so as to run between the regular trains. Jim Turn r fire I for n e then. Jim was at good n fellow aa ever lived, with but one fault he wonMgo off on time' once in a didn't do It very often, and s he'd do more work than any other a on the rood, the company kept Mm. But Jim had toon pretty sober Ifb-ly. I believe he noduTdronk anyAing for as aaoch as ahi nnanthe: so l kjHTof got out of tbe habit of watching lIISI w,li " r ",ttc" as ke cnose. , T T? m "ff" J" I . mm a niom ini we Stopeeel at 1 l) for wood and water. WUm wo were watting. March, the OHO nkmg. aad say be: Yonmnomen fneor.' "'Wtotbllf " nmn I. lor Omi x ajea nrofihr onnn alaaafia. r-

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wiiWwwI.mto io go toftfw WW. and kM't n eeo Of MV. Stoonano hereto get work, aif dwi lam tor jinsksl bank, aad hasn't any ViyiOfMlMllMNM. I don't UtoUt free tint MMIM. and At aVt the yam feel like efterin monev to. ho I Uwejrbt mar be von'd ha; bar ride ao the engine.' , "Well 1 dida't Uke te refaes Mareh. for. as I said before, he and 1 were good friends, and he had dene me many a goad turn; but 1 me any the idea of baring a woman in the cab all the way to Fairtowa wa'n't Tory Pleasant, and I said so to March, but he was bound to have her go, and mid ao mnch that I finally told him to br ag her along. She eaaae out upon the platform, a little, pale-faced thing, who looked at me wtth great, frigh ened eyes, as though she thought I was a bear, and would eat hemp as soon as we left the station. March mtrodu ed her as Miss Lord, and seemed to expect me to say something to make her feel at home, but I was all out of aorta, and I only nodded in a surly sort of way. I aaw the tears come iate her eyes, aadyoa better believe I felt Mud of moan, but I didn't any anyth ng. and March helped her on the engine. I aaw her pot out a liU e white hand, not much b ger'n a child's, and lay it on his arm. as she an d: " ' God blew you, Mr. March.!, "And then I wen off to look for Jim, who wat lain I found Mm the other side of the depot, with a two-gallon can of kerosene m his hand. 4 'Yon see,' he asad, as I asked rather sharply where he'd been, ! efn git wus a ajood deal aneaper here than at my wife thinks it'sasirnt better, too.' "'Well, eome along,' I mid. we're two minutes behind time for "When we got back to the engine March had gone, and Mb Lord sat there alone. Jim stared, bat I said: " This voting woman's going to ride on the engine to Fail-town- she is a friend of r. March.' So be put down bis keru-ene, and took his place on tbe cab. "I heard the conductor's All aboard,' and then we were off. "I wa boy with lerers and valves, for a man who drives a train holds the lives of hundreds in h;s hand, and one cureless motion may send them all iato eternity. So you see I hadn't much time to think of ant-thing but tux ma chine, but I noticed that Jim was pretty talkative. Ai tint I thought it was be au we had a woman aboard, but bjr and bir I began to suspect it was somethinr worse thnn thnt His voice grenf thicic and his ntovementa un erta n. and at last 1 eonid no longer hide from mrself the fnet that be had teen drinking. Still I anticipated no trouble. We were a! eady more than half way to Fairtowa. and I thought he would keep up till we got there. At A the station master handed the conductor a telegram. He read It, and then handed it to tre. It ordered us to go onto N to meet the special. 1 had expected to stop at the next station, and N was tea miles beyond, but orders are orders and mtist le obeye I. So I told Jim, to pile on the wood, and I put on all the steam I dared, and we went spinning over the road ai a rate that moat have aatonnmed taaW JaOaaBVoWtUfuWi " We had gone a little more than half way. and 1 was begirnmg to think we mizkt nme the dhinnce without mnch trouble, when Jim sat right down en the fioor of the cab, and began to whimper. "Oeti up, you fool, and go to work, I cried. "I ean't. he whimpered, r uet ui tp you noaUraUavl 1 , oVnsonaa i Know we've got to got to ton minutes, or meet the Don't von m 1 an semi trains "I ean't help it, lettber oT train come. I tell ye I'm tared. Now, look here, Seafarth,' nodding his bead with drunken rarity. Ton' re workm' too hard. Why, man. yon won't live out hob vour dura, if von don't take sosae rest. 1 tell ye what 't is you'd hotter take things eaey. I m goia' to, anyway. "And he laid down on the floor of the cab, and shut Ma eyes, mutter ng: "Take it easy. easy. Jim ' 11 take it easy.' - 1 suppose I must have acted Mho a wild man, for I knew that before I oonht let the conductor know the fix thnt w were in. nod get help, it would he toe late to nave tbe train, and I'm afraid I need some pretty h) nut to when he gem m a thrhi Not that the words help him out of It. I snnpose they o .lr let of of the extra steam, and make Mm th nk quicker. So I stormed away there, all the time trying to do my work ad Jim's, aad knowing ever moment thnt we were losing ground. The steam was going down, and the engine slowing up. spite of nil I could do. "1 ten you." and he passed his baud o-er Ms forehead. it makes the sweat start nn me now. when I think of that It seems to me that I lived a life time m those few minnt. It's an awful tnlng to have so many Urea depending on you. In the cars oehm J me wore hundreds of, hnmnn be'ngs, and the other train had hundreds more, nnd only n step between them and eternity. All this time, therirl Mrch had nut oa the engine had been sitting perfectly i onU, watohiax evervthlng thnt went on, and now. whan evervtkltio- aaad W. . she threw off her shawl, an ojmI soamojl taw to Jhn's pmoa, saying on etlr: .. . .Oman Tl. own. . i n anno tnot

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Ten.' thaa 1 keek, and 1 re on I teeer 1 eon do his vwi 'It urns a forlorn hope, but ow only utter one brief snomeni of hesitation, 1 said: " 'Very weuVyou can but try, and If you faiT 1 did not finish the aenkmce, for. nt the thought of failure, the uwffble pieinre of aaangied. bleeding boom, crnsbed out of nil s sort mate of nnannnUy. roae holore me. and I turned awar wiu a groan, a slight over the ghn, and ahe aeeme polar hut, without a word. her place, throwing on the wood as I mtected, aad doing no well, thol of my nnxieiy. I eonld not but the dexterity with which she handled hear y alii. Tbe strengttfof a haif-a-eVnwa mea seemed wmcearaied m her al ndr arms. but. sptte of her efforts, we hardly seemed to gain ground. "I looked at my watch, and fairly groaned akmd as law that it wanted tea minutes of six, and at six we were expected to pees the extra at N . There was no time to put bank, and no ehaneeto atop till we reached N . There was nothing for us to do but o go sumtgni on, wongn i sew mat we were coinr to aeetruoteon. As tbe hands of the watch crept round, telling off the minotes. I watched them with a sort of uaemabon. feeling aa though I wore mnuax iv awne. v eu. 11 you u oaueve me, that girl, instead of making a row, as most women would hare done, never aid a single word, though she sec seed to know just how things were going, but, aftT one look at my face and I suppose 1 must have looked pretty bad almost by inspiration it seemed to n. ha did one of those taiaga a man would never have thought ot Right bou nd her was tbe osl-can Jim had cot at I D . With a steady hand ahe lifted ! tne aeary can. and poured halt its con- , teau on th- wood, then she threw the I wood upon tbe fire, and it biased up with a juiek, fierce , beat, thai sent th engine firing orer the rails at a rate that fakiv made one dtxzy. Still ahe piled on th oiled wood, and still we w. nt on faster, and faster. The train rocked from aide to aide, and the engine seemed hardly to tonoh the rails. I looked at wy watch, and then an kraal y in the direction of N . It wanted ' three minutes of six. Oh, if there might be some delay, aomething to make toe other tram o en one, minute late Hut no. away m tbe distance I could ee n fa nt line of smoke oomiog nearer and nearer. The nil saw ft reached for the oil-can. 'It's of no ue.' 1 said, get there, and we're all the We can't we can sa'ely carry now. " 'Are you sure it won't won't near any more?' ahe asked, anxiously. ' 1 shook my head. t "-I m afnidMiCIeatd. ' ' 'But it is possible that ftntujrf ahe asked again. " 'Tea. poadble, but not probable,' I nnswered. "She naked the qoeatkms in a calm, even voice, and I wink I snswonsd ra much tho same tone, for, new mat the danger I had feared was really upon us. 1 seemed to have lost all fear, and I watched the line of smoke noaring us so fast with a sort of vague wonder., as to what the engineer of the other train . would do when he saw us coming, too late to nave Ms train. I wus roused from this sort of stupor into which 1 seemed in danger of falling, by seeing the g rl again reach for the oU-caa. I shook my head. "It won't dV'I said. 'It may be death,' rBut.' she said, it is death if I "I nodded, and. without a word, ahe poured the of the oil upon the wood. it into the fire. We close to the station now. and I and bear the women scream as they saw our danger; tor right in front of ua was the extra, so near thnt it seemed as if noth ing but a miracle could save us. I looked at Mb Lord. With that last effort her strength seemed to leave her. nod she sank upon the seat, covering her face with her hands, wahburfor the death thnt seemed so noun There wus a moment of nwfwl anaPuse, and side truck, just as tbe e tea thundering by, so near thnt sruroety nn ' JoMHni the eajriae from the The brakes en. aad the long line of car can to a -sou just beend the statkm, and slowly ran hack to where the of alarmed and carious men wd watchiat: as. At the shrill sound of tbeesoasanaratennt. Maw Lord raoaed ed anxiouslr around, naea, seeming to realise safe, she tried to my somethinn. but Lin a murmur, nnd fell tk. feMf the words died nwny 1 the next moment she fell on the floor of the cab like a dead wonmn. But before I eon'd call lay one to help her. for I was prettr well shaken nryaelf, one of the dtreetora. who was oa the train, came along ma fearful paaamn. He wanted to know what I meant by mnning the risk that 1 had done. " 'Haven t you any brains r and nont you care any more for hannaa lift a donkey T be Mustered. "I handed him the nVrant I received at A- -. aad wbtoh. nately for myself, 1 had put, into any pocket, and then I pointed to the fioor of the oil), whore Jim lay in a drunken sleep, and Mies Lord la a deed faint. t asm i mnu m mory as wen as i couiu. I tell yon there was pretty livolr then for a few minotes. The pi gen found out thnt nnaethtng was the , matter, nnd mall d they csme pouting out of nnd crowded round the on1 hud to tell my story ovor the care. and nwrmdJim off to the lentton, and , amal Jaalnnh jiUnnnfn amnk djam manaama onanknl 1 wm mam avwn im im rowT wmm ? IndJnaWni Wnaal noaWnum aumOr 9flMff (rf ttartR

to herself enough to sit no, ttv-ie r-se nande ao for her. of more dedtara nahe ever tod m nor life, and that wa'a't all. for Mr. Ranaw-tho dies stir thai was aboa'd the tram found thai she knew ao i othing of teltgrsfhr. and put her m the omee at C er awhlto. and in a ;ew months gave her a steady lob. Ko yon see it wa a't a bad rhie for her. after na" But what hsnams of bor ' I "la she still 4a the on eeF" "Ob, bbkwyon. no. air. Khe did aotaU the woanea do, sooner or later "Well." amid soch awom-n deaarved a good d nuJJ ennann fS Wnl, I don't know: prtry middling. I ruses,' and then he nodded, vitha laugh: feseesns to be aaii-fied. m I suppose tuere's tor any one ehie to find fault-" Ju4 then there was a whistle, and the down wuttinr his pipe In his trip, saying, with a aly smile, us he sprang tne engine ana auM rooo-ey: i "If ever von anama to &aood I be glad to eee youund you eon aekmy wi e what she thinks of the hnauend Mint Ford got." Jfalay. Bfbbona, btees and fiowers are the need for trimming the rompous. airrutsea of marabout, aad abort ostrich Ops are oa ' many hats, but it is said feathers will ' not be nemnt-h need as tber were last summer. The ribbons are narrow, va j rying front a abort inch to two incites i in width; and they may be of velvet with r satin on the wrong side, or eke ottoman repped on one side with satin on , the opposite, or perhaps both sidt-a are i repped: tho only brocaded ribbons are of i ersmn coloring, nod those with large balls of velvet or satin on a repped ground. Oct askmallr a bund- , some bonnet will be trimmed wtth bins 1 velvet or ottoman silk ut from the piece, but the use of ribbon is the general rule. (Mild luce, white hue with gold threads, hnUher-colored lace in gnipore patterns, part y of silk and partly kid. colored laeea. each of a sin gle color or with many cashmere tints logeuier. ana unc nvcsof vnrous kinds French. Spanish and guipure .are ueeu or ioa xoii iruis mat trim -many of the apring bonnet. Flowers are bunched in very thick dusters of bjoasoms with the leaves massed te- ' gether in a most unnatural war. and quite a feature in made of buncnos of ) stems and thick stalks. Velvet and , silk power replace th a muslin f owers and satin and heavy plash are used for the petals of dark nasturtium, caraa- , tiont asters, dahlias, dirysaatbemunis ; and wild rose. Few targe roses are seen; the pre erenoe is for smaller flow, en bonebed m half-wreaths r or in one large fiat cluster. Verbenas are thickly clustered, and there are ruche of geraniums that cover the entire brim of . capotes, violets. belmCropea, and forget-me-nots also form the front of bonnets that have a crown of lace, straw, or ottoman silk. LUace are in great favor not only in their own white and pink'tsh-purple hues but in most unnatural red yellow and green shades. Tbe towers most Men are marguerites svriuga U&eos and thistles. Hedge rose of dwarfed niaes are ranged in double, wreaths of twenty or thirty blossoms wi h a bunch of green knaves at one end and at the other end are un blown rose-buds bunging on their long The trimmings are massed in a clutter oa the top of the bonnet, thus giviug a high e eot to these of the lowest shapes. The crown is o lea further tr.mmed by doubled velvet ribbon ldnned on the lower part in two points ?T P. d ther bbm then forms "MS mvc mzim: or fo ib nooon wpsMsaou twice through a buckle at the top of the crown, nnef then tied down the side of tbe bonnet. The lmitur of brans wm often plain velvet eot in the shape of the br4n. but there are others with folds ' ptMng velvet ineide. or lace f rile, or a thick elneter of fiowers: newer still are the double frills of velvet on the edge, reethur oa the hah- without nay of the bonnet frame beneath them. The ottoman aad satin r bbons are for the oeekavomb bows thnt take the r nasnc from barn notches 1 ke thooe of the comb of a cook cot in the ends of the maay pieces of which they are These bows are as tiantlr straw their many loops can be. and there are also manv of tbe notched ends of r bbon le t stiff and bristling: thus on a cwir-cohired bonnet is n raapbeiry red ottontan now ot four wops ot ottoman that is two inches wide: tbe loops ore four luch-s deep, nnd there are also bow of four loope ot are four inch-s deep, and there are twelve notoned ends: to tie theee together tightly is pale raepcerry ribbon an inch wide, and of this there are nko four long loops and four notched ends. This makes a mammoth bow thai is perched on top of the bonnet and to se- ; cure ft tho straws are ripped apart in front ot tne crown, nnd ends of the ribbone, are nensed tbrounh the rlnped Mace: the effect is odd and strftmg. Similar trimmings are nmdnwim flowers nnd feathers, and are commended for round facet. The full ruche of fiowers around the orhn will be more becoming to slender oval faces. The strawberry red ribbons ate much need to tie on bunches of yeUow fiowers. and auiier red wtth the green shades is of colors. Leather yft. ? ?y,'l aoo naoi arhn jj1!?;.. mMt rA. WM? J Tonanunr Xnrnu) ion. anmpur's Aaeor. Atwne two was hnanV cut en the AnnlanJ naatavaaaanfttf aWwnV tea- o- - .. fwV fwVM JaVnnrim JOT . K aWpHauMaaaf naMb sjfcadj 4MauauVurn( nafeHaMNr1 ennOnn1

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