Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 25, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 August 1883 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C- DOANllli amhltBaor. lMDIAVA. 4 BA8E-JBALL BALLAD. youus:usa r our sate VnMlr tank 4rtak Motfttor flNHI lMMMWpai Mm SMS MMWHt. MM WM a JUCMMMII ; Hi! HOM WM ItOSt. MM Ml OiettnuaUr wewjMelods jk Made WltMHIMliN. MMl A Muttnui lervseta. Bit bar wm iwd. sad sMuitsd el Maea mabames mw fete. ItHm sen wad in mn mm AS KWItM MYt W SMI He Mt iereae for the Yam rr0ttc baU. new Tasuati mot a imM iMSearlr loveda A rerj rape wrist : AM wnea ae astewd he gave tne tatt Hit own iweiiawr twaet. Of tMMtlM Mm batk HMixtatM vmwe; JtM fee WM HWMHl! MM MtlMlf(MMi. WltUi rantvwr ha te dona: Me ujeue kit heart sad hurt hteastoea Ml Bit body w ham pleated now, Kkt mmI at te tat sky i The apirsh raaesnd iromhmvsnsown, Am look mm ss Un sr. A CbM4BYtACf HER. Morning at Erie. A faint breese ii Mowing oft the land, that Banket only tbo lightest ripple on the surfuce of th Inks and bay. A mile or two out from tha aboro a fowawlb ar outlined against tbo aoriaon. and tba oourae of a protMiler aa far diataat no aotWM may MiU be trnoad by a light Hoe of aaaoke. The coort-honee rlock atrtkM four Ions, laar atrokea. acourdinr to Ha deUbmUe habit, aad little later the keener of the Proton' Isle ttgktbowe at the eatmooe of Um knrbor pnts out bis light He may well do so, tor the Bush in the east has dwaened into s flara. Th (tender shaft of the watr-tower is V mini m jw gwm t epirea one after another are tipped with fro. Upward comes the son and downward sinks the rkw. The water-tower is a erimiMM pillar now, tbo imgalnhr ehtYators at the water's edge look almost beautiful In the fair light, the trees on fresqu Isle arc bathed in it, aad the diataat sails redden as it tooches them. Still upward a Mm est he sua till the horiaon Umt oaano longer oonooal it, and it seems ns if it most in a moment aaore oonie rolling in fiery splendor along the blazing path it hM bnrned aeross the water. A small boat from the lifeanvMg station ctosms the rlowinr track, and red drops flash from the gleaming oars. And now the whole broad lake nBsteas as the sun climbs higher, but tbo red glow hat gone, Um glory has iaded, and another commonplace day has liegim. A conunonolnce day to yon or to we; mat aetor yet did tbero dawn a day that was not ew its close wmsecrated by sonw act of loyalty to the best emotions of the human heart. Ton or I may have watched the splendor of the dawnfang day from Garrison HOW and gone noma tnrilled with Hs grandeur, only to forget a few boors later the fine feelings that hare sprung up within ns, the ragne aspirations that the sight has evoked. For no, then, the splendor has been exchanged for the commonplace. Frank Gaskell hM had no time this morning for seeing the annrhn from Gnnhion Hill, Inad be wished to do so, wniek hi quite umlikely. A sower contractor with a Inrge force of laborers in his employ is not usually n man to whom sunrises anpenl la amy esthetic wny, or one who indulges In rague talk about the eomisKnplace. And, looking at Frank Gaskell, yon will any he is the last man of whom anything Tague" be predicated. A tahV well-built of thirty, only iiamalihr goodleoaiwr, but wtta a arm mouta. eyes whose angry Hash the under him do not onto to workmen When he sneaks It la in short. onltiiiiisa that leave no doubt of his meaning. Alert, keen and energetic, he allows no idlers about Man, ana you would enll him merely a pushing, oora-mon-plaee man, and seek to know no more of him. At present be is eoa'dnothnt the evesmtiona la Ftmlarstreet frensratorj to coastmeting n sewer for that loonlity, and very busy this occupation keeps hisn. ThTOttgh the middle of the street for sereral squares the cutins; extends, its course marked by two kmr liaea of sand and srmreL A rawii inat ehasm twenty or mote feet deep it as, ns wnlls earefnllv boaroea at inter rnk. Down there m Uw hnUhaarkness aottM of Gmkell's men are Mboriouslr dtigffng. while others are Itowting nnckets of eartk to the surmoe ami addmn; thus to the height of the yellow wiles on rack side of the cntthur. It is nine o'clock whoa Gaskell, uAsr onrefnt directions to the laborers on the auafactt. dmeends to the bottom of the oxoavatlou to make his daily inspection of the work there. As ha bbmbj ibrwly nsouf hwottiek tianoe taken la mnjturs oc tne work, aow no stone to in a less nwkwnrd war, aad now Mnansnato

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earth behind k, dealy ha mum about angrily. JHda't I toll yon la Bight to km anaomY jriloJo5 YoJfev mMHP9 enfaaunsaVsna uJms oauynm oitir" h says to mm ol too mm nearaStmhan. "I belive job dkl. itiiMn the " but taore waa't ao good baards ken, ami Jam Molina Mid bs would bring mm tbo first thlag this BnOrBiBg, but M) BBSSt OUBBO yet. i iiiMi hardly the exciiae, he is ato occupied with kk esauniaation of Um walk of Um eattlag. "This ought to be hoarded lor fifty feed each hob" be tan, "aad It' cot to be done this Morwof . Bead MshafiTeyber to me'1 at oaee. He's op above there by Um Sixth street orosi MM tBO IWHW UMB) MtFMfB BBSteBS away. The plaoB where Gaskell is now n about nnawnjr of tne length of tbo MMMMKM UaM aakJ IWWSB nam MM of tbo sewer cuttiasx. and ba the northern aad some thirty lnborers are diswinjr bnaily. Toward the southern end the excava tion b shallower, and several ladders near mrnhh the menus of aocent or desoent. One of thaw is about sixty feet sooth of Gnakeil. Whim ho is waiting bo surveys the distance between It and himself with his eye. a don't like the looks of taints alone here." he Mrs, half aloud. " I believe I'll have boards put up as far as that ladder, anyway, be ooatiaues, aa he walks toward the sooth. The men at the northern end are working toward him, deepening the ontting in his direction, and while he paces back and forth a doaeu or more of the workmen are rapidly extending their work toward that part of the exenvaoon. Be careful how you juntp round there," be calls sharply to some men on . the surf soa who are hoisting up the eurtfa removed by the shovels of the laborers below; 'them banks aia't bobs too strong, yon know. Johnson,' he says to one of the men who are peering down at him from above, "set some one to snoring the dirt further from the edge along there; and be mighty quick about it, too." It is too hot to hurry, " grumble soma of the men at the top ns Johnson tolls them of GaakelTs orders. But If it is hot up there, where the breexe is blowing, it is far wotm down where Gaskell and the others are. It hi not Terr Ikrht there, and the air is dose and henry. Some of the younger men are complaining of tbo heat in bo gentle tones. "That's no good," says Gaskell to one man; "leave off your swearing aad go to work. It aia't a-going to be no cooler for ail your onsaing." . 'Ab' you're right there, Muster Gaskell," eoauneuts a brawny Irbnunan near; "it's not swearkV that'll cool Um air for Mike, and it's like to make it a dale hotter for him in the next worruld, or eke Father Casey's a liar. There is a laugh at una, and Mike's grumblings and curses are silenoed for a time. "It's time MahahVy was back," Gaskell is beginning, when a handful of annd and gravel fall close to him. "Mind what you're about up there," he calls, but as he looks np he sees there is no one near the edge, and hut then a larger handful of earth falls on the other side of him. He turns to see from whence it has fallen, and nu the color in his cheek leavw K instantly, for all along on the western wall of the cutting, where be had declared boards ahoukf be phtoed. pebbles are fulling und toe tooe nana m siwing own. Gaskell well knows what all Una "Make for we ladders, moni" be sails. ownok, too,'' he adds, hurriedly. 8nene of the men have alrendV nusbed their work beyond him. and these are between him and the nearest ladder. Almost as noon as GMkell, they perceive the danger, and. dropping their tools, they hurry toward the ladder. hustling aad beating encB otaer m tneir annd hnate. These wftl save themselves, Caskell thinks: but what of the othersr "Hurry, men! hurry P he calls sharply, and swiftly the men, their faces blanched with laar, ny past him. And now Um sand is sl idias; down rapidly, and the cutting Is atiaTtower by a foot or more m the half minute since Gaskell save the alarm, and still the men are running past and sure crowding about the foot of Um ladder asarset, too much erased by terror to bnsten to the Inddera beyond, where they might be safe. From where he stands Gaskell looks at the throng. "Prettr poor chance for aw, he nays to himself ; and just then the sand stops idbvaud formomoBt thereti alarm, ntaybe,'' Guskell says, half aloud. The mea are nearly all up the ladder by Uils time, and Gaskell himself la naoving toward Has the last laborer cornea near htm. He Is nn old man, too old for such work, Gaskell has often said, and he did not mean to have him employed below the surface. "1 dula't know you warn here, Jim," hosays to the elder man. "Johnson should have kept yon up there with him. But yon moat ha nsighty quick now to get oat of tbla. The otharseareaty heeds wbutGaekeU h sayma. bat seon mfaot Mhis rneumatic legs wm let him, aad Gaskell follows. Whoa they have gone a few feet further the sand ones mors begins slkittg and Um pebblns full more twpidly. Frank givwa groan as bo perceives this. "Hurry, Jim," he oalls; yoa are oMer than I, so you matt go up the lndoWirst." Aa tiMtv ' mi ward over the vishiussMnd now covering thM bottom of anaaarkmnhanaa

ItOfO atinngoly mlans t, is utwnj Gaskell. who fahs heavily. jr "ttWfy.JlauV'heoaUs ha rises, bruloed. and with diAeultT "you'll get there sale." It la but n law nsonwnts since the alarm wm ghren. hut now the annd is falling all about him. and as Frank advances a lew paces from whets be fsll, part of the western wall eomm upon him in one swift, terrible Round about him rises the soft yellow asnd. To hit knees, to his waist, then higher to Ms neck, and the rush is sUved. As Jim painfully toils up the ladder and reaches the surface, a dozen voices call to him: Where's Mr. Gasket!?'' " Down there,'' nnswera Jim. poiatinj(iu aJewHtkwedway to the pit from enVn ssnneur teeaa o9kow9uVs9 enoourtu9(J ou9 onnMu 'Bpe' just aa the western nail fails, bus a am fast to the north of them. " It's all np with poor Mr. Gnakeil," my Mveral voices. -No, it isn't; loan sea him." some one says who m peering cantioimiy over lest the treacherous earth should give way at that point also, and then they bear Frank's clear voice: " I'm hem, boys. Sorry to give you another Job, but I gnom you'll have to dig me out of this;! oaa't get out alone. you know. "Indade, Muster n wurruk to get yes out as long aa we've got arrunu," exclaim the men, in great relief at hearing his voice again. But bow to do this is not easy to tell. The annd has stopped falling, but a footstep on the bank near amy it to fall. The eastern wall, however, seems firm, and on that saoe the men begin their work. It will be a loos; twk. To work northward toward Gaskell from the bottom of the cutting will inevitably bring down more earth upon him. and the only available plain seems to be to make a traaaveise cutting from the eastern aide, and endeavor to reach Mm in that way. The news of the dis aster has spread very rapidly through the city, and in a short time crowds are hurrying toward Poplar street. But onhr the workmen are allowed near Um opening. All others, except a couple of reporters, are sternly kept bftCK ny um police. The work goes on alowly. thougb many willing nanos are eaigagea. The Jkrofcf reporter, a tall, wofCmade fellow, goM to the odga of the above liaskeu. 'Courage, ly; they'll Frank!" he says; tenderhave auortry." "Oh. yes, the boys will do their best, uaakou How did you hapsento as ana only one haft down there r' Mks taeottter. "Well, yoa know, Stmwwjrd, I had to see that my men were all out It wouldn't have done for me to scraatble out nrst." This is MidrnaturaHr enough, and aa if k had not oecurred to the speaker that he oould have done otherwise Uuua to see that his men were safe before trying to save himself. "Ton are a noble fellow, Frank," Strawford says: and then to the companion reporter he adds: There aren't many fellows that would do at Gaskell has done this morning." The hours move on slowly, hut Hthey seem long to those above In the free air and aunahine what must they be to Gaskell down there in the ha&darimans watting for deliverance! Strawford goes away after a urns, out xetarna shortly with n bottle of wine, aad after soakinar a snonse wtta tne it carefully to Gaskell. That will do vou rood K twssiblr ret bold of it, Frank,'' no a v ns This the other essays to do, and after one or two mousing attempmsn In getting a portion of the sponge between his teeth. " It's rood for vou." calls out Straw ford from above, and yon shall ham just aa much as you waa to sees np your sttenath.'' Bv and brtbe noon whistles blow ahvfllr. aad hundreds of workanea who have mat hoard the news of the acci dent Book toward Poplar street, and from one to another It is toad that Frank Gaskell is down there m the cut ting buried la the sand np te bis neck, and that it will be hours before they can set him out. Arain the whistles Wow, and tne man irom tnemnss aamiawrkn return to their work, but the . . . n M . . . anxious, waitinr crowd is still treat. and to tbotr nupaaeat eyes snm mm progfeM fat making toward Gaskell' s inseue. The court-house dock strikes two. then three, and still Strawford is kneeling by the edge speskias- encour aging words to Gaskell nnd tetrmg aim what nrosrroM the workmen are mak ing. The knur afternoon drags by. Gaskell fromTls prison watesms the white clouds runes eaoh other across the narrow rift ot blue sky that be can aw. He says hut little, nnd Strawford fears he is growing weaker. "More wine, Frank?' ha asksbut tbe other says "No," and the alienee is unbroken save for the none of the workmen's shovels as deUvwmsos slowly approaches. The clock strikes four, aad as the last stroke ends Gaskell says woarily: " Mil ao later P It seems to me I have been bare for days." "Courage. Frank!" gttawtnrd says cheerfully: "we shall hare yoa up hers with m before long. Tne mo iag bravely, and they are a Bmtt.' "I'm eiad Jfut aw animas." mya, a ifttle afterlhis. "rarnaml t fiaok anoagh.' MFtmmn t khnt, ri ? . lit

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riant ''--sad here Strswford breaks off iand and nehblea are osaea more rettliag down from the treaohantms western wall "My Godf esehnma 4rawford. In low umm, "I am afraid it's all np with Frank.'' Faster asm tester elides the annd, Gaskell gives one agonised look bwiord's pitying Isoe. Then the annd coBMs down In rush, comnkrteir filling the cutand bwford. with the of raak Gnakeirs but look. away. (hour Fmg umm. MthevflhMe of W all over it by the of Judge L. He knot a store and mn bbIH nnd was slwsya sure to have IBe beet of bsugaiaou Ms aide, by comiMtencv. and some dM not nesttnte te sail Mm "the bisvest rascal m the world.'' He was verrconcened wtthnl. aad used to delight to brag of his busi ness ensnctty wnenever any os aesr to usten, Uno rainy day. m a number were seated around the stove in the store, be began, as usual, to tell - . . w - a B sis great bargains, ana at mm wo an with the sipreMioa. "Kobody sever ebnalad me. nor they oan't " sakt aa oM of tl mny, " 1 ve oneatea yon 'Byon ant me." How aor' asked the Judre. "If you'll promhe you won't go haw nhont it nor do nothinsr. I'll teu. to eke I won't; you aire too much of a law " Let's hear! lot's hoarr cried half a dofn voices, "rnpronmnw," said Um Judge, " a ee treat in tne oargam. " Well, do you remember Ui you robbed ma out off' " 1 never robbed you of any exclaimed the Jndee; " I onhr gat the best of a barrain.'' r "Well. I made wp my mind to have it back, and "Ton never did," interrupted the onto Judge. "WalL vou see. Judre. I sold you dav a verv nice nine kr. and lmnafaaad with you for a lot more. WelLmnthm; I stole ot pile, down by your asm. the night before, nnd the next day I - . a sold it to i you, lne next ntgnt x nrew H back home, and sold it to you the next day; and ao I kept on until yoa bunght your own log of me twenty-eeven times.' "Thm Mfabmr exdalnwi tnehsfnriated Judge, running to his amoks aad examining bis log accounts; "yon sokt us tweutv-eeven logs at tne "I know it," said the vender in logs; by drawhnr it back and forth the ends ore off until h wm only ten feet long Just fourteen shorter than the nrst time I brought It nnd whan it got ao short I drew it home again and worked it up into shingiea. and then I concluded l Bad got my wagon oaon ann an away m my paekst-4ook." Tan exclamation of the Judge drowned fat tba ahoutsof the bystanders, and the hig-drawer found the door without the uronshnd treat. And to a yoa have onhr to ask the If he JtnvW flaaW Vnanmnv wV anatamnl 1 Mhn Fnllor fat a bright and y i iias; hsdy who is doing bar aasm In the world's work by eoodnctutg a school atOrasdMasais. When not teaching the young idea to hasdie Its musketry, she hm bosa knuraiaghowtoalMOt, herMlf. aad bv metice has become quite aa exnert with the Winchester. It didn't take much nloadlnr to win a promise from Mike BrasoL. with whose family MhM Fuller boards, that he would give her a lessen in dsMSeuying. Choosing a fcvorable night theplueky schoolma'am, armed with her rifle and attended by Mr. BnueL renalred to a small lake where deer were known to be freonent visitors. A jack-light wns rigged hi te stern of a boat, and, wnn nne renay, the lady patiently waited developments. Soon a fine buck ennw stamping Unogh the U ash wood, attracted by the on the wnter. Pmnghag in, be toward, the lisrht. nattl bo wm enough for a shot. "Bow'a your tha ghi, BMUTV. in a "Bight behind answer. Aomort inataat after the Mit iorth a btmdimr iaah iawrenort. "DldrhH himt .raeried the srhri. asshe took the riflft front her idionMer. la answer Mr. Brasel sent his boat forward with a couple of powerful strokes, and there, strnggting In tba water, lay the gutmat buck, the luVrl his ear. ocursey of sight herShiking classpsd bar fair to heaven, aad la tba "How. tat ma only capture a aad I wltt be iwasty to oner . salwanlBW smfiswa Mg J A ate Bjaaaof 1 chocolate, five of sugar, eawesjn tftkens'M sumdsntbr wm Rwah a M ktoannnsttopaBandM sfhsttingwssm, serf ess

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