Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 December 1883 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. DOANK, abltoseorJASPER. ISDLAHA shrine; m Yotea's Ml do not Mxxtrd WMl HM aj IIMM UK MUM) .But wheat the toll of eltW dime RJa out f(r chart, Yhstpsslui that, 'mm Deeeaber's aaows, W with ior tHAr. la Basiprn cbapeU ant mw, M the brnt uwam of May, warn ww to-oar mmi IWJNr nu shamthe rich is an It unto Mel" The ma. ttwdsUj. It little worth If heart to heart aocord : And nit the sogering mmv of w MWm IM COM Of UOO. The ssateianae of the Lord to wot In every Christ m trw, And heerd the woMi of Olivet Ye did tt unto Me!" la every ministry to woo, Ia every kelp to mm. The isssdakd tee orJesus as. itaejr worn to Mala; Bread multiplied we mmr behold lasvorr sksrtty Ad at DMtMH of oM- " T TSSJtmu, Me!" alwewyertt! In every clime Tee anMU stasia uptm; It h 0m spU. nflJRko nans, Tha aanrtlnoe tfca rift ! The CkvkuVoklld win tie ehMr To wtnr Christnaa li wo Or by the Maine's or Wevm's - re idMltuntoMer en IlirtK stain, the Tale Jot's area. And brim rour CfcrhatsaiM dower. Ajawuara iMwniteuusee-vtm Mar not aeoord with ourtt And Be will walk ajraln wltti who walked In Galilee: And Mis sweet voice vttt ey 1 re m n unto xev HwaVlsh JtutUrwartk, . Car a am l km. s THE MAX IK TKB SHADOW. Hwm bitterly cold thai night The wind swept furiously down, the long avenues, a tiding the light enow, that had Just "eased to fall flying hither ' and thither through the air, sweeping it front om aide of the street and piling it up with methodical carefulness on the other; driving it in long, feathery drifts from the housetojn and dusting it down the necks of unfortunate pedestrians in spite of their ctosely-but-toned coats mid turned-up collars. All shivered as they -ame to thai ooraar. and then with naif-averted heads harried past into the wore sheltered street beyond. The Man ia the Shadow crouched closer vet into the archway of the big bank building and looked curiously out on the passing throng. Everybody seemed to ha anxious to get house as who wouldn't be in each weather but that was no reason why everybody should look so happy and expectant over each an ordinary event. Then, too, by another extraordinary coincidence, everybody' seemed provided with a bundle or package of some sort and each package! Whitey-brown paretis, tied np snugly, mysterious in their every aspect; brown paper parcels whose very folds breathed a delightful saggesiivenead of turkey and pudding; smooth, trim packages with leek, well-rounded sides, thoroughly conventional and respectable; broken, disreputable ones, with perchance a skate-strap or a china doll's head peeping out, and thus basely betraying its owner's secrets: long 'ones and abort ones, little packets that eonld be carried in the waistcoat pocket, aad valuable, no doubt, in inverse proportion to their sise, and big bundles tightly bound with manifold shawl-straps and proving almost loo much for their struggling owners. Everybody that was anybody seemed pasting that particular corner that particular sight and carrying everything thai could be sought m the city. The Man in the Shadow looked ptuxled. Acrws the wav the door of a shop opened, and a fair hair flying oui little girl, with long out f ram Maeslh her red worsted hood, cause ranninr aeur the crosains. Bat the around was silnoery, and the rash little adventuress suddenly disappeared into the big snowdrift beyond the curtMstoue. The Maa in the Shadow uttered a kw exclamation and, darting out. lifted her up. "Oh! I've broken K," she exclaimed, anxiously pulling out something from her tiny pocket. "No. it isn't either: Tm so glad. It's for Christmas, you know, and Tm ever so much obliged to you." Then, turning quickly around, she sped away again. "tXcour that's what Hall means Christmai Evc"-mttered the maa. spring back to hi old idroiter. "Much ood it does me" - and he frowned as he kicked the snow off his boots drew his threadbare coat yet closely about him. " It is showing late and the crowd U getting thinner. ,r Suddenly a tall figure closely enveloped in a long ulster hurried pa -t. The slouched bat was pulled low down over the pedestrian' forehead, but as he came into lite circle of light under the )amp-po4 a Midden gur of wind lifted It off his head and sent It flying on ahead of him. The Man hi the Shadow started and took a step forward as though about to follow him. " Pshaw, what a fool I am!," he aidt as he shrank bock, "as if H could be he and even If It were ' 'Come, my man. move 00: nokmfing around here!" met his ear. and Miceman Buffer looked in suspiciously upon th (Touching nadirs. He looked np deftantly and then, with a gesture of aamnt, stepped out Into the idreet. One of the kind na 'It need watching.'' remarked Mr. Buffer, confidentially, to a whiUMSosted waiter who had stettpadont Into the street for a nwniont to aw what was ang on.

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MMa him at all; "but you'd camhai iaskte. It's atortal here and your onfee is shout ready. "Wot a fool I wae to 1st hlna stay there so hong," saM ftilieeman Baffar. regretfmly. "How do I know but wot he s lnen drillln a hole uader the lock snu piiiggta' it lull of Mast a while 1 was p the street "'Taint m call foe van, Mr. to he throwin' yourself away iavtsstigatin', aad oome tothink of it. he eoahte't have been doing anything like that for he's been out aad ia from there a deaan times." "Mebbe I ought to have stroked him off a little with the dub.' sir. saner, caressing taat una msmner of himself fondly; "but he's out of my beat now, and anyway he's pretty sure to be run in before moxaunr;' and with this consolatory reflection he retired. Down the weU-a'fh lUsaistd strtete, with head beat down and with rapid steps, the man hurried along. Presently be stopped aad looked around him. A toy-shop across the way with brilliantly-lighted Hhow-wiadows caught his eyes. Cm the pane was leSjared m where the same old storv." he impatiently, "and it seems I can't away from it. I don't want to heai Christmas bells who would, with echoes ringing hi Ms ears? I kept my last Christmas Eve hist tea ream ago. aad I don't care about trvins n again.' The icy wind wm sweeping dosmoolder than aver, aad be bagaa to feel strangely numb and bewildered. Hatf-despsir-iag. aad yet with aa odd sense of happineas, be sank down upon a light of low. broad steps and leaned bis head against the balustrade. Across the street he could see some one dressing a Christma tree - some one with cherry ribbons in her hairand be smiled as he languidly tried to guess who it might be: then he smiled again, as he counted four little stockings hung up before the mantel-piece. A broad beau: of roddr lgh flahed out over the snow. A bfuff-tamt mas bent over him and shook him vigorously. " Come, my mam,' he said, "this won t do! Another half-hour and you'd never have beard the Christ bum tjells " The man dragged aim inside aad looked at him haH-curtonslv. half compassionately. "Tramp, eh?" be eacuUud. " Well, even a tramp aught to have shelter a night like this. Wait-here till you feel better." The stranger looked stupidly around him. Above his head rose a vaulted roof supported by lofty lohmm nround which were wieiathed long string of evergreens, brightened here and tb-re by sprays of flaming holly. Snsne church, of course, but everything looked strange aad unfamiliar! The bluff-faced man stood on a jtefi-uwhler busily engaged in fashkmiag in evergreens a motto on the wall. His guest looked on, fascinated as the sentence grew under the maker's deft fingers. Unto us a child is bora unto as a Sou" It read at last: and at its awnn inggrew upon him he groaned aloud. The sexton, a he evidently was. turned around pleasantly. Coming round, I see," he said. "Well, now, I've beau thinking that it's hardly right to send you out again to-night. Suppose yon stay aad help me. and 111 see you through on bed and breakfast r "Why, you don't know anything about me.' said the other, slowly. "I'll risk all that. Just corns up here and finUt out this ion tenet. Here's the rest of to written out on this piece of paper.' 1 know . a wa. it well enongn 1 oon t want the roughly; said the added: "I bej ing hastily. J and I'll do my net give the "Weu, von the seictoa, mneatirclj; Mhnt Jim Dmvidsoa doesn't go back on his aad III do as I said. Hera I greens, and you'll find the holly over The two men worked an in sfleumfor some nmtments; then name a kmoek at the doer, and the sextan unuumiearod for a moment. "Only the rvx-tor.' he explained, as he came back aad met has oompaaion's inauiricg ghmce. "He alwavs comas to the church Cturfstaaas Kve and watts till the befls beght to ring leastways, he's always done so since he took charge here, and that's nine years aero. I don't know what he here and I suppose anrwav. WeB, what Is it now?" tuning to a boy who had been vainly esmmvormg to his attention. "Please, shr, and there a down at your house taat must see you at once bnportaut business.' "Tell him to come un heta. J It's nbrh to twelve, aad I'll hare to on hand to ring the bells." "He says. Mr. lmvidsou. that he can't possibly oome up to the church, hot that he won t Keep you nut a mom us Well. 1 suppose I might run 11 for a miaute or so," hesitaled the ton.. Then, turning to toe who had stood aikntly lot "You'll start the bene fer me If I shouldn't get back ht time, won't you? Here are the rope, and you can easily get the kaeck. TU he back, though, I think, ia Ume.'' He threw on Ms frtrtheavor. thea around with a carious expression on hi face, walked up to a little closet set in the wall. Closing the eVor, which tens partiany open, ht locked jt, and slipping me nay m ma pocwes wens ma m sOenca. " Who's tnatiatha with US"Fe"snw sn neliPo'm imaniajftyfTi sjiaisBBas n

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Ouhs right. Yon maxht ask him to 1st me be disturbed just now, thoughJ Rev. Art bar lraytcsm. lector of 8c. I Peter's, raked the coals down m taw glowing grate and thea. drawing up am 1 easy -cash, sat duwa be'are the int. A hansl-iisne maa. must psnplewosild have called him. Iron-gray hair and beard. 1 clear, ckaa-cnt ftatinvu, asooth some ! what too much eomwuvesed. perhaps but altogether a fat-e that exacted ro il notatas- more. o one of Ma pretended to I really kausr nim. :, His parithinusrs respected and looked up to him, but thes i he never asemsd to expeoTit. At say j rase, he never showed the slimiest dipositjoa to bestow his onoa them. He ived apart, and people respected hi any conjecture? that bs had tienbse. Howb 1 i . these am aawava some people ready to est np any number of theories for any arisen set of Bee. Arthur Drartoa looked lour he'kmaed ms thousdam'raam to slays that had long this is what he saw. A vouac upon ma a calling. A veer of hai f bam4nees thatjpaamd f Z, him btadfa the bedside of his her drift away from his strong yet, ah now aelplejs grasp A tune of nlaafr un oasrhiinmisssw and thea the buagbter of his baby son rhxutg m hnesmealiing him back to take np the huordm osT life again. A sweet cbihTs face witla big black eyes and leag clustering carta comes tefore him now. Bis eyes are gtewing dim, and when he looks again tt has dauuapeared. The years roll by all too soon, and now the aight is nav iae on. It b ia his old church and ho is looking dowa etvralv uafotgiTunriy on bb sou bending for pardon at hm feet. There ome hard and bitter word that hewooldfaia forget; then the door tJasns and he is standing alone m the deserted church listening to the sound lag naoekery of the Clrisfmas bell. He pushed lack his chair from the fire and covered his hv-e with his Iwnda. ( The fire siaks l-wer and lower, antsl only a little heap of cold and IMaV'ie ashes rrnaahu. but still he sits there inotjotthna in silence. " The heavr door behind Sexton Imvidson. aoitou ecnoes through the lonely church. The ranger worked on in silence until his task was completed; then, tawing arid the spray of evergreen aad holly, he stepped fasto a. pew sod sat dowa. Something tying on toe floor at bis feet caught Ms eye. He picked it np and looked at it curiously. ' It was a Large key. aad he turned and twisted h in has fingers, Mr woaurriag what it was for. Su&lruly the thought flashed upon him that it wan the key with which he had seen the sexton lock the closet door. Evidrntly h had fallen from the sexton's pocket. I weeder what it was he larked up so carefully." he snhf, his eyes waadering te the closet m the wad. -I m well take a lottk -notlnnf: wrong fan that. I fancT. Going np to the closet, he put the kev in the sock, tanned it and peiSed open the door. A array of silver, careleaslv piled the shelf, wae revealed. eoaunmaion pbue.' he awOcred. "I wondtr way It waa left here. It nmet be eolkt wam'akmc a enp ht bar r at it i the door hswtilyhe pat the key in ha pocswt and gave a aajck glance Alt wm oeiet and lonely m " It's ealy the renter nsovmg bw svmtv. aad he gave a tie Sat the great clock. It pointed to 0. -The sexton ought to he earning back soon,'' be thourht. Tiehthan; to a anhien hapulse he bunk d agam to the closet aad opened the door. How easy tt woadd he to tie the plate up ami to oawthrbarlfas mtals hr lot eat. Only a jump of two or three teef into a little paved count-yard below. Then a am row aPev that ran hm tween two gmat blark bafMhtga mg to a uewiled strert heti of nanur Unced te tlef dowt d long aad earnestly at the peat. -It my tryiag to get out of the shadow ha mr lite: I mishtas well nuke the b at of h and m m what 1 can. Hark: 1 beard that none agaia.' Sbutthnr the eeor. he turned the key at the loear akmg the want he of tsje snnrv. It a tee aware of aansi a ejraanpiasi vsjiow letter and n a B. MkdJaV n 1 0 s - n e - a a men 01 mura-orown aatr. 00 wmca mo yet sistesdaai. Tho hard. .Suddenly the letter fell te the eVMMT ofWaaO"aieJW Bfl Bus$ btsm InigemastMWmT hnispkanml U aaawor auasawsrw awenvuuueme awreast nJr; JTJ kalt be sankdmrn on a iHSore. the s!jo the nanae at the east l.-j-,:.!. , u,

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In Majncy, rn, where he -Swiahurne. the poet, will read hi om in this euuntry at "a dollar a vean. vsscepn ianwta. Henry Ward Baeeher nays that hie at trip m'eat and 8outh hm amde him fed tea y eoye. eeetiy in Korristown, Fa., aged eightyetgat. was a oausm Of cola, and the of a - it hi relaasd by John & Gongh, the lotnrer. that whoa a hay, alaia, freadsssjnWmn and lettrnVnor attwalm"? -The call Mtiigitm ad tk aumbar wa by John W her 4, Jtli. The wife med fron of W. H. H. Murray hat JSnrope with a diploma from the View say. the ealy woman in the ry with this certificate. Ifasa bat, Bridgeport (Oona.) Busluum College rerent 1 v. aad de aland that it wm the fan hosiv m sum ever eaaver. m ae feeliag the need of smfet in the 1 rears of aw mm.JimrifmM M. : - Cordelia Stoker, of Southern Utah, attained her buadredth year a few ago. duo Belonged to tho 1 lunch until her amety-nrui rear. 1 she embraced Morawoasm. Ssngn liftv RundcbiMreu on this She has U lissruslanti ia Utah. Hea rer Mr. M E. BelL the Architect of the Uatted I tv. Ph.. and now hSeht, with hhv and five cluidrea. fat modest stym, fai lles Moines, la. Be ht a i member of the Church. 1 What relation earns the bear to the doormatP It's a father. Detroii last Alfred O'DosuscIl asked a St. eautt for divorce baesnaa Mrs. O'ilnaaefl sang ' Wait till the Clouds Boil By," and woaida't give khn any -ABsaavia OS. T.) his jaw by jnwuiag. The aeighboraosd warn ia. talking b to his wife, aad the maa got tired. Tea, Bhtahv. Oh, ao:ths4answu In the first decade of the last BoamaVaya a door ht not a in "Why m a yonar Mdjrs age, sabnr Tssumes tweaty-nve, Bke a aoral ?' asks am heaayaitis ' but that ht a BbeLto a Cwllatd amm of hhl tight r "Un, yes, tar. ant ogat wacnt shnaia, dM any one haeu tho m your hsntst last asghtr 1! What amde you ax mar "WeiMmwalsjbt thehousjehmg sdbar asishnst.'r "Oh! that'e my ahtterf She has something dawn m tna Mthm batl parlor awful hue every night, render's Gmsetlt. ohserrer sars: "All wet uamreBa with the ha one trial will coaviace you of the n itywhh which it wflt draia, and nmhreOa wfB mat leamar tt drhat at ly." We triad that unat ttbatttnln barber ahop. We are fully eanvhamd of the rapialty wbA which K wffl drain, salBua aa aaPss L9assnPu)msw ONKBtiSt aalai an4aaVuo, advim us how H hi hading w wM Tkwotlierday a mg In Paris at the Lyons Bnihray Si tiaa got into a cab and add tho driver take hhntothe Bat MBhm. Afaaraoi tain time the cab arrived at thai put hm hand oat of said: -Why. tab is not the Sue Mntonr' "Ahr said the Bnachmsa a sBsrht pasue, "that's true: rve ht the ptotsr J,e -How a Leet Hm Dutt the Mnnaelnt esuter that be Had Badly Treated. "And how 80" united the Editor, "la your nan of hut Priday'a haauring, wplaiaoi tna Anal Mien lano. vaaar nanoraw oe to me, Jkfihongu a with the Felon usmeMfti aa4k leB." "T ta 1 able

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