Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 February 1906 — Page 3
PECK'S BAD BOY WITH THE CIRCUS
By HON. GEORGE W. PECK
a jthor ol "Peek Bm B y Abroxj.
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v a rrftlntr V. g their art wax over the Jap bowed to the aod.rnitf, and started out wh.-re the Kusslan van lined up to earn riding In The big Russian paid. "lok a' the IHM monkeys." but he hadn't got the w-rdii out of his mouth lelore the Jjpt turned, ami every man Kraul i UM tall of every other hr-- and J"iuted up behind the Russian, an I ah of the ten Jars took a Russia i by the neck with a Jlu Jitsu stra; hold an.l fa. !.- 1 'it hS ! g on l
pa rolled over ami groaned la at lerth. and went to fleep and snored so the freak want"! to have a dum Lag, such as hörst eat o il of. pulled can pa s face. '1 ... T" HWl tiling that ever hani ii a in the ' .1 business in in. eouaiiy look plate at Gtrumutuwu I'a. The team tan went ou a strike al IMtsburg, for iu nut in rase and nwrnt hours and for two days me management bad a great Um. Wi bad to get draya to haul the.
The Bad Boy Causes Trouble Between the Russian Cossacks and the Jap jugglers A Jap Tight - Rope Walker Jlu-Jitsu's Pa The An imals Oo on a Strike Pa Runs the Menagerie for a Day and Wins Tbedr Gratitude.
wound It around th- It;- : m b tue Muff Irom the train to the lot, and next horse, and In ten seconds they then our teamsters got the local drayh.ul unhorsed the 2" Russians Th men to Join them, and when we got w hole 3o men wer., on the ground roll- rOOOf to haul the stuff back to the inn tn the sawdust, the Japs rolling train nobody would do any work, and
ovt r and under the Russians, twlstlnj.
their legs an 1 arms in an unknoi manmr, and making them yell for
the walking delejratis from the Teamster.union Just took possession of the show, and we were stuck, like an
The Fiend on the Fore-Hatch A SKA STOBT
By MORGAN ROBERTSON
help like a mastiff that has trifled in ante bile when the gasoline gives out.
I did not mean any harm when I told (at Japanese Jugglers that they ought 0 kick against having those Russian .i alrymea in the show, the feilow.i ride horses standing up. in the wild-west department, 'cause I hal 'istened to their Russian talk, and . f med to nie they were spits who V I) lookiag for a chance- to do ln- . to the "poor little Japs ' I could see that I made, the Japs mad the Prat thing, and then I told them tba' pa and all the managers of the
an overbearing manner with a little bulldog, until the bulldog got mad and htfOI tlM chewing act on the mastiffs fore leg It wa9 the worst mix up ever wa-. and the managers told pa to put a stop to It. and pa pulled off his coat and grabbed the first Jap he could dif; out. and began to pull him, like you wml.'. take hold of the leg of a dog in u fight. Pa tald: "Here, quit this jooMshona, cause there Is an armistice, and the w at is over anyway " 0! 0! but the Jap didn't do a thing to pa. He grabbed pa by the wrist, JM n. seemed la be hav.ng an epilep-
Gee, But Didn't That Buasian Talk Kopec and Damsk:.
hOW felt sorry for the Uttk Japs. tum anme dv the big Russians WOUld
ride right over them, and kill them J pulled him back like
right in the ring. I said that everybody thought the Japs ought to resign Iron the show, for fear of a clash with the Russians, or else they ought M have some grown persons to set as
1 j.erones
tic fit. and pa's leg shot out so nis feet hit a guy pole, and then the Jap
he was a ruhler
ball on a string, and tnen ne iook pa by the elbow and held him out at arms length, and then swung him around a few times and let go of him. and he fell down among the reserved seats which representatives of the
Pa stood on one ear
v ..,,f v,v the look or oress oecup
n ik. rseM nt ,he Jan htatfierJ on a crushed chair, with his legs over
D I 1 v as w - r
when the Interpreter told them that the cirrus neople were afraid the Rua-
the tailing, and wnen ne came m, ihe newanaoer mn wanted to inter-
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nans would nun mem i r-
awhile, and then the Interpreter tolu me that the ten little Japs could whip UM M Russians In four minutes Pi iiably it was none of roy business, and I never ought to have repeated It. bul In a circus everybody wants to . m everything that Is gedng on so n the big leader of the Russians nkai ms what those brown monkey?
Pa said all he remember- I
was that the air ship was sailing over the town, and they threw him out for ballast, and he struck a church spire an.l t-.unded onto a warehouse filled
with (ivnamite. which exploded
wh- D
We bad got to looking at the teamfittrs as f no particular account when they walked out, but whtn they wouldn't work, they became the inojt impoitaul part of the show, and after the shew was over the managers who
bad told the striking teamsters to go plumb, found that they had gone 1 plumu, and thty had to rush ail over i Pittsburg and find them, and grant their demands, and get them to go to woiL. Pa was si nt out to find a bunch of them, and it cost pa over $Jo to get i them out of a ban garden and bad; i to the lot, and it was almost daylight before we got our train started lor tue next town. Wall, at the next town we could see
there was .. hing the mafr with the animals. They acted as thougu they had lost all interest in the suc
cess ol tue snow, ami wouiuui ao any ol their stunu worth a cent. Th i lephants went through their act I isrelessly. and when they were scolded I or prodded with the iron hok, they at mad and wanted to fight, and when :hey got back from the ring to thj animai tent they wouldn't eat th) baled hay. but threw it all o.sr ta , unt. and acted riotous. The kangaroos would not do their boxing act. the horss kicked at their
hay, ani wouldn t eat thir oats, the camcii growled at their food, and
scared the people who passed by where they were tied to stakes, the sacred cattle got thir bafks up and acted as though they, being pious, couldn t s-ar. but would like to hire the nyr.as to swear for them; the giraffes laid down and curled their ceiks so
they Wfre no attraction to the show, cause a giraffe is no curiosity unless he stretches himself away up towards the top Of the tent. The zebras rolled in the mud and spoiled their strip-js,
j so pccple couldn't tell them from com
mon mulos; the grizzly bear walked 'us cage, and kept giving vent to bear language, and the big lion was howling all the time. The show was a failure at that town, and when we loaded the train the managers held a meeting in our ca.to decide what In thunder was the matter with the animals. All kinds of theories were advanced, such as poison, malaria from Indiana, and pure cussedness. After they had discussed the matter awhile, pa came in, and they asked him what he thought about It. and that tickled pa 'cause as foolish as he looks, he helps the
thow out of lots of bad holes. i'a ht a ( igar and put it in one side of hi
The autocrat of the outward bound ship Cumberland w. nt below for his afternoon nap. But he was not to en joy it; for by the time ho hal M retched out. a sailor on the fore loyal yard sang out that a small boat with a man In It lay ahead All nands were called, and the autocra appeared with his glasses. '0od enough," he grunted; "we're hört handed."
' Might not be a ssilor, air," said the first mate. "So much the worse for him." In another hour the occupant of the boat was lifted up the side and carrleJ to the forecastle.
He was tall, alight or tram, an iiessed In what were once fashionable garments, but now shrunken, saltbegrimed misfits. "Well." thundered the autocrat. "Go f .rrard. Mr. Smart, set this man to s.rk." The stranger hesitated. Mr. Smart, who had drawn nar. remembered that he was second mate.
rr,A fciiit the Ktrwnrer to th" deck
v.ith a blow from behind. "Go for rard." be snarled. "Go forrard."
The man arose to his knees and was
mouth nut his hat up on one siae oi
he struck it. and the neighbors plrkei n3 nead hk(t ne wa3 toui;h, an:
hi icmains up on a dustpan and emp
tied them in here Then be asKeu u his head was on straight, and the cir
GO rORRAMV
kicked back by the captain.
Arising
ere alike la their common bumantt - In their proalmlty to the unknown: ks at the "touch of nature" that
Makes the whole world kin A sudden cessation of the thick anew risMNMl inem a rocky onast looming uj dose aboard a blacker darknesshllc ahead was a Jutting promontory The coast of Maine! " exclaimed th captain "Howd we get up here? i an we get sail on her?" "To'gallanVl's gone, sir all but Um mlrzen." "Set it and the royals" But the demoniac laughter filling th air prevented this order being obeyed; no one would have the quarter-deck, and with set faces and curdling blood they watched the Jagged coast appioaeh closer and closer, while the triumphant laugh taunted their ears, tin-
td the Cumberland, with a grlndiug
rrash and a Jolt that threw them from ;.ieir feet, struck the rocks a full quarter-mile from the shore. Rocket vere sent up from the shelter of ths companion-way until the stock was exnausted. But no answering signal wai seen on the shore, and the wet, chilled, and despairing men strained then eyes for a full hour before one of them rsiled attention to a grayish spot the darkness astern, which dlsap pared even as he pointed to It. A mo jient later it came Into view on the . rvt of a sea It was a heavy, turtle-ended government life boat, with eight cork Jacketed rowers. The lee al'ev-wav was crowded with
men eager to descend to the saving iife-boat, and among those nearest to the rope was Capt. Gray, as eager as any. "Why don't ye wait?" growled one, as he hustled him away and threw hU leg ovtr the rail. "Get back." snarled another "Back ' wl ye. Yer cappen here. Stan' by yer
ship." "We'll have to swim for It." rcreamed tb captain, above the din of wind, sea and crashing wood. "Have we any cork Jackets?" "In Mr. Actor's room." "Get them out." The third mate descended and rapStarasl with but one. which he meeklT Landed to the captain. "All that's left, air; ray room Is v.-ashed away." Th- captain began but kling on the cork Jacket. "No. you don't." shouted the second mate, climbing towards him on the now sloping deck "Leave us to drown.
'.ill you? Not much Give me that His eyes shone as though with lncipitnt Insanity. "Nu," was the answer. Then the Jacket was torn from the captain's thoulder. He clinched the frenzied of-
6UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
The Temptation of Jesus." International 8. S. Leson for Feb. 4, 1906
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I : ! . YVUMAM EVANS, B. D.
Ifir. lor in t ' u De part meal of ' ai .1. Institute. Chic'. OfflelAl lecturer of the Cook County Chicago gur.Uy School AssjcIw:lon oll U e Ilit.t ;il i. j. S. 8. Lessons
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then the ' . ' Z .Ü
fie captain's boots again.
loots of both; and In this manner, lurching, sliding and stumbling, he obeyed the order to go forward. From this time on the new hand sank his Individuality in an Intense desire to master the work and ways of a sailor. He progressed rapidly, but led a dog s life until he had learned the ropes, and, by willingness and Intelll-
firm hold on the life Dreserver. tho
r raps of which were now broken. Tho third mate watched them with a curious light In his eyes. The first mate had gone to his room for a cork mattress which he knew of. As he appeared with It a sea swept what waa left of the half submerge 1 hull Just as the struggling men reachel he break of the poop When it had
Be-u.-. u.u . . -,rp discern!
na'.'.imar l P IVB Jru v-a, "
0, But the Jap van i um m
bim: ei men tooK mm away
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werf lau.inK anoui, w -
' Nothing partlcuiar. only they say the ten of them could lick you 20 Russians In four minutes " Gee. didn't that Russian talk kopec and damskl and froth at the mouth Then he called his Russians together, en. i the talk pounded as though a fountain had burst Then they all jelled: "Klllovltch the monkyouskls " I went and told pa there was going to be a riot between the Jap Jugglers and the Russian horsemen, and
probably the f.ght would take piac wh.n the Japs came out of the rlns at Un afternoon performance, and th ( Russians went in. right near tin dressing room. I asked pa not tfl n;ix U it. but keep away In the animal , lent. Ta said, not much, he wouldn't be away, and he told all the manager t, .no they all got around the dressing rooa to stop th- mus. If one started. Weli. to show how the Japs w iorgftatanl, as soon as they felt there vat going to bo ii row. they kep; lh"ir eyes .n 'he Russians all UN time thrv wire In ihe ring ('oir, their pole l a'aclne. and the little Jap p on th NhMmw pc1'. with a fan. kept Jab bnrni 'o th fellows down on the rouoii. I vould see that tmublo
Ihr circus han.ls separated the Bus ...ni n.l JaDS or at least pullei
off the Japs and
.k. .iroui nff-room and their a. '
iei l n- . j . . .-w . .. .
-. nit out. 1'nless the
peace between Japan and Russia include the belligerents In our show there will be ro every day. Pa came to the car on nOlM tial night Just before the train pulled lut for Philadelphia, and wanted to know where I was during the flghf Ha said he rushed right in and grabbed a i.n in one hand and a Russian in
looked wise, an.l said:
F Haw fakirs. I have ben wat hing the animals all day. and while I do not say they understand enough of the ways of human beings to be posted on labor unions, and all that. T want to tell you thy are on a atrial ana that griz.ly and that lion are the walking delegates that are stir rins tm m up to mischief. They may not know anyrh.ng about the teamsters' strike, but they know something has happened, and thy are displeased at something, and they have lost re spect for the employer. They are on a strike, and the very devil 1 going to ; .ty to-morrow, unless the cause of the dissatisfaction Is dis ovcred anJ OMtaal concessions made." "Gentlemen. ou hear me." said pa. nnd he sat down on the edge of tn arm of the car seat. They gave pa the laugh but finally told him to take charge of the striae ana settle it quick, but thoy wanted to know what he thought anlmais would be dissatisfied aUmt. as long as they got food enough to eat. Ta said. ' I'll tell yon You feed ihe horses and other hay-eating ani
mals on musty baled hay. bouglit
trom contractors that may have had it on band for five years, flow would
o;i like it If you were served with wM.ifr food that had been etorel
Id a war. house until It was mildewed? A hom or an elephant has feel Inga
them laled hay. and wne tne?
; a mouthful that
e along with a
Aboard sb.o if a
fixing his name, one will be given him. which he will be expected to anfu.r to. This man had given none Oat the? had called him "the actor " Corrupting this from third to second ;.. rs n : la le his name "Act r." It , ri , as) pffM -n .:: a loud Voice, and suited everybody. But at Bor..:ay. having remained by the ship Instead of running off, as all a
pected, he was called aft. complimented on his proficiency by the captain and ofI red the position of third mate under ag' for the passage home. When the ship rea hed soundings a gale from the northeast, with snow, made the approach to the coast too parUon, and she was brought to wini under short sail. At tom o'cloc k that rdght. above the r lrliig and whistling of the gaierat.g out a laugh. 60 loud, derisive and unearthly, coming from above, that even the stout-hearted chief mate shuddered. Call the captain." said the mate; and the autocrat was aroused.
What's the trouble'" he demanded
ule in the receding hollow to leeward.
and the struggle was continued in the water; then again loud and clear above the howling of the tempest
, was heard the mocking laughter and j the frightful ending: "Die! Die!" "Actor's done for, " muttered the first mate, as he sprang overboard with his mattress. Hut out of the demolished cabin emerged the third mate, strapping on
a i rk jacket The light from a burning tar harrel I shone on his'face. Looking to windward, at the black outline of stormswept coast, and at the shaking, grind Ir.c fragment of a once stately ship on which he stool he smiled. But In that I rrnile there was no s we mesa, no softness. All the agony and despair, the r..i!ery and degrada'ion of his en I forced voyage was expressed In It; rnd in the dark eyes flashing again ind defiant shone ihe triumph of pitiless vengeance. Creeping down to the : rail, he sprang tnto the sea and. fol I 'rwlai h!s plunge by a half-minute
buttoning his oil-skin coat, he ap-.the wrecked stern roiled shoreward
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are ir iu - -
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load or nice e " falfa. and see them make a rush Tor that load of hay the way my ten-ho: M team did the other day for 'hat load Ol cornstalks. " Web. they told pa la arbitrate the gtrike and the ati day he had a couple of loads of timothy hay. s:;"h a ,u, :h r .- '" ;ake driven iu .. - a-j an.i .1. horses, ele-
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,he other ann t.umnea u . , , and h ngs a'.mos set
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gether. and threw one ..i imb the rice, and the thi up an
na! and he war.:-l
thought he k. . them. I bate a ciy that wül father but I told him ther. tMai tmn rerforn:er.-s. one
mir "i . '- w - anü the other a Jap t t tn at the morrue. but I d.dr. i'-.Ins. mta iboal It. and I i vaa afraid I fhoub! hurt th: they bmught it on Ihemseiv breaking th" rules of the show i fighting durin ; I I n r:. sace
n th-
know ir I r both of
ttn a eh er for pa Tue tneat-eati.ig animals were given a picnic of thfreshest beef, with a little eo decayed that it was onlv fit to be burled, for ihe hreaaa and Jackal-, and evcy n; har py Thcv M their
r than ever and tn aacre.. Kl i ted ileviilsh.
ar . !:: r.ls havo d'clared t r nnt t l lirV
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e ovmnv of t ami and Ihil
lui t1 - : i attl' aim N.w tbi trlke off
(eared in their midst. "Die! Die! Die!" csme the derisive cry. ending with the terrible lingering laugh. What Is it?" asked the autocrat, hli face paling "Don't know, sir; we've heard H from everywhere. It gave orders, an! we've lost fore and main t.. gallan's'ls." The men had gradually drawn aft and now. one by cne mounted the poop-deck ladder and clustered around tn group of officers near the wheel. Steward.' said the captain, autocrat no longer, "serve grog." It was served, a stiff tumbler ti each. Now." said the captain to the third mate, "go forrard and see what It la." The third mate obediently left the group. They watched him crawl down th ladder and creep along the slippery-
deck unMl he hsd reached ihe rremstle door which opened from the forward end of the deck-house Then
baek he sped, lauinK iwice iv mr ( eck. mounting the ladder In two hounds, and foundering Into their wiid!t. a chattering, murnblins embodlirer? of frlL-h. his Jaws working con Tulsively, his eves protruding. What Is H?" they a-ked. His tn OUhumrt mtitterlngs took form. .-'ciuething horrid white, slttlnj
fOnehateh." h gasped, somewhite and ihadowy. an 1 it hal
sh
the ap-
ci thi
no face - no fare and no eyes A Hh'.very moan, raark'd by the click h .. , hatt i u teeth, arose from th t NatMicwl dlstlncfl-ns wer
. . , ,- n ( Sects &J rallor l uü l
and the light from the tar barrel went o.:t in a hissing cloud of steam.
Prospects were good for the first mate. Mr Boswell. He was promised a ship, but he could not sleep. Insomnia had seized hUB, for an Infernal, mocking vole I as in his ears night and day. As an offset, after a week's suffering, he ... ight of the theater. Any would do. and he entered the first play house he rame to. where he sat abstractedly through a variety performance. A burst of applause aroused him. The applause continued and Increased and. when a man appeared, there arose a deaf mlng roar The man was in evening dress and, contrartlng fran(5ely. yet agreeably, with th" white expanse of fhlrt front, was a tare bronzed with the tan of sun and ea to the hue of mahogany. From ihn face fleshed a pair of magnificent (ark eyes, which wandered over the
audience, and. for a moment, rested
Mi B -well. It was the third mata
rr his ghost. There was a momentary hush of the i adkaca. every fsce was turned uplartl. for from the dome of the house
rame a laugh -a little low laugh which grew louder and varied Its tone . r.d VOhUM from the titter of a chil l :o the sruffaw of a giant It ran up he scale, and down It. It played on .ry chord Of human merriment un Iii, M Mr. Doswell Mtaea his hat and w,aCSfred from the theater, the carhinnation above filling Ihi whole house M ith its sound. chaOgad ,nto ,h hor r d. fiendish v- Ice of gM that had h- 1 a great ship on tc the roc i
iielr dcata.
f?op riKt.t. l ' J'ei.K II' s Scripture lesson: Matthew 4: 1-11. Golden Text. "In all polnis temptad likj as we are. yet without sin." Already In our study of the life of Christ, we have seen Him In His relation to man and earth. (His birth. Matt. I); and In His relation to God and Heaven l His baptism. Matt 3. in this lesson we see Christ In His relation to Satan and the world of evil. Immediately after the Heavenly testimony at Jordan we find the Messiah "driven by the Spirit Into the wilderness." The language o' the text leads us to believe firmly that Temptation Is No Accident. It Is a part of God s plan for our development. It was an Item in Ooda programme for Christ; it Is also In me programme of every man. Temptation is Inevitable. The unspotted holiness of Christ did not exempt Him from the fiercest assaults of the devil; nor can any goodness of ours make ua proof uMalaat the fiery darts of the
evil one. Life Itaelf Is a great lempiatlon. To exist, to be. Is to be In the hands of the tempter. No man can peak in bated breath about sneaking Into Heaven without any temptation. No man has ever done that. Search the Scriptures, study biography, and see. I must be tried, tempted, assailed, thrown down, browbeaten, wounded, stamped upon. Jesus Christ can be of absolutely no servfee to the man who Is not undergoing testing and trial. Temptation Is a Compliment. It is good for us to know that we ar. worth leing tempfed. How proud od was of Job because the devil found something In Him worth contesting for. Boys do not break Into orchard! wher.- there is no fruit. So long at men are willing to rest satisfied with the grosser things of life and do not aspire towards a higher and better lifs Satan is not bothering himself much about them. If you are not being tempted, then begin to worry. If you are passing through fiery testing, thank God and take courage Metal te
be pure must pass through toe crucible. Temptation Is Not Sin. This distinction must be carefully borne In mind. Temptation becomes in only when harbored and indulged In. The old saying. "We cannot prevent the birds flying over our heads, but we can prevent them building nests In our hair." Is fittingly applicable with regard to temptation. I cannot prevent wrong thoughts, for instance, coming into my mind, but 1 can refuse to allow them to lie on my tongue as a sweet morsel. It is the indulgence ol temptation which becomes sin. Could Jesus Christ Have SinnedP Was Christ's temptation a real temptation? Could He really have sinned? Of course It was. Of ciurse He could. (!; r..-.. where would be the comfort for us in this story .' Christ waa "tempted in all points like we are;" Ml., offered la being tempted; and that very fact makes his "able to succor those who are tempted." Satan Is no: foolish enough to waste ammunition on a man w hen there M no pos
sibility of the man s surrender, rut satani - majesty is far too wise f i that Men Need Not Sin. There is no Imperative for our yielding to temptation. We can overcom j , . (':.!; over, urn . In fa . 'hss wilderness conflict with the evil one was for the purpose of revealing to us not only the nature of the powers ol darkness, but also the secret of victory over ail Lie hosts of w i.-k- lres Satan may place us on a pinnacle of temptation, but he canneit cast ui down. We must east ourselves down. We have th" deciding vote in th? matter. What makes sin awful is the fact that as we look back over our wrongdoing we are forced to make thp ad-
niN-ion that not one of these a 's ol ain was ne. esaary. How Christ Overcame Temptation. One noticeable thing about the anawers of Christ to the appeals of satin Is that they were written answers. They were not the result of any dastling originality, any superior powerj of mind and intellect to which we hu man beings lay no claim. Christ overcame not because He possessed a read ler wit than ours, nor because ne waa endowed with a moral ourag- and force unique and impossible to mankind. Nor did these answers come U Christ on the spur of the moment answers that had never been u-ei he fore and never could be again. Th answers of Christ rest on quotations, they are Hashes from the Divine Word; they are answers that had been given before. They were shafts that had gone quivering from matiy a p-ev..in bow. In His conflict with Satnn Chrisl used the Sword of the Spirit, which it the Word of God." How We May Overcome If we would oven one temptaMon let
us follow Christ's example, lt us not try to be original, but he willing to quote from the same Divine treasury; don armor from the same armory. Da aid had usel the same weapons, for ha sr.! "Thy word have I hid In my heart tb.it I might not sin against Thee " We should read, stu ly know na I m Oaf'l Word In order thv ws may be onccessful In our conflict with
the powers of dnrkrtesa. An man of patience beats a loo at oraf..nliy.