The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-10

hchind him. and then a>ctiuth Inc sifp-
10 the platform. where the doctor and swift
were waiting.
Il really feel" said swift. polishing
the glass with a bit of leather. 1.-THE sol
emnity of a religious meeting on This &C
casion.'
$50 dol Who knows what revelations
NAV BE- made To the world from our action
tonight: Brother Potter. do you be first TO
look"
Dr. Potter looked long and In silence /;
then came swift. and then Judge Plumer {:
but all they saw was a dark. ~steely-blue
surface. with twinkling points.
(which cannot be stars interposed
swift. 1.-THE stars being discovered 70 be
worlds. by the means of this very instru-
ment.''
Ii was i'm vain. however. that they shifted
the telescope from side TO side: still the
same blue. more or less dark. with glitter
ing points. nothing more.
suddenly Swift gave a cry:
:. What i this. Is III comet:'
:. What: Where: Howg'
The two men struggled for his place.
This certainly i a strange mystery.
rising. with awe-struck face. Look Tor
yourselves
What they saw was. briefly. a square Of
Hlltll~t D1Il. VI "a fMAl NtllNA I'll A'A'A =
about three feet in diameter.
lit appears to he an opening into the
sky - said the Judge. with "A gasp for
breath. Il have never read nor heard Of
such a discovery before
Aprofound silence followed. Each man
took his turn again in staring al the super
natural spectacle. which became horrible
simply from it, ineNplicableneSS. No so
luton OF the mystery could be given.
They parted with a deep sense of their r.
,pOn>ibility that night. al a late hour.
holding each other solemnly bound 10
keep the secret. Each man told his wife.
By the next night the whole village knew
IL. or guessed il. rather. In some garblei
shape or other.
That night the telescope revealed Onl :
gray darkness until the hour Of ten. when.
with an electric flash. the square OF light
appeared again.
: II continued said the Banner. open
to view for the space Of " hours and
twenty minutes. and then suddenly was
darkened." For the Banner. which was
issued Thursday morning. had obtained
an accurate ccoun of the affair. which il
headed
startling Discoveries in the Celestial
Regions made in Gross Creek, Develop
ments in Astronomy of Tremendous I'M
portance, ~ There can be- no doubt.
said the report. THAT our fellOw-citizen-
are on the verge of a great discovery in
Natures laws. which will alarm and shock
a listening world into attention. We
await further investigations with impa-
tience."
That night the committee of three al
mitted from the mas of assembled citizens
certain Others OF note and dignity. TO share
in their observations.
Pat not IN the fame Of the discovery"
protested Mrs. swift. 1T was Mr.. swirl
saw il first. and its his spy-glass. 20 it,
Swift's Comet"
But it's no comet. woman. said old
seth Plumlee. A. nigh a / can under
stand. it, a gate into the heavens
Then it, Swift's Gate"
Meantime the solemn conclave repaired
to the she'd, headed by Deacon Simms. The
deacon was chosen a having a fine liter
airy taste" and being. therefore. no doubt.
a proficient in starry lore. He Sat down
at the telescope. casting a glance first at
the waiting committee around him. and
then al the anxious. locked-out crowd
without. Then he looked. There was
the square of yellow light. Ii was I'M
doubleday am opening cut into the mid
night darkness.
4" Into the heaven Of heavens | have presumed,
And drawn empyreal air.
he quoted ~olemnly. rising.
An " fell upon the little group.
swift sat down.
The appearance i the same a. hereto
FORE
Then Judge Plumer took the place. He
sat in silence few minutes. when suddenly
the blood rushed to his face.
There j. an appearance in the lighi-a
figure, Ii grows distinct"
is il a celestial visitant: | mean an
angels" stammered Deacon Simms.
But the Judge stared on speeches and
pale. At last he rose. leaning his hands
ON the telescope.
Gentlemen. il is hoy with a fiddle.
and We have been looking in the window
of Mrs. Green's clearinghouse"
soon after Swift disposed of the teles-
cope to a travelling Snowman. Ii went
cheap. bat he could not bear the everlast-
ing Joke about ''Swift's Comet. "-Touths
Companion.