The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-07-18

=. A sweetheart repeated Sot- START
irg AZ the associations conncc-ot With TIE
question. and the man who put it-
Wei. YOU have no czlse 20 ~ shy a
owning II said Grc01. who hxt no1crt
the movement. "A sweetheart. vhen
she's the night SOFT. i vhxr - ulxn ne--t
De ashamed e I bad one mys<if uhen 1
Was your Age he stopped uo@ent-
Il don't -sp0se you'd often see her Eke-
Ineyer did Tbere wxs q girl up ., that
place that tavern thc-S. lad a kind q
look 81 her about the eyes and fo-ehext-
but nothing 10 compare hid = f-nrnt-
towel. II amt much q 4 story
Groom broke &C with a dry Algn.
and l dOat hardly know Why i
tel IL NJ AL. Olly. maybe. i'll help
ven Ia make out What seems To puzzle
YOU The long and the stsorl q Il !. that
my friend-mind THAI youngsre-. nv
friend cheated me out q nv sweerhszrr-
| amt mnrh 10 look a. l know. nryr-
was but l could care for woman lus- -
much - IL Ia bsen six foct high. and
fresh Is rose. and ia take nv oath she
cared for me too. III he cpua~ between Ts
with a false tongue enough 20 Turn any
girls bead Well be co-ae Of nrsr hsS-
she lett NE and went away with him. i
swore then. boy said Groom booking
dArkly ia his listeners earnest fhce. thai.
II ever nv day oonc. I'd he even With
John SAWYER: / never thought 'rwCult
but II has. and do yc1 think III lrr nv
chance slip now No. Ard rhe mx-
brought down his isr with 4 force thai
shook the bo1t-sice-
THAT Was hard lines. sure enough
said Joe. tbOughtfnlly. but Mr. Grco1-
you WAS speaking just DOW q a zin Up
~ the tavern iheres She's nv s~'esEhszr--
and Sd5ed the bo&rmxn- slowly. --she's
Sawyer's girl. his only child-"
MOI exclaimed Groom eyiden-iy
moved BY the intelligence Hcrrys
child he muttered 70 himself. = He-ry-s
child.-
Yes said Joe. eagerly. .Aio1'r forget
whose child she Is and that yOGu make
her suffer zlong with the c1l z1n--
..Ah. said Groom that's Al very well
bit don't forget neither whose child she
i on tbs other SIDE No, I'm so-ry for the
girl. zBd for you. youn-s-er. si1ce yO1 've
al interest in her. but I'd have nv pzy
out Of John SAWYER now. II wzs 70 d.
for it,
Jce's grasp tightened oOuvulsivsly On
his oar. Was the nan crazy thus %
make 3 boast q the misery h would
cause before one whose S1vxr-z-e and
opportunity il alike Was 10 Insure lis
silence: who had him almost A. complete
" ~ ais mercy here on this unfsznilixr
element a. II thy two had been alone IN
al the earth: II he were 10 de for L
Every plunge Of TIE DARK wafer se~u1ss1 20
Be repeating those words Tie hoarm1l
reused himself with = start A. The sOu1i
OF his passengers voice
You're pretty f-lle-. zin'f yul- Row
said the latter. reSuming the subject II 4
lighter tone. = wanting 10 pErsrAce me 10
cheat justice after that fashion -
..As for that answered Joe .-you sid
yourself. ii IL had been ANYBODY bzr Saw
yer you wouldn't have rro1oled 70 hur-
him down. and / can't s<e a. that's any
better notion Of justice than mine Be
sides" he Ad3c1. grzveiy- --tbe Old Ezn-s
got his death sentence ARA ~. Il that's
what You want what with lDr drink h@
amt the man he used 10 BE- and The night
OF the quarrel be got cough rhHr's tear
ing him al 70 Esieces: the doctors say he
can't live long. noh0w.
= Hell live long enough 20 make the So
quzinf2nce Of q roFr's end. l recxcr.r
said Groom with . c.szrse A1gh- aid
that's al care about
The brutal words and manner rO1s=i
the lurking devil in Joe G0-fo1's heart
He s-zmmered OUT curse. inx--icZl-re
for passion
-EhF' sid Groom catching the
sound, but not the words. what's thai
you say =
The boarmxn stopped rowing. and
leaned forward I'll be almost tOGched
Groom where be SAT-
Just put yourself In the Oh mans
place for = minute he t@Ex-- with An
effort speaking quietly '>poSe there
was sOmeb-iy'd GOT The chknoe and th,e II.
viii 70 get shut o yS1- j1s- - yOc have !
Of old Szwysr--
Whist are ron driving AZ now Inter 4
ruptei Groom. There zin'r ANYBODY. Z
a. know Of. has got ez-her-nno-e luck +
for me - he ended. with An-n-
Amt there . said The hoarrnxn slow 4
ly- "lou talk about justice M Groon--
he resumed. but il Ant justice you've
sci out 10 do-i-'s murder. You've zO-
the law on your side. - il happens. but 4
al the same. Sc far - yO1're c0ncRrre,i. 4
it's mur3er.-&s bad. for What I can s@e.
a. If somebody's il might BE we---sM5i 4
Joe. looking fxcdly in the Others fHre
through the growing dusk. --solehos1y 4
with motive. 10 matter what f0- w1rr-
ing 10 BE I'D Of You. getting you al aloze
As IL might De he-e-0ur q sight or
help. should just put yo1 quietly our q
the way
Hey, dye mean 10 threaten neE-
cried Groom. springinz up Just rnen
the breaking gust struck sharp o. rhe
boats side thar leff % he- oEn gzi1x1cs.
had driffec round: she gave lurch and
bound that sent Groom who. in starting
back. hzd lost his balance overheard like
q shot
Joe stared for an instant AZ the empty
place opposite. hardly co1Prehen1ing
what hzd happened soquickly .rh<n-s133en
a. the lightning darling thrOlxh the hlNex
sky above him. IL flashed into his mind
that here were silence and safety. and thai
through no scf of his Why not profit
By the 2ccidenft Why not- in the mans
own shirt In his r.rT M,n.-,ls lar hin