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

A New York party namcl Reynolds.
who has hsen Spending the summer nm
panbury. Was Al the upper end 81 hNcr
Hill avenue Sfr0lling for hi> health- ye~ter-
day morning. when he oh~crci a 10y ny
Ing 10 pull a kite from an apple tnS. WHEN
IL had lodged. A. Mr.. Reynolds came up
the string broke. leaving thc Lite up thtrr-
With the natural pr0mptiu- a = humans
heart the gentleman gave hi oCi m
charge Of the boy. and. crawling over The
fence. was soon up the tnee. Tbs boy ielt
pretty bad about the accident 10 hi> kiie,
but ON taking "A second look AZ the c1t.
which was almost new. he drcd ms tcar>
and scampercd OF with n. mperwiVsSi BY
Mr.. REYNOLDS. who vas irving a. iake an
obstinate tMig from the hack 81 his meek.
After considerable difficulty he rachel
the kite. and Was stretching forth hi~ hand
10 take IL. when the limb h. wa> On sud
denly snapped in two. and he fell ~ome xix
feet. splitting one ~ his pantaloon lrgs
half way up. and running \ tNig into IN,
nose with such violence a. 10 make that
organ bleed. Fortunately. h. Wa saved
from further mi>hap> by catching on a
strong limb. He stopped then Ia iccl 81
his nose. and mediate on the accident.
when a rough voice from below demAndssd
" lAAl Nv va NRAn AEAN- @NN- -
down. he saw a s~hiri-slceVel. ~bald-head,ri
man. with a piiehfork in his hand AMI fire
IN his eve. Mr.. Reynolds explained shout
the kite. THAT won't 10" said the man {:
I've had too many apples hooked from
that ere tree. and 10Y that I've got the
thief. | intend 10 make him dance And
the man looked ferOciously IL reynolds La
c%ilities for dancing. The unhappy Rev
nolds referred him 10 the hoy FOR AN IN
dorSement Of his story. What bow
asked the owner of the orcharl. II
don't see no boy. There amt no
boy here Reynolds looked out IN the
road. but there was NO foy in sight HE
shouted Bub vs. or thne times but
there was no response The color d'-err-
I'd his face. and a look of mingled aston
ishment and horror spnad over hi Ia
lures. This i very extraordinary. D.
said. VERY coinciisi the farmer. with
great dryness. THAT hoy ha> stolen my
coat. and | must pursue him and ns,rser
it, said Reynolds. suddenly becoming
frantic over M los. AMI p~nefuring u d.
send. 20. come down and catch him.
said the farmer. with biting SMASH chew
ing his tongue 10 show how calm d. wa~-
and placing the fork in such a WAY a. Ia
take In the-most valuable portion ~ Mr..
REYNOLDS body. That gentleman ,aw tiie
preparations IN time "a stop. WHY. o
wouldn't run that fork into me You old
IDIOT Who ane YOU calling an old
idiot. YOU miserable whipp@r>napper-
shouted the old chap. a. he m>anelY DANCED
around the foo of the tree and -larsd
~fierrlv az his victim. -tome here and
rob me. YOU villain. viii you- and tiien
stand in my ~ fne an ~hla>pheme me-
Run the fork in yoal. willIs IL. Id run
II into 2O0 Of We Mr.. Reynolds Wa
shocked. What DO won want me % doc
he sid. despairing 81 reasoning with the
owner Of the orchard - want Won
10 pay me five dollars. and gef our 81 this
orchard a. fast a. Your rlSally Leg can take
Won" II i had enough 10 lo-ea ccd1
ruin hiS pants. and split hi noe q help
am evil boy out Of trouble. without being
b~omharlol with epithets. and charged -
for the performance. He thought he
would Jump down on the old man and
crush him. but he looked al the fork and
n~etenfei ii the design Then he inv
ouf a - bill and dropped il 70 his enemy
and humiliatingly slid down the fr-e.
reaching his feet just in time % avoid q
kick the irafe man aimed AZ him. He wa~
helped out Of the orchard with the fork
handle. and Immediately started Tor the
hotel. which he reached in a condition u
nervous proStrafion that al first Threatened
10 result seriously. An active -Arch ha>
been made Tor the hoy. hut neither he nor
the coat has been diScoven-l--Dan5H-y
Neics.