The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-11-27
For the Jasper Courier.
4 Boys Romance John Hunts
Adventure.
ny A HuNTIyGBURGH SCHOOL LAD.

] School had just let out in the little
town of Fillmore, in the far West, and
all of the scholars were hurrying toward
their homes. Two boys, OF about l3
and IA years OF age, were standing at
the door
"You ask him, Jim; he knows you
better than me-"
| NO, John. YOU had better ask him, for
he likes you better than me-"
The teacher, who was still IN the
school room, had overheard all the boys
had said, so he said:
"Bovs, like you both, and will grant
lyou any favor in my power
John then told him that they wanted
TO go hunting. The school master gram
ted this request, and they started for
home.
The next morning before any of the
inhabitants of Fillmore were out OF
their beds, John and Jim might have
been seen plodding down the railroad
track. They had been out some two or
three hours, and were going through
some thick underbrush when jim tap
ped Johu on the shoulder and said:
"John, don't you hear somebody talk
ng?"
John listened and raid he believed he
did. They got behind a log just in time
to see two rough looking men come
past, carrying young girl of about
~ or l3 years Of age. When the men
were cut of sight the boys got up and
John said.
Jim. you stay here and wait for me,
and viii follow them, and see what is
up"
John ran in the direction in which
the men had gone, and soon caught
sight OF them again; they travelled on
until about noon, when they came to an
old log hut, where they stopped.
John now went back to where he had
left jim, but did not find him. He then
went home, where he found his parents
IN great fear about his safety, for. Jim
had went by and tod them that John
had followed up two rough looking men.
The next morning being Saturday.
there was no school, and John and Jim
got an old horse, which belonged TO
Johns father. and struck out for the hut,
and went up to the back part of it,
where there was crack. and looked in.
One of the men was asleep, the other
was engaged in loading his revolver;
She little girl was asleep also. They
stood little while, when the man woke
up.
fob" said lie, show is thiss ! don't
understand it,"
well, Bill, will just tell you how 1t
is; next Tuesday morning. you see. We
will take her up to salt Lake City. and
when her father advcrtises for her. we
will have her turn up in some mysteri-
Gus way"
The girl now awokc crying: "Oh!
why don't YOU take nc home to mama
and papa; it is so lonesome here
We are going to take you to large
city, where YOU can have all of the nice
things YOU want
This bushed her. The boys now
started for home.
I'VE must save that girl, jim"
81 know we must, and | will do all
within my power to help YOU
Lets see: next Tuesday morning
they leave, and Monday there Is school.
| don't see how we can manage 10 get
vacation from school,"
"But we must do IT," said John.
Sunday passed; ne boys the whole
day through were wishing and longing
for Monday. Soon OH Monday morn
ing they started out. John had his re-
volvcr and Jim had an old sword which
his pa had used in the army. They soon
came to the hut, but what was their
surprise to find that the men had de-
serted il. They went TO the railroad and
found that two men, who filled the de-
scription they gave, had gone up, but
no eir was with them. The men had
"a large trunk with them. so they thought
that they might have put the girl in It,.
As they were going home Jim said:
"Well John, our enterprise is played
out now, amt itg
mo sir, not by good Bit"
slow or what plan are you going to
take now?'
Il am going to follow them up, and
90 to the city, and hunt till ! find them
But how am to get the money is what
lbothers me-
IL have got $40 % to put in the hat
said Jim, laughing.
II have got SIS co." said John, "ani
sis 90 and SO 90 makes S25 90. You
know / will want to stay there maybe
lfor three or four weeks
1 They were OH public road as they
,Iwere talking and counting the cost
: John stepped on something which felt
sI..kind Of curious as he expressed II
Lille stopped down and picked up larg,
bundle of money, in one and two dollar
1lbills he said he believed Providenc,
lbad thrown 1t In his way. lie told hi
slmtber that evening that he wanted TO =,
Ito the city and stay week OF two. Hi