The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-21

lap and sprang out of the wagon.
"Driye over TO the barn, y said he, land
find Jack and Mary"
Clara drove on, her heart torn with
anguish M the sights and sounds that
met her AZ every step. A little boy was
CRYING distractedly for Is mother. lie
had been out at play and was thrown
fat on the ground, and thus saved,
while she and the baby were crushed
under the falling house. Clara took him
into the wagon. A mother sat by the
roadside holding dead child in herl lap
and moaning fcebly, like wounded
creature; she had lost every one be-
longing Ia her. liz was "A scene such AS
one would pray To be spared from wit
Messing more than once.
Before Harry reached Fosters barn
there were gangs of men AT work from
all the neighboring farms that had es-
capped, and help would be soon coming
from distance. Silently they brought
in the dead and the wounded. There
wa already row Of ten rigid forms
The mother Of the little boy was found
with her dead baby on her bosom. Two
doctors had come post-haste from the
nearest village, and were attending To
the wounded, helped BY such Of the sur
viyors as were not too much distracted
by grief to be of any use in such an
emergency.
Harry found Clara standing by her
open trunk of wedding finery, tearing
some Of her pretty RULED pillow-cases
into bandages for the doctors. She had
already covered the mangled, bruised
forms If the dead with the fine sheets
packed in the bottom Of the trunk. She
had dealt out all the useful part Of her
troasseau To the mothers who had es-
capped with their half-naked children.
She had, with her own hands, laid out
a fair, flaxen-haired girl in one OF her
white cambria shirts and sacks She
had helped the doctors dress wounds.
and had given water and nouriShment
10 the sufferers. Her face was pale as
she met Harry's gaze. but her eyes were
brave and shining, though suifu>ed with
tears.
.Oh. am so glad can help lit
tle,r she said; :. thought il would be
all sunshine for u two, but ann glad |
came in the hour when my hands and
heart were needed"
Bless You, nv darling Harry
whispered. and then he hurried into the
barn 70 find Jack.
Jack was in his shirt-sleeves, his
clothes torn and disordered. lie was
watching by Mary Freedom, and had
made a bed Of straw for her in an empty
stall, and had rolled his coat for pill
low to ease the wounded girls head
She was now motionless, with her eyes
closed. but her hand was held in Jacks.
.. Is she badly hurt2n whispered Har-
~ As their eyes met
:. No: the doctor says it's broken
arm and some bruises, not very serious.
She had run into the shop toto try and
save some Of my things. and she thought
the old man was just behind her The
shock was terrible and she has been
lying in a fainting at for more than two
hours
Does she know about her father2'-
Mary suddenly opened her large dark
eyes.
Poor father was killed 7 heard
them say SO. and then | tainted away
The dark lashes clo.ed again on the
marble cheek. and tears wellcd SLOWLY
out beneath them.
-
NJ. said he, al will be TO you father.
mother, every thing. II You will let me. =
4 faint blush passed over the pallid
check. and her lips formed words which
Harry did not hear
Jack" said the soft hearted fellow,
with tears in his eyes, ''they say It's an
ill-wind that blows nobody good =
THAT tornado, answered Jack with
unsurpassed emotion. ..has blown the
dearest girl in the world into my arms;
and let me tell you, old fellow, youwere
right
That night, By the light Of two Ian
terms, Elder Hawkins married Harry
and Clara in Wilson'S barn. liz was "A
strange and solemn wedding, and those
who were present will never forget the
scene. An hour later Clara was sitting
BY Mary. fondling her hair and kissing
her softly with sisters kisses. Jack
and Harry came in together, and stood
for moment looking at the dimly
lighted picture.
1--WE have a capital plan. Harry be-
gan. with new hope in his voice "For-
bisher has let US two rooms in his farm
house, mile and half from here
The doctor says Mary can be
moved in two or three DAYS on
a stretcher, and when you have nursed
her well and strong again, Clara, we
will have another wedding. To-mor-
row morning Jack and are going to-
work TO build double log house on the
site Of the one that was blown away,
and there we shall live all together"
Clara kissed Mary again, who was
too weak to utter a word, though she
smiled through her tears
That is n beautiful PLAN said the
little bride. cheerily; "and III answer