The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-05

cows from pasture AZ night, and he set
off early to-day, that they might be back
by sunset, aud his chores all done when
Mira returned, intending 10 ask her for
a walk after supper, and put his fate 10
the touch, As well as bring Sam to con-
fusion. But he reckoned without his
host. Sam took a shortcut across the
hill, drove the only Attorney heifer, the
pride and delight Of Mrs. Calkin's heart,
out Of the pasture into moving lot
where an old barn stood, and shut her
up, betaking himself 70 clump of hem
locks which overlooked the road, till
Henry came sauntering along, and. let
creatures out of the lot. They came on
after the fashion Of cows, as il time was
no matter and speed unknown or inn
possible; and perhaps Henry would
have driven them home without missing
the Alderney, had not Sam, who was
something of ventriloquist, thrown his
voice across TO the further hillside, and
uttered faint "Moo-oo.n
Henry started, looked toward the
sound, then back TO the cows, and after
rubbing his eyes and counting over the
slow procession filing past him, seemed
TO become aware that Miss Betty was
not among them. Another distant low
convinced him.
Darn il all.- Sam could hear him
mutter; .that ALFRED critters ben an
strayed agin. Well, they'll 90 hum dy-
rect, guess. | must hunt her.
And hunt her he did, first uphill and
then into the deep woods, Sam stalking
l.. 81 q n. 4 A.
Henry disturbing the fragrant stiffness
of nature with variogs explosives of
both wrath and disgust, but not daring
to 60 home without the COW, which was
AIiry's special pet. After various trib-
ulations sam landed his luckless rival
on The edge Of great swamp, from
whose tangled thickets the distressed
utterance of Miss Betty issued more
than once before Henry dared attempt
the boggy surface and darkling growth;
at last, however, he plunged boldly in,
and Sans device having taken effect,
he himself, familiar rs a squirrel with
all the wood ways, hastened back TO the
pasture, and released Miss BETTY, who
had been kept quiet with bunch of
juicy carrots, and, turning her into the
road where the rest had gone, took the
shortcut homeward, and would have
arrived there in time 10 be seated on the
doorstep 10 receive Almira but for an
unforeseen occurrence. And vet fate had
no spite against Sam; it wss the old
story of evil that is only hidden good,
though its eemed unmixed evil 70 nm
that in jumping over the iive-rail fence
into the high-road only few rods from
home he should light on a rolling stone,
that slipped under his foot and sent him
too rolling into the gutter, with broken
leg. Now Sam had been properly
brought up by strict New England
mother, who believed in judgments
ready To be hurled from TIC hand Of
God on every sin Of man, while mercies
were capricious visitants, to be feared
'ather than welcomed, and accepted on
the platform Of the old hymn:
We should suspect some danger nigh
When we possess delight.
Poor woman, her horizon was so strait
and her heart so cramped that she
could not believe il God of love, and 4
even stinted her affection for her own
children lest il become idolatry There
fore it was not strange that Sam consd-
cred it direct punishment for his
tricks upon Henry when he found his
leg was helpless, and he must lie by the
way-side till some Samaritan came past. 7
Luckily this proved to be Miry and her
mother, who were shocked to find him
lying on the grass, pale as a sheet, and
suppressing with effort the groans of
pain that all but opened his firm-set
IFa IL. Gt.ifn If he u..1f f.xsl
Almira's strong arm to help, and his
own efforts, he was at last laid in the
bottom Of the wagon and taken to the
house, where the old farmer came to
the rescue, and before long Sam was
carefully laid on 'sma's- own bed in the
little room off the kitchen; and Henry
being yet in that unpleasant swamp
looking for Miss Betty, Almira herself
drove hurriedly back to the village and
fetched the doctor.
Two hours after, as Sam Law there
splintered and helpless, but not uncom-
Portable, he could not but hear blum
dering foot stumble into the kitchen,
and the Id farmers voice In its gruffest
tone begin:
"Where in thunder hev We ben, Hen
cry Pinep Here's the old cat to pay;
cows hum two hour back, an nobody
to do chore but me; Sam fetched in
with broke leg, mother e'en-a most
distracted, Almirv obleeged to 60 arter
the doctor herself, and you a-wantin'."
Well, | swan to man." responded
Henry, in an injured growl, "I've ben
a-doin' my darnedest to find that tarnal
Jarsey keow. She's led me sech an
other chase all over creation, an hain't
faound her yit: an | dono but what
she's sot in the hemlock swamp this
minnit."
"Oh, come now, that won't pass no
muster at all, sir. Betty's safe in the