The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-01
THE sPELLING-BEE Ar ANGELS.


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Sor holdi,is unchristian to deceive sim
Butas from school yer driftin' BY thow
yc'd like 70 hear.
~ -spellin' Bee" NJ Angels that we or
ssn,xed last year.
nut gents e. he'd their reg'lar growth. an.
some enough for two.
There wox LAnky Jim of Suffers Fork ant
bllson OF Lagrange,
And Pistol Bob" who wore that day
knife BY way OF change.
You start. you little kids, you think these
are NOT pretty names.
But each had u man behind il, and-my
name Is Truthful , ames.
Thar Was Poker Dick from Whisky Flat and
smith of shooters Bend,
hnd Brown OF Calaveras-which want no
better friend
Three- fingered Jack-yes, pretty dears--
three nngers-pou have Ave.
Clapp cut on two-it's sing lar. too. that
Clapp amt now alive.
Twas very wrong, indeed. my dea-s. and
Clspp was much TO blame:
Lfkewise was Jack. in after years for shoot
The nights was kinder lengthenin' out the
rains had Jest begun.
when all the camp came up 60 Pete's to
have their usual fun;
Hut we all sot kinder sad like around the
bar-room stove
TIL smith got up. permiskiss- like, and this
remark ne move;
Ihar's a new game down in Frisco, that ez
far e. kin see.
Beats euchre, poker and van toon, they
calls the 'spellin-B Bee"
Then Brown, Of Calaveras, simply hitched
his chair and spake
!" Poker is good enough for me-" and Lanky
And Bob allowed he warn't proud, but he
must say right thar
That the man who tackled euchre he'd hts
education sQuar."
Thte brought up Lenny Fairchild, the
school master, who said,
He knew the game. and he would give in
structions on that head.
: For instance. take some simple word" ser
he, like separate
thar was one In eight. - sA'' =
This set the boys all wild at once. The
chairs was put In row,
And a the head was Lanky Jim. and ut the
And high upon the bar itself the school.
master was raised.
And the bar keeper put his glasses down,
ana sat and silent gazed.
The hrst word out was parallel" and
Isi Joe waltzed in his double az" betwixt
the "a" and "en:
For, since he drilled them Mexicans in San
JacintO fight,
Thar warn't no prOuder man got mn than
Pistol Joe that night
Till rhythm" camei He tried 70 smile.
then said they had him there"
Ana Lanky Jim, with one long stride, got
up and took his chair.
0 little kids my pretty kids. twas touchin'
These bearded men, with weppings on, like I
school boys at their play.
They'd laugh with glee. and shout to see ,
each other lead the van,
And Bob sat up as monitor with a cue for
rattan. :
Tin the Chair gave out aIncinerate,- ana
Brown said he'd be burned
IL any such blamed word As that In school
wasever learned .
When .phthisis'' came they all sprang up.
and vowed the man who rung
Another blamed Greek word on them be .
taken out and hung.
A. they sat down again saw in Bilson's '
eye flash, 4
And brown Of calaveras was a-twistin' his
And when at last Brown slipped on "gneiss'' q
and Bflson took his chair.
He dropped some casual words about some
folks who dyed their hair. I
And then the Chair grew very white, and :
the Chair said he'd adjourn.
But Poker Dick remarked that ne would
wait and get his turn, a
Then with n tremblin' voice and hand, and :
with q wanderin' eye u
The chair next offered "eidcr- duck" and 81
Dick began with ~" 4
And Bilssn sIniled--then Bilson shrieked, =
Just how the fight begun, q
never knewed, for Bison dropped and Il
Dick he moved ND one. j
Thea certain gents arose and said. "they'd b
business down in camp"
And ''ez the road was rather dark. and ez A.
the night was damp, y
they'd" - here got up Three fagered n
Jack and locked the door and yelled A
NO. not one mothers son goes out till that :
thar word IL sDGllelfr -
But while the words were on his lips, he o
groaned and sank In pain, !
And sank with Webster on HIS chest and
Worcester on his brain. "
Below the bar lodged Poker Dick and tried i;
to look ez he a
was huntin' up authorities tibet no one else b
And Brown got down behiud the stove al Z
lowin' lac was cold" a.
I'll e upset and down his legs the cinders al
Md several gents called "orderi" till in =
his simple way ~
roor smith began with 20" "R"-"or"-and ii
h< was d. jagged away.
,. little kids. my pretty kids. down on your v,
You've got your dedication in q peaceful !,
Ind bear n Il mind thar may be sharps ez Il Il
siings their sspellin' square, o.
5ut likewise sings their bowie knives X
without thought or care III
fou wants TO know the rest. nv dears. ~
Ihet's all In me you see - -
NE only gent that lived TO tell about tibet 81
sspellin' Beef
ie ceased and passed, that truthful man: ~
the children went their way in
With downcast heads and dOwncast hearts w.
but not 10 sport or play. NJ
Tor when Mt eve the lamps were lit, and a
supperlcss 20 bed mr.
ZACH child was sent. with tasks undone and /,
lessons all unsaid. ri
70 man might know the awful woe that fir
thrilled their youthful frames. y.
n they dreamed Of Angels spelling. Bee y. =.
and thought OF Truthful James. III
bret Harte. IN November Scrfbner's
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