The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-15

instincts, hue ths oller ii ono hundrsd
dollars from the Bungstarter party
proved too tempting. She passed irrol~
ocably from his hands into those Of the
enemy. But any reader Of these lines
will, ktrust, re1Dic@so lar mat his att
temptto restra y free polititsl dpress-
ion il the Hbd Hill Jailed lslgnally !,
For, houA che was again coeertlyl
introd need ~ o. llatform Y thoBung-
starters, and placed face to face with
Col. Starbottle at Murphy's Camp. she
was dumb. Even brass band failed 10
excite her emulntion. Either she had
become Disguised with politics or, the
higher pdces paid BY the party to other
! and less effective speakers aroused her
jealousy and shocked her self-esteem.
but she remained passive spectator.
When the Hon. Carolns Smirch, who
received, for the use Of his political per-
son for q single night, donbls the sum for
which she was purchased outright, APP
peared on the same platform with her
self, she forsook ii hurricdly and took
70 the woods. Here she might have
starved but for the intervention OF one
McCarty, . poor market gardener, who
found her, and gave her food and shell
ter under the implied contract that she
should forsake politics and 90 10 work.
The latter she for long time resisted,
but rs she was considered large enough
by this time TO draw cart, McCarty
broke her TO single harness, with Sc
we're fracture Of his leg and the loss Of
four teeth and a small spring wagon At
length, when she could be trusted tocarry
his wares to Murphy's Camp, and could
be checked from entering Q shop with
the cart attached 10 her-a fact Of which
she always affected perfect disbelief
her education was considered as COM
plete as that Of the average California
donkey Itwas still unsafe To leave her
alone, as she 'disliked solitude, and al
ways made il h point to join any group
D.. 'cangers with her unnecessary cart,
and evento fellow some looking
miner to his, cabin. The first time this
popularity was discovered BY her own
err, was on his return to the street after
driving bargain within the walls " the
y Temperance Hotel jimmy was nowhere
to be seen. Her devious course, how
ever, was pleasingly indicated by vege-
tables that strewed the road until She
was at last tracked to the verandah Of
the Arcade Saloon, where she was found
looking through the window at game
3 of eucher, and only deferred by the i'm
pending cart from entering the build
ing A visit one Sunday 10 the little
Catholic chapel ut French Camp, where
she attempted TO introduce an antiphonal
service and the cart, brought shame and
disgrace upon her unlucky master. For
the cart contained freshly gathered veg
etables. and the fact that McCarty had
been Sabbath breaking was painfully
evident. Father Sullivan was Quick 70
turn an incident that provoked only the
risibilities Of his audience into a moral
lesson. .'It's the poor dumb beast that
has moro Christian sowl than
Michael" he commented; but here
jimmy assented 50 positively that they
were fain to drag her away by main
force.
To her eccentric and thoughtlcss
youth succeeded a calm maturity in
which her conservative sagacify was
steadily developed. She now worked
for her living, subject, however, to a
nice discrimination by which she limited
herself TO a certain amount Of work. be-
Y yond which neither threats, beatings,
nor cajoleries would force her. AT GER
tain hours she would start for the stable
the cart or Michael, turning two long
and deaf ears on all expostulation or en-
treaty. SHOW, God be good to me, y
said Michael, one day, picking himself
out from ditch as he gazed sorrowful-
Nv after the flying heels Of jimmy, but
it's only the second load Of cabbages
I'm bringin' the day, and il she's shtruck
nosr--it's ruined am entoirely.' But
he was mistaken; after two hours Of
rumination, jimmy returned Of her own
free will, having evidently mistaken the
time, and ii Is said even consented IL
draw an extra load tn make up the de-
ficiency. 1t may be imagined from this
and other circumstances that Michae
stood little in awe Of Jinny's superior
intellect, and that jimmy occasionally
with the instinct Of her sex, presumed
upon il. After the Sunday episode ri
! ready referred to, she was given her lib
erty on that day, privilege she grace
fully recognized BY somewhat unbend
ing her usual austerity in the indul
gence Of saturnine humor. Sh'
! would visit the mining camps, and, graz
ing lazily and thoughtfully before tb'
cabins, would, by various articles ant
coquetries. known TO the female heart
induce some credrsous stranger TO ap
! proach her with the intention of taking
q ride. She would submit hesitatingll
7 TO halter, allow him to mount her back
and, with every expression Of timid ant
fearful reluctance, at last permit him 4
: guide her in a laborious trot out Of sigh
7 Of human habitation. What happenc,
; then was never clearly known. In