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

The element u surprise always entared
;,,to the hearers endowment; long after
any ordinarv- lain of human origin
would have kraso faint echoes Of jim
ny's last no1c VIZ perpetually recur-
ring. But n Ma$ = an intellectual AMI
moral expressiou1 lat her bray waAl pd<
feet. far bev6sd her size were her
asoiratf6ns. n wSsa free and runnipg
cosnma1 III h5brn &C all creafed
thinvs axtanC with ironical and saIvion-
IL additions, th1t were terrible. 1t re-
yiled all human endeavor. II quenched
ali sentiment. IL suspended triselity, a.
scattered reverie, il paralyzcd action.
IL was omnipotent / More wpn0orful
and characteristic than all hevoty ex-
istence Of this tremendous organ was un-
known 20 che camp for six months after
the arrival VI Us modest owner, and on
liz revealed TO them under circumstances
that seemed to point more conclusively
than ever TO her rare discretion.
II was the beginning OF a warm night
and the middle Of . heated political dis
cussion. Sawyer's Bar had gathered ia
force atthe Crossing and by the light
of flarine pine torches, cheered and APP
plauded the rival speakers who, from a
rude platform, addressed the excited
multitude. Partisan spirit N that time
ran high in the Foot Hills; elimination
and recrimination, challenge, reply, at
cnsation, and rctort had already in
famed the meeting, and Col. Bang
starter, after whitening review Of his
opponents policy, eliminated with a
personal attack upon the career and
private character of the eloquent and
chivalrous Col. Culpepper Stsrbottle Of
Siskyou. That eloquent and chivalrous
gentleman was known to he present: it
was rumored that the attack -vas expect
ed 10 provoke a challenge from Col.
Ste -bottle. which would give Bung-
starter the choice of weapons, and de-
priye Starbottle of his advantage as a
dead shot. II was whispered also, that
the sagacious Starbottle, aware Of this
fact. would retaliate in kind. SO outra-
geouslv as to leave Bungstarter no re-
course hut 10 demard satisfaction on the
spot. Ascot. Starbottle rose. the eager
crowd drew together. elbowing each
other Ia rapt and extatic expectancy.
!. He can't Get eren on Bungstarter,
onless he allows his sister ran on with a
niger. or that he nut up his grand
mother al draw-poker and lost her. y
whispered the Quartz Cru.hcr; - kin
her. All ears were alert. particularly
the very long and harry ones lust rising
above The railing OF the speakers plat
form; for jimmy, having 4 feminine dis
trust of solitude and a fondness for show,
had followed her master to the meeting
and had infatuated herself upon the plat
form. where way was made for her with
that frontier courtesy always extended
ID her ace and sex.
Col. Starbottle. stertorous and psir-
ple. ADVANCED 10 The railing. There ne
unbuttoned his collar and laid his neck
cloth aside; then with his eyes fixed on
MS antagonist he drew otfhis blue frock-
coat. and thrusting one hand
into his rufiied shirt front,
and raising the other TO the dark
canopy above him, he opened his vim
dietive Iips. The action. the attitude,
were Starbottle's. But the voice was
not. For Al that supreme moment, a
brav--so profound. so appalling. SO ut
terly soul-subduinr. 81 paralyzing. that
every thing else sank 10 mere insignif-
canoe b side TITLED woods. and sky,
and air. For a moment only the multi
tude gasped in speechless astonishment
it was a moment only---and then the
welkin roared with their shouts. In
vain silence was commanded. 10 vain
Col. Starbottle. with ghastly smile, re-
marked that ne recognized in the inter
ruption the voice and the intellect OF the
ouposition the laugh continued. the
more az Il was discovered that jimmy
had not vet finished. and was still re.
curing 70 her original theme. 4. Gentle
men. y rasped starbottle. = any aftemp,
~ dice hawl from JIMMY brutal baf
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