The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-01-27


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Help "li somebody ns'P ms o'''
But just nere the children Pau-en
longest That voice sounded soanSe;
Inc minute wns 20 silent tney neatu
only the breathing "a 2 waller Ana tnat
other respiration pecuiiar - Hooas =
night
"Paris! Are you up there' Didn'tI
hear yJu?'
To atone for bis hesitation. Paris
plunged down . slope and Betsy. hang
ing 10 him like q faithful Gill; went
plunging after.
watch out there Don't You come
any nearerr' shouted their father.
Don't YOU take another step.
II was quite dusky in that hollow. but
when they were . few yards away from
him they could see him standingdown IN
the ground and looking like : man who
had only waist. shoulders and head. Ills
hat was gone. his wamns unfastened,
and his hair aud bushy beard made his
face look like q pale blur
20 pap walled Bctsey-
tits well YOU come. \" said the settler.
Elm sinking fast Paris, get . rail; get
il as quick as YOU can
The nearest rail was probably more
than a mile away Paris thoughts new
70 the stable. but while he went and
returned dragginga heavy rail. his fath-
er might sink out Of sight IN that hole.
which seemed to remain in = gully
that had contributed All it. water % the
bayou.
"a limb Of q tree nighe-, said Par
is, trembling .
get somethin' quick I'm gon
down % fast Idon't know whether can
pull myself out NJ all or not
The children ran around on the slope
Paris started for the clearing. but on the
way he tripped across ? small log. and:
/ jumping up unconscious that ne had
broken 4 finger nail in the fall dragged
II. and shouted 70 Bctsey 70 come and
help.
Betsey had thrown her Z some
chunks on which be was trying 20 proy
7 his elbows She came and tuggcd. II
was well for the Lane family that these
. two children were used e exer''on'
Their stout muscles, strained and tense
labored successfully They tugged ~
log ike two butt er~nut-colored ant
struggling with forage many time
larger than themselves. and pushed
out 70 father. Then with lungs pant
lng. and while ne pulled himself up 2.
!. his props. they hauled m uproote'
/, stump 70 him. then broken limbs; the
brought pieces of wood from the clear
ing: and while half these things sun
4 out Of sight the settler was able 20 our'
himself UP ~ them ana nnaily y
4 creep out on the log and get On SON
ground.
!, ~ left q Of my boots IN there, p
observed. breathing deeply ~ ne zen n
4 good earth under his naked loot
n The three climbed UP the slope an'
started home Like true western sel
\ tiers. now that the danger VA Pas'
they had little 20 say about T. Inc1
came 70 where the horses waiteu- scale
the load q wood and rode Slowly nom.
= And All that the settler saia = a
wife--when she came 70 ms uoor ~lt
> y auu Elnu anu lAlta.I- ~,
saw this procession which Sale herald
u ~ IN. f~:st:l~ -. II - 49, not too ii
= and lazy . dog 70 follow the horses a