The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-31

At the entrance 70 the pass 10 keep
sharp lookout for the enemy, for II
the, had come on us unawares they
would have caught as like rats In
trap. My heart sank when my name
was called. and il il hadn't been for
the ridculc. Ia have tried 10 get on by |
pleading sick. You see / was pretty |
well used up BY the long marches. the
uncertain rations and the heat and the
inconsistencies. The hot sand clogged
my steps and burned my bli,tered feet;
the rocks seemed TO radiate the heat
they had stored up during the day;
the air was dry and charged with dust
kept ~ my beat awhile and then sat
down on a bowlder and cried; then
deliberately lay down and shut my eyes
| TO 90 10 sleep
"Fine thing il one Of the officers had
caught you. observed one old soldier
dryly.
Precisely what happened. was
sliding off into delicious slumber
when heard movement near by. !
opened my eyes and saw Colonel
Lenoir. thought the day Of doom
had come for me, for there was hardly
week passed that we didn't hear Of
some poor fellow being shot for sleep
ing at his post. ! was SO stupid with
fatigue and drowsncss that l couldn
somehow quite make out where was
Everything was jumbed up IN my
mind. The cows coming home from
pasture. the mince-pie on the table. an
open crave and boy standing up a.
target for line of soldiers, my mother
in tears.
Brewster stopped abruptly, and
somebody asked eagerly what hap
pened next: what the Colonel said.
.Ienoir had not known good
nights rest for weeks. lie had beer
twsnty-four hours in the saddle. sait
Brewster. slowly and imprcsriyeiy
lie was worn out physically an'
mentally. He had directed his man Z
, call him at day break the next morning
But he took my musket up from tn
, rock where had placed it, ordered M
! 10 liz down again, and did duty for m
1 two hours while slept
! There was no comment on brews
! ter's story. The account OF nobl
! deed sinks quietly into the heart with
A out parade or flourish. Ai.er q ie'
: moments Of silence. some one put
r query in which lurked a suggestion.
y ..Lenoir acted finely at Anderson
4 willie. too, didn't he. Brewster
!. The lumberman gave a short reloii
i der. consulted his watch, and rose
j 90. Despite the self-deprcclation
a his narrative. all were aware that
: had been one Of those noble specimen
= Of American manhood who had 81
= yiycd The horrors Of that awful expeI
- ence. and finally emerged an emaciats
- wreck Of humanity whose heroic dev
= ton 10 noble principle will rcsomI
= throughout the everlasting ages. -
z. ~ could never be betrayed into any
VI iation Of his PRISON experience.
Al pulled on his driving gloves, nodd
~ cool adeux To the score or more
e lmng.rs. and was soon driving At
III n,,ick pacc up Market street, and {
~ Sixth. For the first few blocks the We
;as nayed street was lined with handsol
n, buildings aud presented the appearaI
~ az an important thoroughfare' put,
IL 10 nrocresscd. the buildings dwindl
~. in stature and were occasionally
~ t.rnated with a handsome. comforta
residence. and the pavement gre"
IN. even. Half mile further the s'r
M abandoned all pretense at smartnt
'ro trailed humhly between one-stpr
lie warehouses. lcaped a railroad ira
lost itself in maze of switches, 4
NJ resumed existence in the guise 81
wagon road. terminating with disi
~ wooden structure. standing IN O.
late REGION and ilanked on one SIDE
-, tall lumber piles The clerks AMI
~ laborers were filing away. and
n. Ill
I'M, man. with an unlit lantern IN his ha
~ stood on the steps
ran ..Well, Martin. what success!
rdi- ~ gave them warning. sir. TO s
by out. early this morning, and KS
their houses over after they lett.
low fear they'd be back again tonight,
ever rat, that i. All but one.
WITH ..Great guns. mani Don't you
l,ars one's A. b2d n dozcn2 ! can q
was dollar Of insurance on the stock
. n OH paving double rates until !
n.ss satisfy The company that the v
u az tribe Is gone.
,ark The tribe referred TO by Brew
TIM consisted OF floating popnlatio
u disreputablc vagabonds. allied
,an character 70 the hoodlums
new criminals commonly known a. w
the rats and hay-punNcis,
| tell had squatted on TUG u"'''
lionel and utilized the cans /,
4 not fully scattered over ny siou M
you construction 81 minia,ure snl'E..
Il in members Of this pecu'lar suD.sa
Ten Of society were iaoieu " eno ~
ls6-. sustcnancc by diligent grubblng
cunt heaps by which they we're surrou'
ieiilc They were looked upon by the !
by and the public As uangeao.s ~
place citizens, and inc unn.l" .rr,,a,.
der their proximity At the ordinary
rrass Martin. meanwhile. advanced