The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13

u Jo~h's claim. The pony eallopei
brskiy along. and the AR - the late
auiumn day was braeingIy conl- just
as Ne same ia sight ~ the claim shack
around the slope u the mound. =
moving figure just coming owe the
rise 70 the northwest attracted his
attention Although = considerable
distance away. the boy was certain
that the figure was not that q one 81
the ~neighboring squatfers Iii. man
nsr II walking. and some popularity
81 the cut or color d his garments
Told that II was the Inspector. Lit
lie Jim was sure. but what was the
meaning Of his walking over the
prairie 20 far from town? Jim con-
clutei that he must have LEI; his con-
yeyance az Hawley's claim. a couple
u miles Or % beyond the rise. and
was proceeding on foot. perhaps. for
| exercise.
The pedestrian was somewhat near
er the destination 81 both than was
little Jim. but . brisk galiop on the
part II the pony would alter matters
and land the boy there many minutes
before the arrival Of the other. who
was approaching almost Al right an
giles 70 Jim's course. Then. as little
Jim puckered up his lips 70 chirp 20
the rony. he glanced ahead. AT least
q dozen rabbits were in sight. and he
wondered what led them all TO 60
scudding away toward the southeast.
where the timber fringed the creek
Scarce 4 rod before him = jack-rabbit
passed. hurrying with prodigious Leaps
toward the distant timber A 6uzzard.
that but live Minutes before had been
lazily circling high above the mound.
was RAPIDLY sailing away toward the
destination of the rabbits A cloud
appeared 10 the northwest. and even
a. little Jim looked il could be e
moving upward Five minutes before
it looked a few feet long; now it was
half As long as the mound Not .
sound came from IL but the cloud
seemed moving up with the speed Of .
racer -
y, q was plain that the footman did
NOT know Of its existence, for he con
tinued to stroll onward with his fac'
to the claim and his back tothe cloud
Then little Jim saw a movement Q
some small object on the top OF tn
rise II advanced. and. clearly out
lined against the black Of the cloud
. behind. the lad saw il was > child.
little girl Down the gentle slope IN
came. now and then pausing TO exam
inc some object Of interest. = belate'
l lower or = peculiar weed, perhaps
, then tro;ting on again. as II DESTROYS 2
oyertaking the pedestrian 80 lar ahead
: 1t was the inspectors child it'll
0 Jim thought. Probably she Ia
stravel away from the claim wheE
4 she had been left in the care Of "a
q sauatter's wife and had followed h
father who. not s~nspecting that q
II Va behind HIM. dill not once loo
= hack and discover her. Higher -
. HIGHER clided the cloud Now il "
4. almost black above. but below u y
Ok white. and as il advanced seemed q
T. vonring. blotting out the iandsca
n with a great. white ~impenetrable Pa
4 Then. Of = sudden. there came fro
G the cloud = puff Of wind that bad
e. lev edge to /; that made little u
Dc shiver and caused the pony 10 thrs
b. IN his head with a snort Of apprehe
he x;on and strain AZ the bit in an {
,r deavor to return the way thry p
n. come. Then the nature 81 the =
er proachin- storm dawned upon liz
ns Jim. sam had told him tales Of I
nd power and danger 81 the biizzards
- the plains. but till that moment
I'd had not realized that the comil
rs storm was a blizzard
nj He saw the pedestrian turn -
or felt the icy blast. but. just a srco
before he did 50. the child. far behir
J descended into > little gully and !
father did not see her II was evids
~ that he realized his dargcr. for
. broke into 4 brisk run and dashed
- ward the claim-shack-
For but . single instant little ,
n he~ifafed- The somber cloud v
half wav across the ky and The
bursts % wind. that sent the funsu
weeds hurrying across the prairie !
lowed each other in quick successis
. TIE white wall below the black Of
D blizzard seemed eating the landsca
N away a Il advanced The man on 4
.hns almost reached the wire fence
4 The claim. and 1T that instant the en-
n emerged from the gully and trot'
= helple~s'y forward. II he urged
pony onward. little Jim could re;
The shack before the Inspector. y
the claim and NJ the same time.
at safe from the billiards. rage Wit
INV The shelter of the shack
I'll II he attempted 10 save the g
red frotsinc along on the prairie. the
uld x~pecsor would find the shack a
old .nted. and then. too. there wa the DE-
i'm IL danger ~ the blizzard 10 face
the hc hesitated scarce q second In bis
cap ~cisicu. Then the lad pulled
rou pony's head sharply about and
in racing away a the top Of the amin
speed toward the little figure q
an child. All the stories that sam