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

sended the construction of : fuli-~ixea
one. During his sdown" days. tn
ague-afll cied man. between the inter
walls q chilling and per~pir'nx. ex-
planned 10 him the workings ola troi-
line and eIucidated the mystery %
.-groundhog day. and why some vege-
tables should b. planted in the s'dark
the % moon" Thus the lad became
learned IN the secrets 81 che Western
squatter. He assisted at the work In
every way possible. both within and
without the shacks o. cabins OF zach
brother. He sat n Sans bedside.
gave him cooling draughts Or Tanned
him when the fever was On. and. when
he felt better. detailed 20 him the little
gossip Of The neighborhood. how = new
conner had taken up aciaim on section
- Or how Lige Banners Cnerokec cow
had been '-mired" in the 'branch."
Among the stock AZ feeding time
Jim made himself useful. and many
/ = trip he made from one claim TO the
other. running on errands for the
brothers.
One day. 80 late in the fall that the
| brick-coIorcd tops Of the iron-weeds
had long ago turned almost black and
the r~ock-weeds on the slcp stood like
dismantled. l~rsfless ghosts. a serious
accident befell Josh He was riding
over from his own claim to assist in
the work Al the shack 81 the ugue-
smittcn sam As he neared the house.
riding close 20 the b~.rbed-wire fence.
= rabbit suddenly sprang up almost
beneath the horses feet The animal.
= half-broken colt. SHE'D quickly.
stumbled. and. in some inexplicable
manner. fe'l against the barb<d fence.
The roiton blackberry post gave way.
and in a moment horse and rider
were doxn- Between the cutting o.
the barbs Of the wire and the thresh'
ing Of the horse Josh was lucky 20 e.
cape as well a. he did As il was
one thigh was cruelty laceratei and
an ankle sprained in a painful man
ner. while there were minor cuts and
bruises nearly all over his body A
the sound Of . shot. little Jim ru<hc<
from the shack 10 see JOSH with
smoking pistol in his hand. crawlin;
away from the still-quivering body Q
I the a. al colt. half covered with bloo'
from the cuts Of the barbed wire-
Hit was = mercy to shoot him.
sam said. As SUPP oried as well as pos
sibIe by the boy. he made his painful
way to the cabin Then little jim
/ had two invalids on his hands Sar
4 managed TO drag his ague-enfeeble
1 form about the room and assist in th
: rude dressing Of yosh's wounds
= A week. two weeks passed. and sti
: Josh was unable 10 do more than Z
Mobile about the room on a pair {
rude crutchcs constructed BY little jim
Three weeks saw him still unable I
leave the house. and the month W
drawing TO . close before he coui
= limp as far As the little ~hay-thatcht
Z stable
The work Of the two claims Il
m heavily upon little Jim but he stru
4. clei along manfully with T. josh
stock was driven over TO Sam's clai'
and the other homestead deserted I
A the time being. Some Of the furn
a urc was brought over and b uni
- habifed shack looked forlorn- indes
"A Just after josh hsd successfully :
g. comp!i~hed his first trip 70 the stab
"A and after rubbing the noses Of :
A horses and giving the he:fers = mt
v hing apiece. had returned 70 !
" house. there came . noise At the 4 o
n and Hank Bird unbidden. STROBE
NJ rid over yere TO put You on ,
b. guard be roared. = loudly as il
hearers had been several rods insse
be Of scarce : dozen feet away Go
ment land Office has got VIC
m that right smart clai
is OFT this sway IS only BE-
d. held stead o lived on InsPec'