The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-28
The sriLT-FEvER


w.~ Cur~-a
one spring Joi B-0wn (his name
"a Jona-han) had the ~:ilt-tever-
Was il any thing like scarlet tevers
Bless you- NO. But il was almost a.
had. and axfully contagious Why.
Jot caught il hy Just hearing q ano'h-
e. Toy who had il more than three
miles OF And from him i spread
ana ragged through the neighbsghccd
al summer. not only The boys taking
IL bni some 81 The girls too and
their sncther= Just had "a time 81 il,
DID any q. EN- dies MOI quite but
one u The bcys-JOr Br0wu came
pretty near IL and il scared dear
grandma nearly into spasul=-
J0i-= fever came on the first Of April
and for nearly ~eek hs was confined
10 hi chamber over the kitchen the
greater par 81 the time with =
couple ~ a=h saplings- BIZ fasher's old
draE--have. and biz Iack-knifs-
After q time strange Earrings and
thrrnpinr~ and iolt- w0u.d sometimes
make tse kitchen quake and the dishes
ciaf'er in the --dreS=srs
A What upon earth i The boy up to-
grandma would CRY out hopping
nimbly ont az her chair Hs a heavier
/ Jolt than usual would threaten % break
/ hole through the ceiling and Iet Jot
through upon her head
But 10 one could End out. for DOT
locked hi door and hung his hat over
the key-hole. An length. one morn
X inr. a. grandma ua< up in the cham
her looking over the dry apples Jcts
round srecklesi face came bobbing UP
70 The iow window under the caves
Grandma caugh; sight Of il a she took
her head out ~ = long bag
Mercy. Nhat-hoE-stilts, Oh
dear me and grandrns SIT right down
On the bar ard laughed I'LL her cap
border .rembIeSi. a. J0t vent praneing
raily OF On biz long wooden IegS
Al sight cf his ycun- master the
hair On old Towers back stood up
stiz ard straight and ne gro~led and
harked and biz the stills till J0t
tumbIexl IN into the mud The COWS
ali with tails in the air. ran for life
every time they caught sight cf him
But -Iot had jolly time lie could
70 right through al che deep pools
and rnnd-h0ic- dry-<hcd- his head vas
away I'D in The branches o. the apple
treeS-tOr BE- kept ien-thening hi legs
he could pep into the birds nests
sithoui climbing. and put his hand in
10 All the swallows nests under the
low eare- al the odd barn
The other hcrs soon had stilts- too.
then rares wee run resulting in many
nisforrrnes One boz got twist
in his ankle. another sprained his Ell
hox. and. alas. one BROKE his nose By
falling against the caves Of : cne-reOtesi
shed
But nothing worse than severe
brui-e- happened 20 lot gill near mid
summer
He u~sva 10 20 after the co.'s on hi
stills. Tor they had nov got quite &C
cusfomed to his odd appearance OR'
night they had strayei away 20 III
farther side Of the pasture beycns
Black brook H. could not think Q
going away up 10 the bridge hall
mile. 10 Get ACROSS - into the brvoi
Joi spla-hcd. thinking bow c0nssnien
siilr- we're
H. reached the middle when one Q
his stills plunged into . deep hole
lot fn;tcrsd- gave : wIld lnrch an
down he went into the stream vii
great splash sending a Whole ro'
q --padd0csss~ into thcir holes undo
ine fars. rhile his wooden legs saile
Axay down stream
DOT scrambled upon . stone in u
bid or the brook. thus bringing h
rn0usk cut Of xaaer. and hi cries az
shouts soon brought grandma W.
vas strawberry ng in the bur
patch not FAR o. Il put her in
great panic. but abe tore her sh1wI