The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-08

ways uppermost In the child's delir-
Sum asserted itself again.
. Pappy.' tho little voice piped.
gaspingly. "tell me more about the
ole elephant! never seed him!
The prayer began again. more fer
vently. despairingy than before.
20 God |" the granger prayed.
''spare him! Let him live TO see the
ole elephant" As he went on the
prayer grew more rambling. "l.et
him live! Think Of the pore little fell
Ter; never seed the ole elephant Fer
days-ever since that bill was dropped
out thar-hc's looked an longed fer
to-day. that he might SEQ the ole
elephant. An now lie broke
down for an instant, and the men
squatting outside stirred uncasily.
"Nevcr seed the ole elephant the
prayer went on, half incohcrently.
Pore little Teller An when his
NAV died promised TO be both father
an mother to him. An what have
done? Nnth'n. nuth'n! No pleas
ures L" he went on. = But. what
could do. way ont yerc on claim.
with no money 70 buy nuth'n with?
An now. when | managed TO scrapc
spare money enough together SOS TO
Wal. he's a-gittin' worse-an' oh,
he'll never see the ole elephant. I'm
afeard.
| Very soon after the bright rays
shone full in the faces Of the group Of
cowboys. as the cayuses bounded
across the prairie towards the point
where the scction-road wound into the
strip OF timber that fringcd Buzzard
creek. No one had suggested this
movement. but all had started as II
moved by common impulse. though,
I to be exact. Scotty. the impatient. was
a little ahead Of his comrades. Ol
running out the granger nothing
was said.
prayed fer him to live TO sec the
ole ELEPHANT muttcred Scotty.
WAL" said old Slade. earnestly
iii he lives half an hour, an we have
luck. blamed If he don't see"
..That's what broke in some one
..Mebby we KANT" began another
| "Mcbby we kin!r' interrupted Slade
firmly.
but elephants is mighty"
mo difference, We're able fer him
reckon. am the sick boy nevc
seed a elephant
The advance Of the circus toward
the cattle country had rot all been Al
tended by good fortune, but, as tn
armed cowboys dashed up, the mana
ger feared he was about to sustain hi
GROWING misfortune. The tales h
had heard Of their reckless disrcgar
for the persons and property 9
strangers were fully as Munchauscn
like a. those the cowboys had heard Q
the elephant. The weapons drawn. q
the manager felt sure, TO slaughie
any opposers, were but as protectiv
: measures against the anticipate
: charge Of the elephant. The mana
1 gers fears seemed realized as thei
was a nervous rush upon the part I
) the COW boys which hurried the ell
plant. driver and all out Of the pr
cession. Perhaps. il he had behold II
bank-bill that found its way into III
ready hand Of the elcphant-drivcr. b
would not have wondered at the sligl
} ! resistance Of the latter.
j When he had recovered from III
, establishment into which he had bee
4 thrown by the summary proceeding
: the few words spoken. and the banl
Q bills old Slade dropped as he hurrie
4 past. the old elephant was lumberln
. rapidly away in the midst of u
I frightened and nouncing cayuses-
!. The turtle-dove few from the pies
y or a fence as the elephant and his cal
. tors hurried up TO The shack I'll
h grass muflled the footballs OF the an
mails.
Il The granger was still on his knee
with his face buried in the quilt Of Il
!. poor bed. and the morning brce;
0 that famed the sick child's face M
nuttered the pictured bill on the wa
X Tuliltu tllt uuTult thlAs W Has hAti -
: il felt like the touch Of baby fingers
1 The little face was less flushed nov
. and the gasping fecblcr. The child
) dim thoughts wandered still more. al
his dim eyes could hardly see the fla
) tcring bill. "PaprS." the weak vol
whispered. evil the ole elephant ev'
: Gomez"
Il A great bulk barred the sunlig
: from the little window, and the lon
snaky trunk glided in, and the finge
n like protuberancc at the end vel
h softly claspcd the sick child's hand.
il "Oh. pappy.-pappy! The ole 81
Ie plant has GOMEZ
n The bowed head Of the granger W
raised. The child had started h;
4 upright. and the little hands we
y clasping the caressing trunk Of the Q
% elephant.
"a Then. before the granger could gi
4 expression TO astonishment. the elm
4 ing hands relaxed. and the old el
If plants trunk cased the child's wcig
r. softly back TO the pillow again.
n And the turtlc-dove that had T
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