The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-16

be lost In the quiet rcverie taat fcll
upon both.
This Is strange prelude 20 our
picnic.' remarked Annie. brca king
tho silence.
''Are you afraid? Wei. shah
only drive through the grounds. !
want 10 show you some OF the beau
ties Of the place. Those chimneys.
rising from the ground. mark the
place Of the public vault. built into
the side Of the hill. and a little fur
Their dowa--ovcr there. you sce-is
the station. built OF white marble. in
tho exact style Of Greek temple.
What "A lovely sheet Of water that Is
In front OF IL. and do you see that
bont just ready for 4 row? But think
Of coming TO such a place for pleas
urc,"
II kind Of wish we hadn't come. II
seems sort Of pokerish."
1T doesn't impress me that way at
all. II seems only like a beautiful
park. because no one Is buried here
yet.
And now. ascending Observatory
Hill. they entered long. shaded
avenue. 80 dark and silent that each
instinctiyely held her breath with
fear and awe.
''Isn't it beautiful? But don't let us
linger any longer than j. necessary"
whispered Annie. as she clung to
Hatiie's arm. "Oh' what was that?'
! II heard nothing"
| There it is again. Oh. DO drive on
faster." for just then "A cracking
sound was heard in the bushes. while
| Dot, as il TO corroborate the suspi-
cion. set up a SCI: les OF aggressive
banks. for which he was particularly
distinguished whenever no found
himself ensconced in place OF safety.
foundland dog sprang out Of the
! thicket directly in front OF vi. who.
with a succession OF wild plunges.
ran up steep embankmeut beside the
road. and then with sudden change
| OF course. overturned the carriage.
and. breaking loose. gallopcd away
at headlong speed. vanishing in a
cloud OF dust
| When the occupants OF the vehicle
recovered their senses. which they
speedily did. they found. to their sur
prise, that they were still in the land
OF the living. but confined painfully in
the very close quarters OF the carriage
top. TO extricate themselves from
which promised to be no easy task
Had they but occupied the front seal
il might not have been difficult mat
ter. was the unpleasing reflection
After repeated attempts they resorted
to screams for help. but the cemetery
being some distance from the mair
road no one was likely TO hear them
and the conviction gradually forcct
itself upon the unhappy prisoners tina
no one would know Of their condition
until they should be past help. V
would GO back TO his former home. 0
course; Harry would stay ut the green
house. as usual. thinking they has
changed their plans; papa would no
reach the grounds before twelve
o'clock. and they would both be dead b,
that time. they wcrc sure. and here the,
abandoned themselves to loud shriek'
and walls since there seemed nothing
more to do. Their crampcd position
was becoming unbcarable. and matters
did begin to look serious
But in the mean while, what Of Dot
The girls remembered seeing hin
spring from the carriage just as the
final shock came With a yelp o.
mortal terror he had forsaken them
and this seemed but the browning ac'
OF his dcspicable little life. But LEI
us not ldgc too hastily. Had Dot
been the regulation dog Of fiction hs
would have fled home on the wings o.
the wind. bounded into Mrs Thomp
sons presence. tore her best dress
half OF her. and by series OF intelli
gible bow-wows would have announced
the plain truth in a frantic manner