The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-08
ALTERED INTENTIONS.
How the COWBOYS Came to Ex-
hibit the Circus Elephant

Ever since sunset the prairie breeze
had famed fcver-ilnshed little face.
Bolt upright in a splint-bottomed chair
by the bedside. "A man had fallen asleep
again and again. in spite Of his de-
termination to remain awake. But.
Notwithstanding his WEAKNESS. he had
slept lightly. and had often awakened
at the sound Of faint moan. or the
touch Of the night wind as il softly
stirred the erect and unruly wi~ps 81
his mop Of tangled hair. and often
seemed to him. half waking. like the
soft. caressing touch If childish
fingers Every time he woke with an
anxious start he saw that the fever
bright eyes 81 the sick child were fixed
longing upon The pictured handful up
on the wall. a. il iluttcrcd in the gentle
night wind And. each. time when the
man had cooled the parched lips with
water or ralted the scanty pillow. the
child had piped;
Tell me moro bout the ole elephant.
rapry.'
And the man had told again Of the
old elephant how he was almost as
big a. the '.shock." and was dirt-col-
ored. and had long. white tusks and
great biz Happy ears. and had trunl;
that he swung from side 70 side a. he
walked.
An he likes little boys-don't hep
Likes EN- first-rate. the man
would answer. Thinks a heap Of
en-
And the feycr-bright eyes Of the
child would be bent more eagerly up
on the long bill that tluttcrcd on the
wall. and. in spite Of his loving anxi
ETY.. the man would nod. his heat
world slowly sink forward on his breast
and he would be asleep from shcel
WEAKNESS.
Presently. a. the candle burned al
most out. the east grew gray. thcr
lighter. A turtIe-dovc. that hat
winged her way through the mist,
lals darkness 70 a resting-place upor
the topmost strand Of the settler
piece Of barbcd-wirc fence. greeted IN,
coming morning with her soft solemn
s-coo-woo.'
III they had looked from the window
OF the :. shack" and the gray Of Tho
morning had turned a little more Il
gold. the settler and the sick chill.
might have seen a novel procession
passing along the scction-road. quar-
ter or mile away. There were queer
canvas-wrapped vehicles and quecre
blankctcd animals that looked strung
enough in the coming light. but which
denudcd Of their wrappings in III
glare Of the sunlight and on the mali
street Of Range City. would blossom
out into the more or less gorgeou
chariots. cages and curiosities Of
circus-paradc-
This last crawling end Of the process
sion was dimlv discerned By a littl
squad Of brond-hatted. jangle-spurrs
horsemen. whose gaIloping cayus
ponies had carried them swiftly acros
the prairie in the direction in whic
the circus was slowly taking its way.
Thar" cried one Of the cowboys
as they reached the forks where tn
littlc-worn by-road that passed III
settlers cabin left the scction-road
"Thar they air. Come onr'
The squad seemed on the point I
dashing along the section-rcad in III
wake Of the circus.
Hold on thar. Scotty!n cried III
oldest man Of the group. .'We'y
got
but thar's : elephant. Sladc"' II
terrupted the first speaker. with an 4
most boyish enthusiasm. ''Kctched
glimpse Nv him among the wagon
jist as"
Never mind the elephant" brol
In old Sladc. We've got other tus
ness on hand jest now. Got 70 kcts
. glimpse Nv granger, stead Of q
elephant. an sorto--n
''Sortc start granger procession