The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

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iiarding's eyes still 4 ashcd. but Cath
cart' with q glance al the mastiff. whose
ucep growls like distant thunder made
MN glad Of any. chance 10 Withdraw
rom ihe encounter in an honorable
manner. responded: True. SIR. fear
did forget myself ri a moment.
N"o''sss obi'gs' Of course. So. II my an
'ag"nlst j. satisfied. ! will bid YOU both
goou-uay;' and having brushed the dust
rom ms silk canlt I suit and lace RULES.
'his small sprig Of English nobility
marched on with the naughty air no
fancied 50 well became bis station.
what would Margaret Harding saw aid
she know thee had been exchanging
blows thus publicly with a royaliste"
asked the old Friend.
My mother would regret N. no
doubt replied Nelson, '-but Grandpa
Darrah, ne insulted MY father as we'll
as myself. lie called him a-a-iail-
bird and a great sob rose in the boys
throat.
wrong. indeed was that said the
aged man. But two wrongs never
make a right, and It's likely the boy
knew not that benjamin Harding was
unfortunate, not wicked. Long and
braycly he struggled 10 support his
family, and when reverscs came IL was
a cruel thing 70 consign him to the
debtors prison. 1t was the work OF an
enemy"
Aye" cried Nelson, s'and for SEEM
ingly SO small a sun. too. 1t is large
enough. however. 20 mother and me
who are laboring 70 pay 1t off. We buy
as little as possible, but the sum in
creascs but slowly in the debt box,
and sometimes ! fear the mother will
die ere we can set my father Free She
pines sadly for him"
AYE. aye" sighed the Quaker, 'truly
we have fallen upon troublesome times,
and the hand Of the oppressor is heavy
in tine land. who would know our peace
full Philadelphia with the rcd-coats
turning everything topsy-turvy. l pray
we may soon throw of this British rule
BY the way, the Continental Con-
gress has been considering the question
for the past two days, and to- morrow
their decision Is to be made known.
Wilt thee be at the State-Housc, Mel
son Harding. TO receive the first news
from the ~door-kceper and give me the
signal whether to ring the great bell OF
no? will pay thee Q shilling for the
job"
"Gladly will | be on hand. Grandpa
Darrah. You think they will really
dare to declare our Independence"
MANY say not, but / believe they
will. There are great and wise men in
the Council, and then the motto on the
old bell ! have rung 30 many years
seems verify prophetic-'Proclaim lib
erty throughout all the land to all tho
inhabitants thereof The Lord grant i
may do it:'' and tho aged Friends Sc
rene c~ountenance glowed with enthusi'
asm.
'Oh.-i hope. ! hope 1t will, Responded
Nelson; ''but now l must away home q
once. Good day, grandpa. Come, Penn
and of he scampered with the huge
mastiff at his heels. The little home o
the Hardings in Letitia Court was plair
and modest in the extreme, and, q the
pale. fragile bonneville set the fruga'
dinner on the table, Nelson thought she
seemed more downcast than usual.
"What Is II, mothcr?" he asked.
"Has any thing gone wrong?"
Nothing new only the landlord has
been for the rent, and ! have had e
draw on the debt-box again, and each
time it seems like a step further away
from your father. Oh, / wonder II We
shall ever, ever accomplish his free
DOM
s.Of course we shalt" cried Nelson,
more hopefully than he felt ''CheeI
up. nanny. am growing larger every
day. so can soon earn more; and only
Just now Grandpa Darrah. the bell-man'
promised me q shilling II | will wait AZ
the state House door tomorrow and
give him the signal II Independence bs
declared"
..And IL IL Is, how yeur poor fathe'
will fret and fume at being shut up and
dnable to fight for his country. He was
always such a true patriot" And ths
unhappy woman turned away to heI
sewing with a heavy sign. Alnmp, too
arose in Nelson's throat, and he ate but
a sm all portion OF his savory stew, CIV
ing the lions share TO Penn, who en-
ioyed 1t with hearty gusto.
A he finished the last morsel Mrs
Nelson looked up. That dog eats q
much as two men," she said.
..But he is such a grand. noble fellow
mother, and ! love him So"
so he is. dear. but wish his appe'
tite was less" while into Nelson's mind
dartcd the young Britishcr's words
such as you have no business with 2
valuable thorough bred
Was IL true? Ought he to sacrifice
his dear companion and playmate Tor
the sake OF the father lang gushing DC.
meath the shadow Of the law? lie tried
10 put the thought away. but the IDEA
haunted him. and made him wretched
whenever Penn looked up in his lace
with his soft. brown eyes Or licked MS
cheek with his warm, red tongue as
though to ask: "What ais you, little
master?' ~,
But when, in the dead OF night Mel
son awokc and heard his mother sob
hing in the next room ard felt sure The
four guincas would appear % her IKE
four scvcn-league strides toward her
husbands freedom, he determined that'
although he could not put up with Regi'