The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-28

Soou-Dv ne hAd seemed tO be 50 hOpefl
;" his eyes had been so bright with II
emotional ooze Of anticipated Lap pines
(" q mat upon meeting him again | was a
I" tphishcd 20 see that his countenance hs
: grown dull nnder a pre-umable dissi
poininent When had a-ked The eau,
y 81 bis apparent detection he conducts
Inc 70 quiet corner aud then. siler n fs
' moments silence, snid:
- seffled near postofiice known q
: Anliobus. There were but few hnusp
nearu the ne ighhorhood il picfnresua.
: and my wife and | were deIighirs
From the Top Of our graceful hill w.
could see The sun coming up out OF
heautiful valley. lar away. aud at even
ing we could see the brow 0i di.fai,
mountain. encirc,ed with a wreath q
hinzing glory. In an evil hour shown.
fellow, despoiler. man who wnul.
turn the sweet blush Of dewy maf,lsr ~
20 the hard frowuof enterprise, stare.
ssw-mill not lar from our house. Thi,
wss annoying. but we soon became r.
c"mclled. especially a. The mill was com.
PEELED 20 shut down Tor wan, OF pairnn.
age and We Were about 10 congratulate
Ourselves. when one morning 4, d clock
me mill began 70 whistle Wen. sir. Al
lO o'clock that mill Wa still whi-tling
By this time ! was almost wild. sent
negro bov down 10 investigate the tan
taliziug situation. tie came hack about
an hour later and reported that tie mill
was not running and had not been. but
that the boilers were under fli;l head
way Of steam. The thing whi.tlcd All
night, and the next morning, as The
situation instead OF showing signs Of i'm
provcment seemed 10 be growing worse.
went over 70 expo~tulate to the pro-
prieior ~ the mill. found hin, sitting
on stump. couiplaceniIv smoking. lie
was an easily recognized type of a
Georgia "crack.r.' Of the improved breed.
Ills hair was long aud there were pieces
% bark clinging 10 hi, grizzly beard fie
paid no attention % me ~ approached,
but appeared 10 be lost in the contempla-
tion Of . distant hilltop. | had never
met him before, but knew his name.
: This is Mr.. Squires = said T.
Yep. b'levr II is,' be answered, still
looking tar away.
Ny name, sir. i Beverly Summers.
Yep, wouldn't be surprised
have called on you, Mr.. Squires.
mill whistle
'Nothin' the matter wiih II now.
Didni start off so mighty well At frat
sorter wheezed little ~ but can't COM
plain At the present outlook
But why do you keep the internal /.
hing blowlng!"
"tIe removed his gaze from the distant
and looking at me said: /,
Boy down At my home n
:" What | exclaimed.
Boy al my house--born yesterday !
norniu'.'
" But is that any reason why you :
'hou d make day and night hideous 2"
"'Don't know anything about maxim :
'0'hin' hiie0us. but it's 4 reason why \
h0uid blow that whistle. | promised
n y self that il fortune smiled on me this +,
ime, and sent me bov, would raise :
Merry ho ow-are-y ou. and fortune did herl
vork--kept her promise, as II were, and
III g0in' 10 keep mine. Look around, !,
nd STUMP somewhar, aud sit down.,
while =
= \ don't wish 10 sit down. sir. have
ONE 70 demand that you stop blowing :.
lat whistle y
/" No; I'm much obliged TO YOU II.
- will have il declared . nusaince, I !, !,
xclaimed. -
y 10 w, ~ orasr ,.o,n ,ha con.s y. a.
ow that thing as long as want to. -
D. when fortune proved that after 80 =
any years OF girls and hard luck she -
IA decided TO favor me, why hired two
Hers, one for daytime and the other for -
ghf, and told them to tie back the rope i.
that whistle and keep up the pucker -
the time. Hired them for year.
80 You don't mean 10 say that you are
ing to keep that thing blowing for Ne
hole year"
" That's what the contract says. Mis-lbo
+, you don't understand the situation. les
5e got ten gals, but not until the other On
ornin was the voice OF q boy everI,b,
arm IN my house. Now, you mavIfs,
eeze at good many folks, but let me ~,
wise yousnot 10 sneeze at the pore fel- " /
! that has raised ten Of the oneryest ~,
,kin' gals in the country. Now, thar NJ
il Mol. do reckon Moll was the a..
test gal you ever seed. Waddled ~
zen she waddled like pos III
IA. Wall what did Moll do! Dis. Ro
sced me by marin the simmest man "a,
the world. That fcller was 50 slim "a,
II he could stand in double-bsrrel A.,
,tgun and reach down and take hold lstr
his boot straps. An thar was Lie. 70,
eckou she was the slimmest gal that ma
sr destroye shoe leather. What did seu
J do? Tuck her to town one day an
J fell In love with the fat boy that they
4 in show and she married him short
afterward. Then there was Kitty, the
est crittcr. reckon, you ever seed In ia
nr life. One day she got nervous aud !cr
xious, an knowd right then an thar MS
/ she was lookin round fur some mon tra'
Dsity to marry. Wall, she found him nas
} found a feller with nose so red ass
/ he could hold up . newspaper the WI WI
kest night that ever come and read IL. Mr
It's about the way all Of them mar On
I, and when they come 70 live with M, An
they turned my home into regular mir
lum for physical extremes, ~ old Dr. unc
ss lowed, aud now that nature Las ins