The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-07


III wasa scrihr. ~, H. ~as no phs'i-
zoe and 10 tell the truth he WAS MOI
much ~ ser The.
When ~ hsh como 70 The city. green
country hoy. every tody lad i"if him
shsi he had better 80 back 20 the iaru:
hecause he never coni make = living
with his pen
Aud every hody had heen shons right
for he had had oniy Two meals = day n"
~ was not sure - lhrm.
lle would have m~he good hook |
keeper because hc was - good - W-
counts. liz cnnlh adj how he could
add! two aud three columns ~ tine.
In, he believed he wss horn fos better
shings than Keeping h"'ts
Whcna frcekiel- faced bo, his mafee
had nirknssned him nm spuiieh ishdtt.
II which he had he"n vers wr"'i', t'i
h. had composed somir verses burning
with satire sv~ngiug thr Insult IL
never showed the v'',-rs. though. 80 ~
revenge wa only n"wn 20 h'u-ri'. nv
believe ih,.t rhat sor, ~ revenge - ~
ewcesest after all
re did mt know paihos from hs'h"s.
and hi. jokes we're quite I'D and his sa'i
things All 'unny.
Tine Wl0 nt- ntkfF tfff-N " 'fNr ff'|t'
idea Of the smoD"t ~ MOI, , ~hirn ''''
can tie up ~ postage =" ea' ''sr nA"n-
script. aud this rrnr scrihe. Win HI ~
nor,ual apfnrss ~ figure. epn'i n"' h''i
ENJOYING in-i how mucn hr w-s .,ui eAciA
day for siastns
Far Nj. manuscripts were almost in-
vsrjahiy returned. rnl that yer, pt"mpi-
IL and no used 10 watch esrh usai with
90 har
~hrain.children." a. he called them. e
~ them nfloat again in another direc
ton.
Aud he used 10 have some quee'
nnr;es about these poor litile brain
children Of his. He void tell himsei
Thar they were timii little things, ant
we're honesick when far from MN. AM
could not bear to stay away, 80 one q.
one thew made their way TO the HON
neat. Which ideas were psthefir arr
really rather pretty. aud would hsv
hronvht him column ratea il he hS
known enough 10 write them down ~
steai Of The stilted stuff which be iii
write.
AFTER time he grew discouraged. th'
moor scribe. and he rralizrh that he W.
giving 4 very COOL imitation ~ ria
who vas SLOWLY starviag 70 desth. az
ne went down nv the shore OF the lake
half resolved to end IL all.
A. he sat there. faint from lack
food. his head grew div and h's tral
confused. A policeman noiiced tn.t =
looked III and was staring vacan'ly o.
on the lake. and he asked him what !
waa waiting for. II ain waiting for q
returns said he.
"What returns ~
s.Why, the newspaper returns ~
then tho hslf-amishrd scribe fell over
faint. and 81 lost the only good jol
that he had ever made.
The policeman was kind fellow. ~
ne saw that the scribe was i'll from Wa
ar food. 81 after he had brought III
around with little brandy aud wat
ne took him 10 . restaurant and insist
upon giving him : good square mes
- .,rssd a the vicfnais filled his stunsa
gratitude filled HE heart. and the scri
confided I'll his little story 10 his bei
factor.
And the policemen drew . coat-slee
across his eyes. aud he told the scr'
thar bis hest move was 10 20 back 70
farm that very night. aud ne offered
loan him The money fnr his ticket; 81
the scribe took his offer and went.
Now be IL working on the iarm =
making = good livelih.,nd, and he te
people that tho reason he siopp
writing was because he Was troubi
with writer's cramp -and 50 he was. :
Il isn't every one who knows ihst
writers cramp i quite apt r. take 2
In the stomach. Chicag" Times.