The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-25

FELLEB CANE DRIVING ALONG
awake, m l caught my little finger
nail in my teeth m bit il of. Well, !
had plenty O pain then, and I jumped
ahead like q tired OK when you CAD him
deep
THAT lasted me for mebbe half an
hour, but ! couldn't tell nothin' about
the time. Id lost track O. that entirely.
Then the cold began to numb me again.
Twas q frightful cold night an l dun.
no how twas the ole man KEEP fm
freezing to death.
Finally, ! staggered n fell, m just
as ! did. m thought TO myself Z !
wouldn't bother TO git up fur 'twan't
wuth while. the ole man spoke up. ]
don't think he'd said anything afore. all
day long. joe he says, speakin' SHARP
m loud, but not hollerin', Joe, hear
the Christmas chimes,'
First ! thought he was ravin' again.
but it started me up an l listened. an
sur enough the church bells was q.
ringin'. Boys, ! never knowed afore
what church bells mean. Talk about
good tidings Of great joy thar neve
was tidings Of JOY came to me like
them bell brought 1t was Christmas
eve, an ! hadn't never thought Of 1t ali
day. Thar l was. within hearin' o the
bells. an givin' ont, an / made up my
mind Id make another stagger, m /
struggled up again.
.'Twan't no use. though. I'd got
plumb 70 the end o. the run. I plowed
along . bit, but as l knowed alter
wards ! must ha' one clean of my
head. fur ! left the trail an wandered
off some where, the Lord on'y know
where. but He must ha' been looksn'
out fur us, fur l kinder wandered
round. like. till ] come back ter the
trail agin. an as luck would have il ]
come back ter the top Of a bluff. an
went plumb over, draggin' the sled
along with me.
wall. we tumbled square inter the
roadway. Ef it hadn't been for the
we'd both ha' been killed. likely,
fur we fell nigh fifty feet As twas l
couldn't git mp. fur ] was dead beat,
the ole man couldn't cause ! hadn't
him. I was skeerd to do it But
he wasn't hurt an he lay on one side.
sxpectin' to lay there an die. when he
sleigh bells. Blamed il a Teller
didn't come drivin' along with a fust-
rate horse. Seems he lived out on the
perara an was goin' home I'm town. |
he was a good-hcarted ~feilrr. an
he found ont what the situation
was he turned right away an took US
INTO town flynn. The ole man had
enough left to tell him about il
an TO tell who we was
s'Thc Teller drove right 60 the ole
mans house. m we found they was
a little Christmas party there.
In nat'ral enough they was talkin'
lbout the ole man when we come tc
he door. wa that tired l never
woke up till the next afternoon. an
here l was in bed in the ole mans
with the doctor lookin' at me.
''He laughed when ! looked 'roun an
where 1 was, an he says: 4
hought you'd be all right. soon As
had your sleep out An I says:
Yes. lin all right; but how's the ole
nan?' Then he looked mighty grave.
N he says: i can't tell yet He's been
Iurt mighty bad. but ] reckon maybe
With good nussin' he'll come 'round
He would ha' died. though. IL
hadn't been brought home Then
shook hands with me an said all
.rts o. foolish things bout me bein' q
ero, stead O what ! am, = big man
nth tolablc strong legs an arms. Hut
ord bless you! what he said was
othin' to the way the women took
a. when dressed m went
ownstairS They Rugged ms. IN
Used me till l was fairly slammed O.
an the ole woman says: Joe
you brought me my husband
Dr. q Christmas gift, and Ill give you
wife fur yourn-' Then knowed Il
ere all settled. cause I knowed the
lc man wouldn't eve 60 back on
hat she said. An he didn't neither.
rhcn he got stronger, as he did a'ter
bit. lie won't never be strong like
q a but he's tolablc we'll now. an I
kelly 10 live a good many years |!
"wcll them women made md talk ,
the afternoon bout the walk dows !
m camp. an when they ~Aatsi -
now how Id hv~ ny finger. y =
I'D en-. I'm blamed II they didn't ~
II 4 felt like : fool "-Teyas Siftings