The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-09-09

slipping and falling. the situation /, 10
10 b. enyicd III al.
; Ivan scheerfuincss entirely Il n hin
when lie discovered that n. 49, ~;a;,.
smooth horse. but insicnd he wore /;
look - anxiety and displeasurc ccm
o'ned' which dcepcned as he advanced
how gloomy Il seemed The stinginf
"'nh went through him % the YER,
marrow, but In his vigilance his nerve,
were strung % their utmost tension. ant
Inc ieeiing q coldness was almost Oh
Ills mini now ran in one channel-t<
guard against the slightest mister
which lis horse was liable 10 make.
thoroughly engaged in this he failed
70 notice the change that was taking
place. and which had been going On
about him for some time.
Tic rode for some distance. and All
the while deeply engaged in watching
- morse. Then, suddenly. the snow
ceased falling and the clouds began 10
break mp.
This cheerc,i Ivan up considerable.
and when. latero on. the moon rose. she'd
ding its pale. welcome light upon the
the bo,,e - ~...,.,- ~: "ueu WIN
safety.
Agreat part OF his journey was over.
wore did ~ l. -. NJ 1871 =. s'll
that ths worst 80, -, - -"
: billv ,h;clI-.sr<.,,,,''.s ~ ' s..,s =
trv iu>t hefors - q, 80. - s,,1n
iournex ~ Ma 49,. -:s.'"- 80. .S- .. -
= comparativelv lcx., s.as;a.s ~.
here was the dangerous n,rt .ra -
knew that il would be tedious ana Lou
for he would have - wall III hor~. III
the wav. ~
II grew colder. and his hands ho,d-
inc the hr;,l,. .h-~i- ,'. ..o'.1
Two moderately steep hills had heer
passed II safety. ana ia ,ho,.,.. ~.
ing nenr home ndaea mnc,, ~ f--n..
hopcfulncsS
There was ! nrofo,,ca s;,., -.
silence al 4 midw;n,er n;vht ~.
sound but the hushed s;gh;ny ~ ~.
wind and presently the scream ~ so,r.
wild creature away b~vond ~. .,,,,
mits Of the hills Wbas hc..,t,.,,
night IL had Turned On, ~ ~, T~.n
conld not Nal. .t..~-. 49,
moonlight on the White snov
Heh.a ~. crossed
hin ana vas sio,,lv Neutrality-suspicious. . q ~
~ Id. IL 49, bo1.,;-,~~ III.
ono b,,5 AZ - -. -
against NJ cl..<t Th;nl;n<.fsh 49,.
~ ofthc n;ybt 4. re~,..ta., <.'-ss
ment. re care N IL hars.
,yh.x ha~
- ...,ss, H.. ~, :. - - ~
~ ;na-s... ..-:-e.. 80 80" 'n''
s..~;am. ...s.~. .",' 49,. "o",u aus
+. ~.r,.a NJ - 49,, 49, ..''s. .-. ,'"'. oesn
~,,orld h.~e 49,. 80 a, , = Z.
e.. - 49, oen -
NJ acc;.,ent al h,c -
rious one IA wb;cb 49, -. - 80.
The ope. IL b,d hccn y,,,r3;nr .~.;rst
,3nr;nr ~ >io.y AL ,..,;[,,s s-.,.-...
II Ma ,lso xraa.n 81 yra~'s,...a
mat Ivan VA nj .h,. " 80. h;,~,s.,s
He Wa Ann, he,x;lv rr.,,, IN. h.-s
frozen .-r.pnd Nj fe., ta,~,.d ~ ~.
,tirruns Al = cons.onerc -. <,,,.c.
II the ~ II Was mon bix he.d ana S,,n,,r-
tHr< c<1n<l1U 1n<ru<in-Iffv 1I.uu&f i'm /
ned:atelv.
Tn. h..-<. ~ ~ 1,l;,a s.~,~,..
Ave himself. made matters rorsc -
thinning ana nlunyinr strurr,;nc i,
rain 4 footing on lie. when n. hax once
allen. - n task which i cxtremelx AZ /
icult for a horse 70 attain IL this 60.
he slight slopinp ~ the cronnd r,,ade
he matter almost impossible. ana il
vas only after repeated Efforts and
alls. srreat manv On the luclsles< IT.
en<ible rider. that the horse once
more gained his feet forfunaselv lcav-
No Ivan free upon the ground. Thor
,urhly frich.ened. ~ dashed m 81.
mad gallon toward his home.
Ytow ,cr., \. - u,.cr, 4. 80.
old snow. Ivan. az course. had M
means q knowing: but when HI senses
id come back "a him he sce,:.ed 10 h.
waking from some horrible dream to 4
worse reality. The pain was excrnci-
ting and he was almost certain that
9th his Legs were broken or AZ least
erribly strained and wrepched. A
ickepinr faintness stole over him a
Z tried 70 move. and he found he could
o nothing but lie still and submit 70
ate.
But an, what would that fate be? "A
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