The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-30

THIS hoFt oI htuus IL wan ths iuiShcSS |
thing AS ever seed. There was rush
an crack Zebb was down with
Scott's ball in his thigh. and Scott
hisself was on the ground with .
dozen men holding him. There weren't
no use struggling. 80 he lay quiet
They seemed bit uncertain what To
do with him nj first. but then one OF
Alabama's special chums put them up
To It, 'Joe's gone he said; 'nothin'
amt surcr than that; an there lies the
man as killed him Some on you knows
as Joe went on business to the gulch
last night lie never came back. That
ere Britisher passed through after he'd
gone. They'd row-screans Is heard
mong the great nytraps. say again. he
has played poor Joe some o his
sneal<in' tricks, an thrown him into
the swamp II amt no wonder as the
body Is gone. But air we TO stan by
and see English murderin' our own
chums? guess not LetJudge Lynch
try him; that's what saw Lynch him"
shouted hundred angry voices--for
all The rag tag an bobtail o the settle
ment was round US by this time. Here.
boys. fetch a rope. an swing him up! |
Up with him over simpsons door See
here. though says another, coming |
forrards; let's hang him by the great !
fiytrap in the gulch. Let Joe see as /
he's revenged, il SO be rs he's buried
bout there" There was a shout for
this. an away they went. with Scott
tied on his mustang in the middle, and
mounted guard, with cooked re-
volvers, round him; for we knew as
there was a score or SO Britishers about
as didn't seem TO kn2w any jedge OF
that partic'lar name.
II went out with them. my heart
bleedin for Scott, though ne didn't
seem a cent put out, he didn't lie
were game to the backbone. Seems
kinder queer. sirs, hangin' man 10
f,ytrap; but our'n were a regular tree
and the leaves like brace OF boats
with a hinge between EN- and thorns
at the bottom.
I'VE passed down the gnlch TO tho
place where the great one grows. and
there we seed it. with the leaves. some
open. some shut. But we seed some
thing worse nor that. Standin' round
the tree was some twenty men-Brit-
ishers all. an armed to the teeth They
were waiting for us, evidently, an had
n busiuess-like look and meant to have
il. There was the raw about EN-. as II
they'd come for something material
there for about as warm scrimmage
as ever seed.
las we rode up. great red-bearded
Scotchmau-Cameron were his name
stood out afore the rest, his revolver
cooked in his hand. See here. boys.
he says. you've got no call to hurt
hair OF that mans head You hain't
proved as Joe is dead yet; and IL YOU
had. YOU hain't proved that scott killed
him. ANYHOW, it We're in self-defense
for you all know as he was lying III wait
for Scott to shoot him on sight So say
, agin, you hain't got no call 10 hur'
, that man: and. what's more. I've go
: twenty six-barreled arguments agains
your doin' it Its an interestin
: pint and worth arguin' out said tn
/, man as was Alabama Joe's specia
: chum. There was a ciickin' o pistols
/. and a loosenin Of knives, and the tw'
4 parties began to draw up 10 one an
}. other. an il looked like rise In tn
n mortality OF Arizona Scott was stand
ing behind with pistol at his ear II u
y stirred, lookin' quiet and composed
n having no money on the table, whe
!, suddenly he gives n start and shout
, IA rang in our ears like trumpet
Joe- he cried, Joe. Look at him.
the fiytrap. We all turned an coke
where he was pointin. jerusalem.
:, think we won't get that picter out .
i our minds agin. One Of the great leave
= of the flytrap that had been shut an
touchin' the ground Us il lay. was SLOW
- " rolling back upon its hinges. TIER
= lying like an oyster in Its she'll WI
!, Alabama Joe, in the hollow OF the lea
The great thorns had been slow
- driven through his heart as 1t close
i. upon him, We could see as he'd tire
:, 10 cut his way out. for there was
ait in the thick hcshy leaf, an h
bovie was in his hand; but IT hi
u. sno,hered him first He'd lain dow
- on 1t. likely to keep the damp of WIN
~ he were awaitin' for Scott. and II hi
closed on him as you've seen your \
tie hothousc ones do on fly; and the
-, he were. rs VIC AoHhN 1865
smashed, and crushed into pulp by y
- great jagged teeth Of the man eat
~ plant. There, sirs, think you II ov
u. that as a curious story
=. And wha; became OF Scott! ASK
"a Jack Sinclair
- .Why. we carried him back on
shoulders. we did. to Simpsons Of
and he stood us liquors round. Maa
~ speech. too.-a darned fine speech
~ from the counter! Somethin' about
e. British lion an the 'Merican ear
49, wallxin' arm-in- arm for ever an %
And now. sirs, that yarn was iong'
-" NV cheroots out. so l reckon III ma
~ tracks afore it's later and with
ny Good night he left the room
~ "A most extraordinary narrauv
~ .;a lawson. ..Who would hi
~ thought Dianoea had such power.
- "peuced rum yarn said young
avs clair.
III, Evidently mattcr-of-fact, truth
- man" said the doctor.
10 .Or the most original liar that e
49, livedr' said !.
wonder which he was?-A
nan DOYLE, In Pittsburgh Chron icie'
ave
u snmmnr,xIng Ills Pafirhss' Condition