The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-19

proposition u the Grub~talxe Why. |
guess the Old man must be- worth his
ccol i've million dollars now Anyway,
he's got six head Of young iiliies that
there ain't the like ~ west "a the BIZ
ter Root mountains. calker>. and away
up AZ that"
"Blooieds''
II should smile Ont ~ the -ery
best Nirginian. There's Kitty. Saph.
Matred. Nchushta. Zcbudah and
Mehitabel. all raised on the ranch, all
attended the same school al Wiz
Creek"
school howled; do you mean
the mans daughter
We'll. rather. You see man needs
lots Of wealth 70 pretend 70 any Of
these girls, for >ilns j. like them Old
Testament chiefs who n see lords and
dukes smiling around the lodge and
let the dogs at EN- because they amt
kings. shes too good anyway for a
common scrub cowboy like me. Oh,
man. but you should see her sit buck
ing horse. shes like the west wind
riding a cloud. with the bright hair fly
inr around her head and her eyes like
stars. The broneho tears up the
ground but she laughs as she drives
home the spur. and there's no fear in
her. I've fought two men for fooling
around her already-one with rifles on
hprse hack, he's in the hospital; the
other shooting at sight with guns. but
hunted him out OF the country.
Jack Brancepeth always was hand
some. but now. as he laughed in tri-
umph. | felt that Miss Kitty had no
need To rue her choice, for this gallant.
simple. boyish lover had the face Of a
Galahad.
Yes. that's why I've been trying To
keep straight Why. I'd tie a NANCY
hermit il | couldn't ma Ike myself good
enough for her. But. as she said. the
old man would never let me have her
unless Ia lots Of wealth. tried hard
enough. but then we'd been engaged
more or less for two whole years with.
out making my pile"
But said /. this doesn't seem q
have much bearing on the present
trouble?''
1T hasn't. Ell? Well. you reach your
hand into the left pocket Of my belt
and you'll find her letters There
that's right now read the one on top
- found myself CHANGING over the
first Of a batch Of letters in fins
round schoolgirl hand like string full
Of knots
DEAR JACK. II You want don't he q fool
Here pa favorine Daddy Lon-!sgs who want
me awful bad He given Daddy Lonrles>
straight tip h0w 70 make his fortune. ia tols
him that they've Just found tremendous 10
OF silver Ia the Srrb>take mine. but the prin-
ciual owners are living low and saying bas
thing, about the mine until they can rope u
al the stock. Whatever that means Anyway
they've broScn down the pumps on purpose 4
let the work> ct flooded. - = 70 hide wha
they've found Daddy Lonrless has sens
enough 70 speculate in Grno'tAke> yo'
haven't KITTY
Yes continued Jack. '-kitty's pref
tv straight goods. and when she mean
a thing she SAYS it, Ii Daddy Long
legs had one thousand dollars. wa
worth two thousand dollars: AZ least
that's what realized In hard cash b,
selling my ranch 10 a tenderfoot. 80
rode down here 10 Bitter Root City wen
to Kitty's uncle. Iii lIew>on. the stool
broker. pIanked down my roll Of bill
and said: Buy Grubstakes-
..You hadn't ought - buy outright,
says Hewson; you should cover.
Whats that@ said l.
.--It means. said he. that you planl
down your money. run the show; i
the stock goes up. sell out when yo'
think that you're pretty well fixed f.
life: IL the stock goes down two thou
sand dollars worth. you lose all you v
got
In gamble said /. with all cal
! hold down by sitting straddle-
well. You should have seen tn
brokers guying Hi Hewson in the min
ing exchange. and afterward l hear
them talking among themselves in tn
t, Coffee palace
What. said one smart Alecs, you
think Iii Iiewson's working 70
~ilas. Ell? You must think >fsas l
Hewson's gone loco. The old man con
fessed only last week 10 a friend .
mine that the mines played out. Why
the works are chuck ablocsx with wa
ter. and NJ tunncling facilities 70 draii
! IL: the pumps have broken down an
~ the real pay ore there isn't dolla
| in sight
"a level head has old man >ilas
saws another: "a to Iii IiewsDn. he
roped in a sucker who thinks he c.
gamble some fool of a cowboy, h
. says
There was another sucker la
week. says smart Alcck; Daddy Ions
ler>. they call him planlsed down on
thousand dollars on "A falling narlc'
he. h.. Well. he's busted now cove
all run out
AT that they all drank toas
Long live the suckers but--well.
laughed
Vow read the second letter" sal
Jack ! read:
You're q daisy Daddy Lcngiess hi
come back dead broke. and his Language
lust diSgraceful Hold on kecpa tight hol
Jack for pa says he'll soon be- letting the q
out 81 the ba-. so IL the stock goes down al
more you must keep good heart and hold Q
KITTY.
That's all right" said Jack. "bu
by the time got the letter on Nonda
morning my cover was running on
too. says Iii: Its all your own faul
You never took the trouble To ask II