The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-04

'sili do my best. and can no any
better than l eau do. can !? know nc
I'm slow. and guess pa don't regret nae
/, any more than l do. Lee j. work :
ING hard for that prize. Hes going 10 ma
col,.ve ANYHOW; but heard him say ma
inc he'd like that money To splurge on no
,.h.r NJ. GETS there. His ma Is going ses
:. AXE him to the city and rig him up iee
In new clothes be- fore he starts ev'
III Won 20. I'm afraid you'll have TO ~
40 on what you got now, or iittie 40
more. sighed Mrs Bixby. 'Of course
. how Of sixteen don't want much; but M
ANYHOW. your pa. you know, Is :"
- don't care about clothes. II
only get there" interrupted jim part % %
inc a touch stick of wood Inc
hao,.s are !, hat I'm after. Lee hardly u
has thing TO do, though there Is SO ~
inch work tobe done around their farm o
and house now lou know the paoy i.
,;n,, well. ana little Alice tags around :
after her ma whining all the time'
sh.,S ailinn. too. guess It's mighty
harl an Mrs. RAYMOND. but she doesn't
like Lee 10 spend time on Ms ooo"
helping her ,~ nj .
..,-ris lard on her" agreed Mrs Dix
A., ,hi,lysr., ~ the time when shc
and the pretty Mrs Raymond hau
,.;~,s o.ether ..She and were
1 mighty fond OF each other once
,,i~h could go over and help her
!, some. bu. your pad be mao. Any
n I cues, She can, be so bad on OF eng
IL, IL. 10 something. Iaint g"oa
~, a how Ia he 1T his books an ing
"a time: he needs some work
:. .-oh ma. don't ycu get to thinking
!, al. m .rroancd the usually uhcoM-
:. ,l,;,in.. linn. -'lie SAYS its goou 'or
!, ! ,,,.s mind when his body Is all tirer
:, ~. IN, that's not So wish eou'u
n r.i,,. hi,n 80 and sit on hard prhc"
H. mi Sav at school studying. ana 'hen
I. go. nom. ana do chores. finishing on
~ milking 50 many kicking cows
:, ,h,th ~ .i,...ers get too nerveless 70 noiu
=, f,o,lx Then wish he'd set up a 2e-
- o,...rv before him. and try 70 wors
~ ~, i, original problem guess he d
find !, hard ,A..
,.v .Whv. sonny cried Mrs Bixoy.
..,,"-.r nurhtn't to say anything
i've but ID, ret 30 tired.
- ..l,aint.asy fur you. dear WINS
~. ~'.I .,r,. i xby, laying her knott'
You hand on tue Boys brown curis' u
. II 10 what ca FOR you
!, I'll, ,ooked ashamed. Us he furtsvei'
!. re saueez.d her fingers
ar. ..yo,,-re th, brst ma there Is ~
ood said --She very best III pEetH
Our "a history. and !'ll work we'll am aN'
four hans IN win the prize I"e eNa''''''
Won ,ian j. three weeks on - ."a
rher won't be hurried al ali in getting fe'1
. to for il. 49, s,,,
II i, ~Bu- don't neglect your "'"s' ~.
ere les cautioned Mrs xpy' as '"'
4 as xxali..a to either TO the house
, do linn studied faithfully for tnr ,
deity ...a..s and 80 did Lee Raymond
the l,,,.r wa, the only by wh"m -
a. s,.,r,.d would surpas> him on inc
can ,,;,...ion. livery evening as
,-ar,-,..d honeward he had TO pass
when J,,vrond house and he would see -
s-.f..a bv the si.tlnr-ropm wlhs,o
,ess -,.ors-,r, away On the history
! son. - never spoke. but Lee wou.a
this IA. t;,- widen ia superior sor. VI
Here .,n.. ,ha- decidedly irritateu
= y. ether lai.
head ,rI.. n.rit before the moneh'ous
.~,i,,-.i.,n. MIR HiAbs Leaned over
sau.. -honldcr, as the latter was W
90 n his mind the fact that buS
sail 10 have built the city
Thercs- :,
IN 49,. -tcaa on this examination. sol
\ I pa,-,-onJ Ma, talking in the wi
49, ,,orninc. boaSting about ms
!, - - Nc hoy, smartncss- lie M
~ ~, I'LL would win the history p
M ~, ra.allect what's 1T stake 'or
N and beat him- -.
..t-ll do the best can. pa.
lit ~, "a almost tired OF repeating
phrase OF rate. .as
-.n-soid Mrs Bixby next mori
s,.n.;pr a, the clock. Don't
=" bvieve YOU better start now u
~ COUNT of the weather.
- ..Tarl ma laughed jim ner
-. ..nr.snuc could walk four
soxxy.- n,,,r and n half il the snow
90. II M to my neck.
gel = in few moments he put
,. -. ana can. took the precious u
:. 10 study on the way and' uesp'
y Y. ,.l r,demonstrativc ways. rel
hh' 49,. hearty kiss his mother gave
!. Ton minutes wore away uat"
half-past ten -,
II well if --Gue>s jim mus. - n
Jim bet through ne IN. s,me nome
couldn't Mrs hiNpS' 1904 and Jim.
boy beat Kitchen aoo. sd entered.
-. .oh. Jim what is it?' cried
led some man ..aid Jim,
election u was 80, nine ,
If friends. 1T wa, n'c ''A'.'
- = ..s...-.l,- won didn't koitcf
wed. then surrey ~.
Now Lee ways xr balf-past Sc
ard Jim a> ~, 'ooh ~ -, nine TO get
ms father i've m'hu'e l.,sr..a lin. col
.limll get schooiroon''
ally. AT edly.
:. 49, IN. what kept YOU
IN old gen Don asr 80 ! feel.''
e boy who don't kno" 49, ,mc,hin,
You nptAAhe