The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-29

and then can watch until the timer |
IL out and tie a string 10 the coil of
wire and drop IL out Of that little win.
dow that opens on the alley. Some 81
YOU boys must bc there to take care If
il right away. and wen get IL back
again in good shape and father won't
be nything out or any the wiser
for IT,"
Mr. I:annistcr was the leading hard |
ware dealer in Barring, and in connec-
tion with his store had IA tinshop.
The tinncI who was employed by him
was a quick-witted Irishman who had
two sharp eyes in his head ard could
read the mind Of Master Ted like an
open book
So, next day. when that young gem
tlcman hung around his work bench as
though he was glued To the spot, when
/ ordinarily he would have been on the
street with the boys. or whining il
asked To leave them long enough to do
some little crrands, Mike began TO have
his suspicious aroused that there was
something in the wind
He did not need 10 tie asked dozen
times IL ne had jobs to do outside that
day. or ii he had ever fixed that rain
water conductor of Clayton's, to take
the hint, and in short time he made
an excuse 10 go out, and when he had
got himself in position favorable for
observation. he prolonged his stay un-
til his spicions had all been confirmed.
When he came back. Master Ted was
not in the shop. which did not surprise
Mike at all; but Ted was not the only
thing missing from the shop, which did
not surprise him any more than the
other disappearance.
Faith. and it's to broad daylight
robbery they've taken. is it?' he solilo-
auized to himself And it's meself as
is wondering what the boss would be
saving if he saw how the little alley
window and bal of Irvine was max
, ing WAY with the best stock in the
store. But it's not meself thatll be
, telling him until after the morrow,
, sure. / amt been a boy so long ago
meself that / can't understand a cute
joke when / see it ripcning. or take a
| hand in il meself. for that matter, sure
, as my names Mike Donovan"
| And so Mike took an extra Whit al
his pipe and held his peace. SO far as
concerned what he had seen that day
, but he had heard enough more to cause
n him to have an errand that evening
after working hours. down to the river
I where the junk boat of Tom Doddridgs
J.. was tied up.
1 Maybe he Just wanted to borrow {
pipeful OF Toms best tobacco, or may
A be he needed the exercise. and jus
I happened to- take notion to stretcl
- his legs in this direction.
Toms stupid face didn't show an,
!, more wisdom. il he had it. after Mix
! was gone. and Mikes countenanc
showed none less.
= Early the next morning there wa
. great commotion on the street Of Bar
o ing. A great crowd Of people wer
q gathered around team at one OF tn
o crossings. the driver of which >eeme'
= to be dead.
= A part of the people were horror
i stricken and loud in their denuncia
. ton of the carelessness OF corpora
- ton that thus endangered the lives q
- citizens, and another part Were at firs
!, disposed 10 bc amused and then amazed
y That portion OF the crowd, to tell TIL
truth, had been on the spot before IN
!, accde mt, or whatever it deserved to
!. called. took place. and their faces ha
"a worn a look of expectancy of some thin
10 unusual about to happcn
Il Ted Iannistcr was in that crowd. an
so were number of other boys-i
1. fact, nearly all the boys Of any size !
the placc-and Mike Donovan. too. ha
A.. n ~ ,alin.r NJ
corner near by. quietly smoking an
$ watching the turn of events with a hi
n morous CLEAN in his eye.
- And this was what had happened
The wagon had driven along until
90 was directly under the electric llgt
cable strung along the street. when a
al once some one had noticed small,
~ wire dangling down across the ca bic
~. low that the drivers head must brus
adj against it in passing.
Then it was that the warning cl
- was raised by some oac-a boys vol
"a it was afterward said
IL Dead wire. Dead wire.'
49, The driver. who was TO other tn;
~ Tom Doddridge. heard the warnir
- and looked mp Just as the dangling wi
,rss pout VI kriIt HIS iHSt. "'t w
H., 10 the great horror of all and the 81
prise OF some. he had tumbled from /
. seat and fallen, with a convulsive m
- ton of the body, PROSTATE in
wagon. with the wire in some way ;
=, tached TO him still.
There was but one conclusion
had been shocked by a deadly cure
, from the electric wire and was dead.
4 Those who rushed forward To DIR;
III the body from its terrible position we
III warned that they would touch him
M the. risk Of their lives. as he was still
~ contact with the wire; and one "
IA was rash enough to reach out and ia
kN the horse 10y the bride. To lead 1t avs
WY was dragged back rs though the wh'
n eouipage were charged with dead
= fluid.
N To saw that it was time OF excl
HI ment expresses il but family. Bari
III never had such sensation And
~ this time the most horror-strick
loolscrs-on were Ted Bannister a
sorps az his COMPANIONS.