The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05


cent for pilot"
IL was just this that mnde Carter so
bitter. Three times had n he Tom Ben
ton been aground when the Silver Crcs-
cent came gliding by with the people on
board Of her yelling. cheering aud
laughing al the pilot Of the rival craft.
the women waving handkerchiefs and
the ''rous'ers." even. on the lower deck.
joining IN The fun. And mp in the pilot
house. cool, serene. perfectly groomed.
Dandy Jim stood at the wheel. obliy-
never ~ any chance showing that he
knew there was such boat as the Tom
Benton on the river.
And Sally. loyal To her father and
proud Of her fathers boat. hated thu
Crescent and shared In the bitterness
against laliaferro.
One of the chamhcrmalds on he Tom
iieuton was Mary Drakeson. Mary lived
in Clabbcr alley in ST. Louis when she
was az home. and one time during her
river career she had worked on tie
Crescent. Here She had heard grcat
tales 81 "Dandy .Im's'' genius as
pilot and Of his proficiency Is a singer
dancer and of his hanio PLAYING. And
after hearing him s.rg one song while
the boat was tied up AT Ct Louis on an
occasion OF Capt. Powers wife coming
on bnar She conceived Il wild adinira-
ton for him. "Mars Dandy jim" was
20 he a veritable god
On the Tom Benton she Ind the same
ecstaiic admiration Of miss Sally"
And secretly She thought that "Mars
: Dandy Jim and Miss Sally" would
make the finest couple in the world. 81
she bcmoaned the enmity between the
Two boats. and one day while Miss Sally
. was going down the river on the Benton
Mary ,cntIrcd to remark: "You doan
know Mars Dandy Jim. does You. Miss
Sally ?" To which Miss Sally answered.
majestically: NO. indeed. "Hc say
de captain OF de Tom Benton dc hes
man on dc river; de ideel captain. Mas
Jim say" continued Mary. "Oh. well,
. Mary" said Miss Sally. ''neyer mind
what YOU hear" and she turned away.
But the words had struck home. She
had always imagined the rival pilot a.
hating her father and tn" Benton as
.
heartily as possible. Even IN her IA
TIERS bitterness. however. she recol-
lected that he had time and again adj
mttcd the infinite superiority of Toll
liver over any other man on the river.
SO little by little the subject Of DANDY
Jim" became & favorife topic between
(, Mary. who always looked after 1iss
!. Sally. and her mistress whenever she
took the trips with her father. anil
!; MARY sang mis- praises with q most cum
ming tongue.
(, One night there was masked ball NJ
: The house OF one ~ Miss Sally's friends
aud Miss Sally attended ms Cleopatra
4. One Of her most persistent admirers
I, was tall figure alfred as Mephis
!, topheles. After the masks were re
:. moved She recognized with tre1nor o
\ fear ard curiosity the feature OF Toll
j vcr in Mephs,o's garb. An introduc
, ton followed. aud il seemed as II Dan
dy Jim" and Miss Sally" fell in love a
first sight. For the feeting Chances a
I, the pilot perched away up in his LITTLE
!, pilot house were not 10 he rcckoncd.
:, They met again and again. always al
the houses of mutual friends and final
lv. when the crash came. they ex-
;, changed the usua; headst rong and emo
tionally surchargcd VOWS Of youthful
!. lovers. The next morning early TolliveI
I. started for mis- boat and paused on thu
!. rough cubblcstones OF the river front
:. 10 mark again the picture he had SC
!. of en- seen. Boats were wing all along
N ~. 4. -,
the wharf boats. and being rapidly
T. loaded with freight. Long lines Of cot
!. Ton bales Mere strung across the lcvce
! together with heaps Of bar iron and
:, piles Of pig lead Coops Of chickens
Loop poles. thousands Of lsarr'ls IF -four
I, sugar. molasses, whisky and other mcv
clandisr were hearcd ni.,l scattered nj
!, around. Some gulls were Aying around
one of The wharf boats ard q flock OF
pigeons were picking up scattered grain
near a bale. lie stood and pondcrcd
!, raen he walked down 10 the silver
Crescent. went aboard of her and
(, learned that she would not go until
.,.rec o'clock y. IN. instead Of eight a
H.. as had been the original intention.
Ills mind Was filed with The event
J. o, the preceding night He was very
r,uch in love ard he realized that Capt
= Carter would rather shoe. his dauChtei
than to let her marry Dandy Jim 'rol
= liver" The rival pilot on the river boa
ID the rival trade on the Big Muddy, as
the Missouri was facetiously called.
Why not end il right now. he thought
Get Sally. stop OFF nj Eccketts landing
hunt up the Baptist minister. get mar
rcd end have done with il. Capt. Cartei
would never give his consent And h,
:, was cruel man, was Carter. though
= young Tollivcr. and his eyes lit with
flrst-time hatred Of a man who coult
. he. rs he deemed it. so obstinate.
So he went back 10 his boarding house
dispatched messenger 10 Miss Sally
and in half an hour met her AT the hous,
OF her best friend. Here he made hi
plea with the cloqucncc of man il
earnest and in love.
1--WE might wait a century. Sally" h
said, TO get your fathers forgiveness
Let us do our wa;'ing together" An'
after awhile the girl consented TO 70
Her friend agreed TO accompany them
for che secretly thought Capt. Carte
was a tyraut and that Mr.. TOlliNer wa