The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-28


to tell me bout some bad co-4ltsc
q. samin.'s. Well, If you'y- coi an,
fault TO ind with ny grandson. out
Nth it. I'll back re every Time Nr
Diodseit. who was plo1H 5ng. while sam
IN helped him By guiding Tie horse
turned round 10 his grandson Is IL
spoke.
"OA. ] assure you. Mr. Elcdr-ett. sam
NY behaves beautifully lcalled On al
cniirly different GRAND. Probably
Sammy has told YOU about ilAe flag We
want 70 buy"
no. he hain't-''
We'll said little Miss Stanton quick
". I'VE want TO provide a far for our
schoolhouse. Nearly every scl.o.o,house
IA the country has enc And sye want
You TO help Us"
4 flag, What fore- demanded III.
I.odgett.
Why. don't you think she spoke
with surprise. .-rhat the daily sight Of
their couniy's flag Will make the
pupils better children now. and better
Lien and women by anu by"
Il do know about that" responded
Mr. Blodgetf. There's lots Of foolish
notions running round loose nowadays.
and this strikes me as one of 'era- Hoist
ing a flag and making q Four- h q July
out OF all the three hundred and six-v
odd days in the year. Stick to writing.
reading and 'Tithmetic- ard le; the
tunlmeries be,-
Miss Stanton. too sh-cvd either 70
show dismay or 20 wrangle with the
farmer. simply looked a. If she were
amazed at and pif.ed his sentiments
'-Iiow much do YOU Calculate 10 yls-.
cut for the hag2~ he asked. forced by
her demearor TO doubt = neither re had
not put himself in The wrong.
-Oh, something like SFn--
'Ahew-cv." Mr.. Blol get. vhistlcr7
his establishment And how much do
YOU lay out for me 20 riTe2"
Miss Stanton had aa inst incsixe
knowledge that il is often juascsous TO
ask for more than one e-Sp poets We'll.
/ should like it if you anL Mr. Simpson
would give me ten dollars each 10 STAR
the hall rolling. The minister tells me
YOU are one of The richest men ia Plum
Actt. and Mr.. David Simpson is the
other. So / came out this saturday 10
ask you two TO help Us get the 1sag--
Mr.. Blodgetf gave alitile jump toward
ms pillow. II guess you don't know much
about Piunkett,~ he rasred. Dave
Simpson. did you say? Dave Simpson
The Ineanest man in PlunAett, Skin =
lea for its hide. Ten dollars. Him.
a-hcre," he said -you TO and sec Davc |
Simpson. Tell him lii Elodgett sent
you Don't leave that out lie viii 4
know what / mean-he and l were ia 1
The war together. Tell him you wan- 4
a Sso-dollar flag for Plunkctt school /
house. And III match you. cent for
cent. dollar for dollar, whatever YOU
get out Of Dave Simpson Come, there's
an offer for you" 4
"Why. that's a splendid offer. sir"
said Miss Stanton. rather sarcasticall.-
Thank you. Mr.. Bloigrt-- GooG-by-
thank you so much, Good-by. Sam
my"
Welt" muttc7cd Dloc-eti. chuck
ling. Il got out of that neat Get ~
sammy" And yet. he felt. uncasily-
that hc might have given "a dollar TO the
flag
Miss Stanton. somewhat discouraged
walked over 10 Mr.. SinFson's place
The first glance ct him treasured her
his little rrandchild. Polly. by
The hand. he cordially inquired how she
liked Tlunkctt, and put a great many
other questions. She could not get in
a word about the flag. She began TO
suspect q method ia Mr.. Simpson, vol
utility.
"And how is this naughty Polly car
-ying ony~ he asked.
Miss Stanton smiled on the pair
''Havc you told grandpa about our fac.
l'elly?"
Dave Simpson squared his shoulders
Ills nmiable expression vanished His
pocket was attacked.
well" he faltercd. Tn sorry 20 dis
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