The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-05-11


aud scrcamin' and Begin him not -
let me die. an l could hear TIE cows
bell iangln' as the boy chased her
away. Say. wasn't that awful?"
Flaw. haw, haw." laughed the gao
man. SAY, that's the funniest ! ever
stacked up agin. Say. I'D give thou
sand bills TO seen you hangin' there,
and howin like hyena. Say, I'D like
TO meet that boy and blow him on
to sonlethin' just once
The stereopticon man smiled, too.
His smile was menacing, but the gas
man didn't notice il. "G'wan." he said.
well, sir. hung there an heard the
cowbell GROWN fainter and fainter,
as the boy chased the cow further an
further away, an | wondered what
the bad place would be like, and II
there was any chance OF Heaven. An
| tried 10 count up all the decent things |
Id ever done, and see il they'd balance
some OF the crooked things. An won
dered how deep the water was, and
what the bottom was like, and ii there
we're lccches down there, cause knew
that leeches'll suck drown ded mans
blood. An thought about the stere-
opticon, and the show that was due
at half-past eight, and how the peo-
pied be s'prised when | didn't show
up. an | thought oil about million
other things. An all the time was
whoopn' and howiin' like the whistle
on sea tug.
but by that time ! was about givin
out. was gettin' weak, an there
was queer things foatin in front OF
, my lamps. an my fingers was numb,
an the COW Dell was still ciangin' long
way Off.
Its good-Dy,' l thinks, an then
/ hears voices an men runnn'.
4 thinks If kin hold up a minute long
: err I'm saved, but my strength was
gone. tried 10 hold on, but il wasn't
/. any use. my fingers .et go, and sank.
: Down. Gown. down-for about a
a foot. Then ! stopped. My chest was
:. above water. and ! could feel the mud
T. runnin into my boots"
t. AN YOU wasn't drown ded. said the
n gas man. in tones Of deep disappoint-
:. ment.
" NO"
h An the water was only about foul
feet Deep"
y IL guess IL was four feet and half.
II "An YOU was hangin' there all tn
h time worryn' that smart boy. an
g howlin' like Bowery barker-witl
your toes bout touchin' bottom"
'g "Yes.'
rs "An' two or three gazabos to stan'
le an laugh at ye. by the time 70
crawled out.'
v. That's right" said the stereoptico
n. man. and his smile was becomin
deadly.
sh well. say" began the gas maj
he "you'rc the worst"
~ Hold on."
rs, The gas man bit his last word
IN. two and stood with eyes and mout
N wide open.
.p. Pretty good story. hay:" demands
," the stcreop,icon man. with fre ia
en- eyes.
nd ION you-yes.
he The .augh's on me. amt it?'
oit II should say
"a AN didn't have no sense. ELI =
"Not part"
n.y. AN the boy done JUS right 10 cha
cows. stead o. helpin' me out
2! "Well. | spose the boy knew
AN | got all at was comm tn
oa' didn't -
an "rha's ri
ist AN you don't have no sympathy
Joy a gazabo like me. do ye?'
me Not bit. =
pie An you've had "A good time think
nnt vha, q lobster | was. hay?
Tie "lou bet"
"Well. now" howled the stcre optic
git man. I'm goin' L lick the socks Gle
: oil Of you
an And then they went together. II
beautiful fight. Ten minutes la
ow- the stereopticon man was pinning
ian. a long tear in his trousers. but his I:
was calm and unmoved. The gas III
the was nursing two b.ackening eyes.
-ent ressing cnt lip and trying TO staur
the blood which proceeded from mi
swollen nose.
inc. .Jisn." he said. "l'll take II ba
Ter You amt no biuf.
THAT'S right" said the stereopti'
wn- man. .an' kin swim. Can't
boat sure" said the gas man.-N. l.