The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-12
The End of the
Feud at Nome.
BY Lou Rodman TeepIe.


nDONS." said miner. cibowing his
j way through the crowd in the
salocu; boys, Lucky jacks took up
arn.tc. claim" Peals of laughter
greeted this announcement.
~ni, dc seven claim him git on an
eii o,F." gioglcd a low-stat'ired Nor
we-.am. you Sec" red-shiried Cali
iurnian explained to newcomer.
",Atry claim Jack has stakcd out, or
,4,al - stake some one has set up "A
4lfiyr claim to. most of 'cm was hold
igr tl, ground for their friends, but
,lacky y sd good-naiured he jest give
was, Hr call him Lucky Jack now,
he'. Sd burned unlucky."
"~a7~ hp won't get of this claim il
HNr Mckinney wants it," This from
slcaGcr hai-hrecd from Idaho.
">hoOlent wonder if he did though,
for "a fellow did stake that claim
n.orr'n two months ago; he went 10
ihe tafes after his family am never
come nNck: but 'twould be just Jacks
iNc' NJ hc turned up and raised a row.
! sYeN man a. Cripple Creek that"
INT no enc c,c.' heard what the bar
tender knew Of that man. for the
'oend az strife drew the crowd in a
body in witness the beginning Of the
feul ~ Nome.
Lucky Jack was making the dumb
stands and quick PUSHES of n pig that
rs irving TO escape: he was evidently
trying to make the cover of his tent:
and before him. heading him off each
time IT, tried to pass her. was little
hrowrrd-eyed. red-chceked woman.
who. though short enough to have
stood under the big miners out
stretched arm, made up for the handi-
cap N size by her amazing quickness
and w. bewildcring effect Of a steady
stream of threats and assertions. She
was no other than Mrs. Bricr. the
wife o. the man who months before
Ind s'aicd out that claim. She had
already set mp her own tent n few
Yards from Lucky's. and now. sup
ported by n small boy with snow
White hair and a yellow do with one
iilac cyc. She was resolutely keeping
the miner "ofY her claim"
'ion hard-iaccd old antichrist!"
fshe probably meant anarchist);
you've no regard for law or dccency.
How we'll YOU waited till Bill Bricr
was gone before you jumped his
claim, oh won't he show you. when
AZ gets here? And till he does come.
l'li keep you or"
Dpn't You dodge ahead of me
agin. he miner snarlcd. Tin agoin'
70 my tent. and YOU can go to-" He
didn't finish the sentence. but she
did il for him rs she grabbed him by
The collar and shook him as vigorously
as she was able while Mt the disadvan-
iage Of standing on the tips of her
toes 70 reach his neck
- can go TO that place, can I?' she
screamed. "WelI. you can go there.
too. bu' yon can't 60 to that tent of
yours. lcss'n you want TO take il
down"
The cursed and harried man ierkcd
Ms cont from her hands. and replied
kaNagclv. mot much / don't take my
tent OFT this claim. but I'll tear yours
down before morning il you don't
femme lone"
"lou will, will you?" As the
woman spoke she drew revolver
from her dress; and the miner, who
was accustomed to seeing gun used
IN the same breath IL was pulled,
seized her wrist and wrenchcd the
weapon from her grasp with no gen
tie force. AS he did 50. the little
woman recled and fell AT his feet in n
dead faint; the astonished man bend
ing over her dropped the gun on her
head, which probably FASTENED her
return TO consciousness: and while
sne was getting upon her feet, he
took run for his tent. She picked
ZIP the gun and sobbed out. "You
Just wait till Bill Brier gets here;
mats ALL" The while the white
halred boy wcpt dolefully. and the
yellow dog accelerated the speed Of
,he rc'rcating foe by sEapping his
heels AZ every step.
lhaf night the slumbers and ca
rousers in the vicinity of the disputed
'iaim heard n sound that rose even
"nove the voice of the wind that was
oioWinr gale. Investigation showed
mat the wind had blown down one
,de 81 Mrs. Briefs tent. and she. with
~ bend buried under the blankets.
WAS screaming, "Sick i'm, Bigger!
',cK I'm! Oh. you murdcrin'. prowlin'
''n villain, a-tearin' the shelter from
o'er The head Of a slcepin' child!"
rs the wind, even In Nome. was
supposed to I've sent by the Almighty.