The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-15


"Woii. IN have 20 think about IL
Hin't one Of the kind 20 make up N,
min - q hurry. You'd be- willing Il
do thar. would you. 1Eks.n
WHY. its more than / ouri. - 60,
but il youN say right nov that thasl.
be satisfactory. ! think We can Gloss
rhe bargain Tomorrow ! might not
want 10 do H. It's making a great
conce sion On my part, a great oonces-
sion.
But Farmer stone knew his atra--
t-re and pressed a..
Ali right. So far as I'm concerned
II don't make no difference There was
a one Of independence in TIE voice
which At once brought the commits
sioner 10 terms.
Il didn't propose II. but always
stand by what Mettie says | must and
/ will now"
Joshua felt his heart leap within
him when Mettie gave him one Of her
most approving glances az the carriage
drove away. All the evening. while
the two we're doing the chores. Joshua
labored with his father In behalf oi
the water trough. IL was a Joy 10 both
Of the young people when. the next
day. Farmer Stone allowed hat be
guessed they might 20 ahead with their
line. The water trough was duly in
stalled in the barnyard. The faucet
was attached. Then. when all was
ready on a certain day the water vas
let into the main. II leaped into the
pipe and went sweeping down 10 give
Joy 10 the t~ownspeople: but not a drop
came through the half-inch pipe which
rose up from the main five feet be-
low TO the trough in the barnyard-
Farmer Stone knew il was a con-
spiracy against him. They never
meant TO do IS they agreed. Luke
Maihers always was = rascal He
might have known better than 20 trust
him. But il was just as much az a
puzzle 10 the water commissioner as
20 Farmer Stone himself why the water
went so s~cornfully past the water
trough. He went all over the line
peering into the faucet and listening
with biz ear close 10 its mouth in The
vain endeavor 10 solve the problem.
To satisfy himself that The WORK o.
laying the pipe and making The con-
nections had been properly done. he
directed the earth all be dug away and
the pipe examined. Everything was
found to be al right. no defect any
where.
Finally an engineer from the neigh
boring city was engaged After care
fully examining the line ne decided
that the spring being SO much higher
than the trough. the water came with
such force that it had no time 10 stop
at Farmer Stones place. Some were
so skeptical as TO this mans 5neg-
nent. however. that another engineer
Of still higher repute was summoned
His verdict was that the sprin-. in
stead Of being higher than the trough.
was. in fact. lower. therefore there
was no force 10 push the water Up TO
the faucet
Now its my turn 10 see what the
lawll do. the farmer said. They
promised me water; they've got TO
furnish it,"
Some one reminded The old mar that
the commissioner had only agreed 10
furnish the trough and the faucet. The
water was not in the contract. T. vas
a novel situation. The town must
either be deprived OF water OF the
trough must be supplied with 81. and
10 -~mu- Asann I-nnnwN4 ~~-e. - -
town officials. And o Joshua and
Mettie were in trouble again. What
would become OF their hopes and pros
poets If things went on like this
Il know there must be some way 10
get water into that trough. she de-
clared. If had half the knowledge
folks think they have il seems 10
me ! could fix it,
Me;tie suddenly developed a decided
taste for studying water j its relation
70 supplying cities and towns through
the medium Of the gravity system
When all Others we're sound asleep
she would he porting over books bear
ing on this subject. borrowed from the
city library. Then she made numerous
visits to the spring She measured
the distance between the spring and
another larger spring. several rods
mp the hillside. as accurately
as she could with her eve.
Still further I % compIcafe matters.
Farmer Stone forbade Joshua ever 20
visit Metfie again.
we will have nothing 70 90 with
he said. They're a had lot.
! don't know as ! really ever heard
Y anything Luke done before this. and
used 20 think ia like wen enough
% have Metiie for a daughter. but Ills
.hinc's enough 10 convince me that
rou never would have a minutes peace
Z you married her. Chip q re old
Luke in the meantime declare, that
never must darken his coors
again.
Good enough fellow. but what's
ired in the bone viii tell.
SO matters stood for several weeks.
Until ID was almost time for TIE trial