The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-05-03

Small looked after HIM then mall
cious look crossed his eyes. If-if Uar-
well should get chilled, lie sprang 90
his feet.
wait. Walt. he reared. Il want"
then Great heavens" he cried Then
there was silence
Harwell did not turn his head M
Smalrs call. lie grlnned apprcciative-
~ 20 himself can: work me that
way" he thought. ~ chill for me
would be very valuable TO SMALL and
he crossed the little meadow brook
with a careless bound. Then n vague
sense OF apprehension entered his
mind. Smalrs roar had stopped very
suddenly. He ,condered why Per
haps he ought 10 60 back, yet he kept
on
But the sense OF apprehension grew
and would not go Finally. with lit
tie groan AT his own foollshness. Har-
well turned and retraced his course TO
the sand pits. his stride never break
ing NJ the brow Of the slope no gave
a startled ejaculation. In springing 10
his. feet Small had dislodged great
slice OF the sand pit wall. To his arm
pits In sand. with face white and
senseless and the sand creeping con-
stantly down TO sift higher and higher
about him. was Small.
Harwell dashed toward him. As he
ran he snatched up an old tin can half
full OF ralnwater and dashed Il in
Smalrs face Small opened his eyes.
I'm suaOcating, Harwell, he said
"Oh. no. you're not-not by a long
chalk. Here, take this can and dig 10
beat the band. I'll use this piece OF
shovel"
lie set TO work feverishIy. The bit
Of shovel proved very efficient welded
| 10y Harwell's sinewy arm, and the tin
can in SmaI'S hands was not to be de-
| spised. Harwell worked with one eye
on the edge OF the pit The sand lay
ers, one by one, were loosening. II he
| did not get Small free before they fell
| well. there was no use in thinking OF
that Now Small was free TO his waist
line. now to his thighs, now-silently,
swiftly. a great wedge Of sand gave
way and Small was again buried to
his shoulders.
Harwell looked about. The pits had
| been so long deserted that there was
not board In sight Yes, half buried
and black with age there was one. He
pelted across the pit, gave a great
wrench and was back gain with the
board, which he placed as q bulwark
|
work again with the broken shovel,
feverishly. for Small was growing
faint and limp.
At last. painting. Harwell helped the
half unconscious Small 10 his feet.
! Then he was suddenly conscious that
his hands were blistered, that his feet
! dragged. that his right thigh muscle
ached YEARLY. But he put his arm
about Small and led him slowly from
the sand pit down TO the turnpike road
that was the straightest course TO the
college dormitory.
There was the sound OF hoof beats
behind them The two weary figures
drew to the roadside and waited for
the smart little dogcart TO pass them.
But ii stopped.
What In the world is the matter7-
asked Alice Summer
Small got caught in the sand pit"
| replied Harwell, both men staring up
into the beautiful, sensitive face. The
girl gave little cry of sympathy. "Oh,
get in here. Mr.. Small, and I'll drive
you TO the doctor"
In a few moments Harwell was
watching the gay painted back OF the
trap now occupied by two figures, re-
treating into the dusk.
His lip quivered a little sensitfvefy.
"They never thought OF me-" be NUT
tered. Small has got her. and I've
got the chill he wanted me to have"
That evening Harwell sat in the rv.
ing room OF his fraternity house nurs-
ing his aching muscles and giving an
occasional sneeze. The hundred gard
dash was lost; but, since Alice, too,
was lost, he was strangely Indifferent.
Then he was called TO the telephone.
Miss Alice Summer. who was staying
at the hotel with her mother, would be
glad TO have him call.
AS Harwell. very cold and digntnsA
stalked into the reception room AllcN
her winsome face eager. led him TO Q
quiet corner. Dick" she said hesftat.
ingly. did / act very brutal this after
noonT
Dick thought for a momsnt YEA
he replied firmly.
Alice caught her breath But how
could l know that you had been so
fine? You said nothing"
There was nothing to say. II was
Smalls inning"
"Smallr' shifted Alice Don't men
ton Billy Small 10 me! / think you ara
fine, but L could get that from what
Billy said only by inference Dick. did
you get a chillT'
Dick nodded, and Arce's face dIled
with dismay. With two brothers IN