The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-05-28


black Aal1 ~ 6teS bent up on . cot
10 80 e19DAl ~ rsoa. He could
ses ssslsAso oAa because his side 10
passlyes<
"ASw ass ~ Asling toAsys-
asked ~ es0paAl1a. as Ne both 90.
esptsa Ne chairs psoffersd " BY the
sil weaaa.
Poorly. sister. peSrly." answered
the DAsslyte. and tAA tones Of Ais
voice brought tears e pity 70 my
eyes. 10 Was . veles yoaAg aal
strong. bss uAksriy Aepslsss.
Thea the old wonAa vsatuksA .
verd. " Ssams LIE 10 can't sst any
rest. His side hurts him eli ne
time. Seems ~ u hs wants 10 sleep
Ill the time. eaa cant. That's ne
paralysis bothsstnS him"
eanivsls hsts opsesh.
The man aedsisscsl dunhly. up-
able to speak because OF . sudden
sverpovsrtng impulse to sleep.
A silence snsusd that was almost
maddsninG. The paralytio's eyes
dropped shut, the old woman rose
and poksd the msager are. stsppins
over . pan OF dishvatsr On No 1sor
20 set to the stove. The March Wind
from miles along the prair1s vhistisd
around the low roof above Us. Com
rads Dsatea smiled syRpathstieally
st the siek man ana said nothing.
vas again maAinS mental obser-
walton Of the interior OF the house.
Conditions hare we're not a. bad -
they AA1 been In the CrifitA's one
room. The door presented the same
Jacob'Scoat-ot-many-coiors appear
aAss. but With patches Of carpet here
instead Of scraps Of oai cloth. I
counted a. many - nine different
patterns In the scraps and rags Of
Old carpet en the floor. There was
the same old grey soaking stuffed In
cracks In the vin1ovs aad under As
door. TAs unpapsssd rough board
vail vas rsspienAent with calendar
pictures Of many . hHGons year. the
skeleton Of the last month Of the
year. hanging below giving Avay the
sourcs Of Tie picture. Several DAns
Of dirty dishes we're setting % q
table and . chair. For the rest. the
room va oiean. An oil lamp With Q
smoky chtmpsy stood On the red
cloth that covered the table.
Suddenly realised the silence
around me
You have . pretty viSv here" ]
voptursd to say. heptSS g break The
quiet and to draw the cid wsmal
into further rsvslAtieas.
Proud ~ -Four vAAAs~A
Yes" she answered. proudly. we
have four xindovs in thls Aavsa. I've
In this room and two N he font
room whore sleep. Ny son 70 81
carpenter and he save The glass.
This house 10 tn enly, oss aro1nA
here that las four paAssjst giass.
Here the pAralytio's isyss opened
h looked inQuirtnSly TAT u. then
caught the fact that ws,wsrs talking
slsut the windows.
"6Aves - lois Of coal hay
AAS those w1adows In =
Nsys." 10 said slowly In his AmM-
tnGiy stronS voice. l. - don't =
heV - what - r - DO - these
- tays without the varm
- ~ - sDUiSg - In - thsrs- to
-aAe~f - ne up and keep
one warm, makes the =
whole - room warm - 70 - have
- us - sun - ceninO - In those
windows % strong."
Another drovsy spell pvt . halt 70
HE words ana Comrsds Denton took
Advantage Of ths ananes 70 ask The
eM venan II the coal and grocestss
the Salvation Army had ordered for
then had been rsesivsd.
Nom. the coal Amt come yet
act the last order you put In for a..
aad Vie others you (snt 10 almost
gone We've got just this enc bucket
ful any more" said the Ola woman.
And the groceries," inquired Miss
Denton.
Ne One to ssnd for Feed.
We get the groceries all right
when We can gst any one to 60 after
them" answered the woman. Last
week We couldn't get any one TO 90
in TO town to take the basket TO b
died. 90 We didn't get anything. I
didn't dare leave him pointing to
the invalid) to 90 myself and my
sons wife 10 sick and he couldn't TO-
I didn't know what was going TO do
but today my brother came In: he 10
too sick to work this week He II
janitor OF 4 building but he can, hard
~ stand the heavy work now, ;hs 10
setting on to seventy; / think II caa
send him into town for the grocer.
les"
Comrsds Denton rsaehsd into her
blue serge pocket for 4 piece Of paper
and drew q p>ncil fren her nolsst
handbag and wrote soCnAtA&ne. xstna
the palm OF her hand TO spread the
paper on.
III call W again aAev1 The coal
for you" she salA. -aAA u;ysa saaS
get any one 70 come ar tAA sreesslss
for you III uy 70 ana semseAS -
ssaA than out With Yss - AAvtas