The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1877 Page: 1 of 4
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CHARLES S0WARD, . ■
Attorney, ut Lawf
YV KATIIriSrOMU, I'iBKKB Co., Tu"A«.
4"' —-0.0—— ' .[* •*'
Will practice ln> the Courts of Parker,
.lack, Young,,8l ackelford and Palo JPliito
counties.
I.v .;*••• t. v w.
: ' ROBINSON & WEST; .
Lawyers A Lfwwl Agento,..
JAOKSBOBO TKSA8.
Will attend to all business Intrusted to
them In the counties of Wise, Tack,
Young and ghaekeUbrd.
SO.OOO Acres of olioToe lnud iu Jack
and adjoining counties .M, prices raiiglng
from^^^ 'tft.00 i>er neiy:
phTlip grlsham, m. du
Physician and Subgkon.
—Office opposite the Drug 8tor<'.— .
JACKsuono, Tuxa*."
. (27-8m.)
i John I'JiitiUitmii :ll Ills, vviislilul) wood.
And uliivrlly'rtjbbwl awl seoiiml;
The Willi's lie jfitt were sinall enough.
Jlut i.«yir lilssmtl whs soureil.
lie did tii'l e« vnt u ni:iiii«iuii jiruiitl,
HIS titisti'K were >luiplt> hinl lew ;
lie wiwhed ii way Willi, a llllu'souw heart,
And siin^ as tlie HNii -cti.iU lleiv,
Soon the-'.MeUeiin man be came that way,
. Ami It grieved lilmsoreto see
A heathen with plenty ot work to do,
And doing U tueri'lly.
For the Mellean man was on a strike.
And his soulwas full of gull.;
.So he rallied soiuu other jUelican men.
And gave tue heathen a call, '
They kicked John Chinaman into the
street, .... ' - ■
And round the premises tore, , .
Till his tubs and other utensils lay
A wreck ou the laundry floor.'
Then the heathen he gatliered his savings
Scant,-
Aud sailed for his own eountreei
"No Mellcan luaut'ornie," lie sighed,
"He vely muehee too free."
MB. JASPER'? TRUNK.
After a year of hard work at
his desk, Mr. Jeruiugliain Jasper
had a holiday. He had a whole
month .to himself* and, like most
city folk, he desired to spend it'
in tlifi country..
Jktrg.-; Jefferson's boarding-
hortse f certainly had not all the
charms* of a home.
The nervous lady on the sec-
ond floor harassed** the livye of
any youngs men who made a
noise with their feet, or whistled
or laughed aloud.
'"he maiden lady .who had the,
room above, obiected to smoke.
house imril the oyentfti} Wed- \'ow iulj: vuiigen tire, Mi*;. Jas-
nesday nri'ived, and then betook 'pel- lost no time in dragging his! cauV of ii:y attliciiiwi; "this
liitii.sfll' to the pior; desifetiatVid; irttiik buhiiiil tliv siiyst*M* uf tiio ii-uhU; Mis. TiiiimpsViiij is ttoi
ut the advcfUai'iutMitr• boai'detl j locks, and silted ho lulil lio k.'V
thr Sally IjUiiii, vvhiclthiy t!u>i*e. jr-the k>'y *,v.is in out' of Ins
as had been ]itoniisfd, and in ■ porkcts— in kii'kwi,f; ii open, j vott Jtinip;
quired for Mr. Dojipitig.
R. L. MoOLURE,
AUD SUBaEON.
Olfloi south side Pubite,S<i'u iv.' Calls
promptly attended to ut all .hours.
Jaeluboro, ' : Texas.
JJy. . : '
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Maker,
o,nxts.
" ' i|i.« ifMr. '
clal
riageatrimi
THEOTORE SIEttAN,
BOOTASHOEHlKfiRi
. JACKSBORO. •' ! TKXAS.
Itepalrtng neatly and promptly d ne.
A large Stock constantly on hand.
OK'
HOUSE,
Northeast Corner Court House Square,
JACKSBOBO, TEXAJ3.
The oldest and Most Commodious
House In Jacksboro. .,
AGON
AND
REPAIR 'SHOP,
South Side of Public. Square,
JACKS BOKO, TEXAS.
Vehicles of all kinds mauuiHctur&t to
order and repaired,
My work is my recommeifdiftivn.
1ST I keep on hand a complete stock
of material and manufacture Collins on
the shortest notice.
P. 1. Hautman.
Pudding and pie were served in
delicate sections that did not ac^
cord with Uib boyish appetite
stilt possessed by Mr. Jerning-
liam Jusper, and his hopes flew
to visions of pork and
beans, pumpkin-pie and Indian
punning at a generous farm-
house. ,V?, ■■
In this mood he conued, with
deep interest the advertisements
for summer boarders in the
morning vaper, and soon, to his
joy, discovered one that , seemed
exaeflj' what he wanted.
Thus it ran : "Board for the
summer at a large farm-house,
at Salt ©ell,, heat the ocean.
Fresh eggs; plenty of milk and
fruit, and tine sea-bcthing. Any
one desiring to. engage board
will inquire f r Mr. Dopping, on
board the Sally Lunri,' pier ^
every Wednesday evening; or
address the same person at
Smith's Hotel, —— street."
Close beside the sea-rdelight-
ful chance for bathing; just the
very place he. was anxious to
iiiid. He had heard people
speak of Salt Dell as a charm-
ing spot. Mr. Jasper at once
rushed to his desk and penned
a note, which informed the ad-
vertiser that he would meet him
at the boat on Wednesday next.
And, having dropped it into a
corner lamp-post box; he spent
the rest of the day in visions of
rural bliss and sport beside the
sea. Far An the night his land
lady heard him warbling "A'life
on the oiieari wave," and at 5 in
the morning he was singing:
"For I was born, was bom.
Was born on the bounding sea,"
Mi. Jas;MT, ilriiw.iii,! I' Vvvard llti' j hiM'lt'd bfiot his blt'.sscd trunk—
" ' ' ' ' his "Wit, iti.-. jiri'cions—witlt tin'
.<•!< itlics. /whiVlt••'■ht1 was now con-
'•Hist i; in !" said Mis. Thump- v inct'd i:i:nlc a liiitn, within it.
sun, a^jin iiitelTiijiliiig. "Now,: : His iiiijinlsr was tu burst ill
i aiid vlaiiii his property : but th«*
n'
\Vcii, ViJ;l ii.IV
hitnsolf,
'•You're the Mr. Jasper wliat
writ to. mo, I Suppose if" he said.
"Well, I kinder expected yon.
You'll be pleased wi th Sal t Bell.
It's the Widder Thompson
that'll board you. 1 only fetch
'em up. I take yon to the laitdin'
and I leave you, and she comes
down a lid letches you in the i
Wagon. She'll feed you up com-
fortable, and put a little flesh
on your bonns, she will! You
seem to ueed it!" Concluded Mr.
Dopping, with gwit candor,
"Go up along o' me {"
And Mr. Jasper concluded to
du so. ■■
Accordingly, having jTassed
.the reit of the day dud all the
next night on board the Sally
Lunn, he >vas rejoiced at last to
1iud himself and.his trunk set
down upon a small landing,
wlience auother steamer was
just departing.
".lest Wait there until the
widder comes,, that's, all yoU'll
have to do," said Mr. Dopping.
; And Mr. Jasper seated himself
on a large stone upon the road,
humming, ^Afloat, afloat," and
looking alternately out upon the
water and at a young lady in a
pretty; traveling-dress, who was
giving Orders concerning her
trunks!" " .
"Five, you know," she said to
the in ait .^V ho Was cTu tnp'iug the fh
into a wagon which stood hard
by. ''Three big and two little
—all marked J. J."
"My initials^' said Mr. Jasper
to himself; ^'wonder what her
name isV' . ..
"There, you've got them all,"
suid the young lady. "Don't
take that one; It belongs to
some one else. Now the parcel
and the timbiella,' 'JJUank you."
• And tile young lady stepped
into tho wagon and was driven
away With her trunks.
There were only a few loung-
ers about the place, and they
filed away, one by one, and dis-
appeared in a door-way, over
which was painted the word
"Beer."
It Was early in the morning
and very quiet; the sea looked
remarkably tempting to one
whose ablutions had been so
brief as Mr. Jasper's had neces-
sarily been—and that young
man longed to cast himself into
its briny bosom.
"The old lady won't be here
for ever so long, I suppose,"
he said to himself. "Why
shouldn't Ijtake a bathaud
spying a sheltered plan* upon
the slH)re, he obeyed his inclina-
tion, and, 'having placed his
Horror of horrov* ! am Sdoui't and Von wear s«•;i>i 1 '.«• .-ih-M'S
skirl.'',- Tin
•aiiv. tlii i
Tlte gentleman soon disclustid'did the I"! tiy up than there and deeeiit, shuvt.
i;e\t words it's'raiiii'd hi in.
i "Well," said Saliy. "there's
a-i-'ojie hope left. The harkius have
I .
like I was when I was a gtil . .No It's only across the road."
wasp waists for ine. Ni-verhad ; "Yes, let's go," <'iied tin* other
a corset on in my life. You]girl, and- the next insfant the
room was empty. It took just
two uiiiiiites aftei lhat for Mi-.
Jeriiiiighiiin Jasper to open the
tloor, dart in, seize his own
trunk, and place, the lady's
where it had stood, with the
•Don't mind- m<\ Miss Jaspersilk dross and li nen sack crannn-
dou'twear'ei!i,lsee"-
ing Mr. Jasjter fu the back—
"that's sonic thing like, now.
Fet l of her, Sally; there's flesh
for you."
"Why, ma!" Said Sally.
sprang out into his very fare; lf|glad tu see! Xi-Wv
skeletonv \vhereat he gazed iuVan exanipie for yOn,; wlieiryou j jiisvt got a h.r of buarders from
horror and with a h">w groan.! talk itbt)iit}ligh.heels,arid trainsthe oth(>r !>uat, and your iruttk
To be stiii.', it was only one of j and la ! Miss Jasper, you'rej may have gone there by mis-
steel springs and niuslin, but grand; rer.l' good afi l •tii^tble.j.take, Let's l ull over and see.
it surprised fuut none the
less than would one of human
bones. Moreover, it was a reve-
lation of an awful truth. The
trunk was not his. It belonged
to some woman-- that other J. J,
of the five trunks, no doubt,
ahd here lie was in a strange
land, penniless, and naked as a
shipwrecked atari tier upon a
desert island. As this occurred
to him, lie deliberately walked
back to the sea, with the inten-
tion of staying there for good.
Perhaps he would, foa his
month's: salary was in his'
pocket-book, and without if how
was lie to live on dry- land, un-
der any circumstances. 1 But
just as he cast a .despairing.
glance of farewell landward, he
spied a flat, red object on*the
sand. Hope filled his bosom.
He darted shoreward again. It
was his pock«t-b'ook. The boy
had dropped it from his. Vest as
he flew. Mr. Jasper could have
cried over it. - :v ,
But the sound of wheels broke
on the air. He retreated to the
shelter of the waves once more.
"Anybody for me,?" cried a
voice, as a wagon of some sort
rOTlettrfqT andr? }?nT«? tSlTstopr
"for Xiiss Tliotnps-in ! tor! there
ain't no one liele!"
"Yes'm, there is," cried Ml*.
Jasper from behind, the rocks.
"I4r-I'm taking' a bath." ;
'^Y^Ou've took time by the
foieLock," said the voice. Wall,
take your time ; we'll wait." .
'•Beg pardon," said Mr. Jasper.
"Is there any man or geiltlemau
with you ?"
"No," replied the voice. "Me
and my darter have driv down
all along. We generally man-
age not tt> ask no men to help
Us." ' ,
Mr.
"Good gracious!" said
Jasper to himself.
He was growing cold, and he
was very hungry. Hejaras driv-
en to desperation. Of course
it would be a good joke agatnst
him, but he mu t put on some of
that woman's Wear in order that
he might go into public again
and maFce an explanation. Hav •'
irig emerged from the water, lie
hastily dragged from the trunk
the first thing that came handy,
a black silk skirt with many
flounces, fortunately cut in the
style described as a "three-quar-
ter." Having forced himself into
these garments, lie put on his
shoes, and having struggled in
trunk where lie could watch over] vain to repack b.itli the skeleton
HARWELL & UcLE0D'S
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FEKI)
I say Whiit I think," said Mrs.
Thompswn. "When I like si
body I teU 'em so ; and I never
did admire shad-poles. • Gee up,
Moses, We've named this
horse Moses, because lie's so
meek. Good gracious! there's
Mr. Smith a-top that load of
hay. I say, Mr. Smith, lteoW de
du!" "
Mr. Smith, j list visibl e in the
distance, ieplied in a bellow
that he was 'very well."
"And lioW: is your Wile ?" ask-
ed Mrs.. Thompson.
"Pretty well when she went
oyer to Shippen Cross-roads to
see hef ma," replied Mr. Smith.
"I want to know," vplled^Mrs.
Tbompspn; "Airs. %l|ith gone
to Shippen Cross-roads ?' I never
did 1 Wall! good-by. Tell Mrs.,
Smith to come see; us when she
Trom?;snm!ror«- ^
ed in on top.
In live minutes more lie was
a man again, and equal to all
emergencies.: Looking from the
Window, lie observed that,
though he had ascended a pair
of stairs, the house was on a
hill, and a side window of the
ro6iu only three feet from the
ground. Having discovered this,
lie set his trunk outside, and
followed it. • Then taking if on
his shoulder, he went to -the
front gate, where he met Miss
Sally arid the young lady board-
er returning from their hopeless
quest, and of whom he request-
ed information as to the where-
abouts of- Mrs. Thompson's
house ; and, being ;invited in,
informed the old indy that lie
was Mr. Jasper, who, not. having
been met at the depot, had
walked up.
"Thaf.s Smith and that's his "WulL, I'm-glad to seej im,
farm, Miss Jasper, and he's got and sorry to have missed you,"
a brother that's a widower that said Mrs. Thompson. "Why,
you and 'Sally kin pull caps that-lady told me alio was Miss
for," continued Mrs. Tiiompsom Jasper, didn't she. thougli C
And vainly did poor Jasper "No, ma," said Sally, "yon
open his mouth to make state took it for crrauted."
meats and utter explanations. "Well, it's some one Mr. Dop-
Not a word could be thrust iu ping brought up for me. It's
edgewise amidst Mrs. Thoinp- lvji the same," said Mrs, Thomp-
son's monologue, son. "Yon kin have breakfast
So they reached the house— together. I'll call her."
Mr. Jasper still incognito—and She ran up stairs. *
so he was hustled up iiito a bed- A moment more and her voire
room which had been set apart rushed down the stairs again in
for him, where Mrs. Thompson, the words ;
having sung its praises, left "She's gone, and her trunk,
him, as she declared, to get too."
breakfast over for him, for sue But though search was made,
knew what .breakfast was on the lady who came up from the
those boats, and no word lmd landing, with Mrs. Thompson
Mr. Jasper been able to speakj was never discovered, The
Now, left to himself, lie threw mystery was almost more than
himself into a chair, and won- could be borne until a greater ^
dered 'what would happen to oiie blotted it out. •
him next, and, sitting quite stili • The young lady boavdei'caiiie
became aware of a low sobbing down,, to bi-eakfast next morn-
in the next room, separated from i ng declaring that her trunk was
his only by a doo}-, with a wide restored to her, as she believed
crack running down the middle, i .* aifewer to her prayers. She
It was not the sobbing of a ha'd, sho confessed, )>luyed for
child, but of a woman. Sonio| it the lilght before.
one was trying " to console her.\ Mrs.'Thompson looked grave;
"There weren't no trunk there jvven Sally was troubled. Mr.
but Miss Jasper's, my dear,"'Jasper lent an attentive ah? and
said the kind voire of 'Sail v..'! Was dulv -astonished.. The ohl
(Was duly astonished.
don't'! farmer declared .that, il this hatl
voire of Sally
it, divested himself of his cloth- j and a lalge white shade-hai, "Ma and I looked. 1 jut
irig- and plunged into the water, i put the hat on in very despera- cry so. It will turn up yet." | happened in the days uf witch-
He had a delightful bath. in- Jioti, and, shimming down the "No. it.won't,"' said t!i" .Ither craft some one would have Iu be
terrupted only by. the shoutingi trunk-lid, appeared before the voice, broken by sobs, "Who burnt: and to this day only tw>>
of a rude boy why ran along the i ladies in the wagon as a veiy ever it is li^s gone till' with it.; people know the; wliole truth,
and declaring thatdeath should] shore with a bundle under his [buxom aiultioi ill-looking young and tthadiny best lliin,;s in it They are the two J. J.'s—Mis.-
come to him ill the same place! arm. Mr. Jasper could not hear woman. — ni.y black silk, nud niy blue Jessie J ones and Mr. Jeningham
in a mnpical bellow that caused! what he said, bnt the tone was; "1 supp'.se, iiia'in." In; began, i greuudini-. and my ear-rings;: Jasper, who decided at that
the nervous lady on the 'second that of triumphant irisolviicu. ,'tliat you are tuin'h surprisedi: and oh ! lots of . t hitUjs ' And pleasant country place to make
floor to. apply camphor to her: It was not until he came out of; The la.et is—' jlookiit this trunk full of .rim sty.'•< the iliost of their t me initial 1
temples, and to declare that if]the water lie began io guess "Why. la ! rej.liedMrs.j v.-srs, and eoii'is.auvl sUirtN. aitd
that dreadful young lttan went j what ihe boy might have mean'. Thompson. "I ii.?! 1 'nought I'd., iigh ! all tin rest nf them! He's
oil like that much longer she fur to lii<'lim r'ur the in-at biim
would leave. \pf rlutiiing in; had left upon the
SALE i However, all the nervous old!bank was gone. llis ■ s-I'ues.
C1 m 1 1i*j t | "ndies in the world could not whieli he luel Worn rlo>ie to iIn-
0 t A Jj 'lj jli J ihave lowered Mr. Jasper's sjiir- water's edji". were safe, but his
I its ; for-the next few days he stocking* had aceoinpauh-d '.i•
ANp
• I'.lf
North Weft Corner I'ul.
.1 nh'SHoliO, : :
. s.|nure, I sang, .and whistled, and madi
yVP.Y.I&'himself a nuisnnee to the whoh
jollier garments,.\v 11i«■ h
had evidi-nlU; < 1<-n.
the
coiiie diiwi't to I'l'tcil up a geiille-, (fone olF uitli —miit
man. 'You see you jest, put J , is, ij'« wvr.il ten
, I a ■-j • ■ i' ! 1 •' '•'■'! i' J i1 I . iiitd 1 lii.ti le de it, dt-a: !'
up in\ min i you was a niisler,. At these \
a.nl Hut a. mi.« . .itist as glad tOjllew Iir jii«> era
S'--> you, i!;oii; ii. Wh'.'re-'s your ami. j >
Utitik. , [young
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, Mr. .Ia-j-"'i'
iu the (it ml*.
j• i11u :iuvoiigii' it. jaW'ilie
ady owner of ihe live
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r
rer-- l'or to Miss J. J., and to her
only, has Mr. J. J. divulged all
lie knew about :tlmt mysterious
lady w!i i has gained tptite a
i- p'ulali"it at the Thoiiipson
i..ri<i it's ji mild an 1 harinles-
^•!io.s|.—
—'I'liits is is the laieht. fotin ol
..• d Ii• i • iinitaiiuiiH : "fome
rroiiinl and wt nie eaplure a
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