Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-11-17


on that side of the house, was through
Mrs. Quarle's room: she had the do,
placed there for her special safety. a
she slept on the ground floor; and !
was not to be thought that Mr.. Jen
nings could do so incorrect thing q
topass through her room after bedtime
locked or unlocked--indeed, when tn
question was delicately limited to him
he was quite shocked at it-quit
shocked. But il he did not 90 tha
way, which way did he 60? He de
posed, indeed, and his testimony wa
noways to be doubted, that he wen
through the front door, and so round
(which, under the circumstances, wa
at once very brave and a very focl
ish thing to do; for it is, first, little
wisdom to 90 round two sides Of
square to quiet dog, when onemigh
have easily called to him from tn,
men-servsnts' window; and secondly
albeit Mr.. Jennings was strict man
shrewd withal, and calculating, nc
one had ever thought him capable o
that Roman virtue, courage. Still, b,
had reluctantly confessed 10 this on,
heroic act, and il was bold one, 81
let him take the credit Of it-mainly
because
| Sixthly. Johnathan Floyd. footman
after having heard the dog bark a
intervals, surely formore thana a coupl,
of hours, thought he might as wei
turn out OF his snug berth for 4 min
ute, just TO look out of the window and
see what allied the dog, or how many
thieves werereally breaking in. We'll
as he looked. he iancied he saw n boat
moving on the lake, but as there was
no moon, he might have been mista.
ken.
Bya Jwymdn; ltmightbe punt
BY annother: He didn't know how
many boats there were on the lake
side; they had q boat.house at the
Hall, by the waters edge. and there
fore he concluded something in IL
really didn't know; might be a boat,
might be punt. might be both-or
neither.
By he Coroner. Could not swear
which way it was moving; and, really,
| il put upon lis Bible oath. wouldn'I
be positive about boat at all, it was
so dark. and he was SO sleepy that he
couldn't see.
Not long afterwards, as the dog go,
still more violent, he turned his eyes
from straining after shadows on the
lake, to look at home, and then all al
once noticed Mr.. Jennings trying tc
quiet the noisy animal with the usual
Establishments Of "good dog, good dog
quiet, Donp
By a Juryman: He would swear tc
the words.
But Don would not hear of being
quiet. After that, knowing all musl
be right il Mr.. Jennings was about, he
| (deponent) turned in again, went to
sleep, and thought no more of il till he
heard Of Mrs. Quarle's death in the
morning. If he may be so bold as to
speak his mind. he thinks the house
keeper being fat, died O. the 'plexy in
a material way, and that the dog bark
ing SO. just as she was a-going of, il
proof positive OF it. He'd often heard
Of dogs doing so; they saw the spirit
gliding away, and barked ut it; his
own grandmother
At this juncture, for the Court was
getting fidgetty, the Coroner cut shor
the opinions OF Jonathan Floid: and
when Mr.. Crown, summing up, pre-
sented in focus all this evidence to tn,
misty minds Of the assembled Jury
men, it puzzled them entirely; they
could not see their way, fairly added
did not know at all what TO make of it
On the threshold, there was no proc
il was a murder-the Union doctor
was loud and staunch on this; anC
next. there seemed to be no motive fol
the deed. and no one to suspect Of it
so they left the matter open, found hel
simply Dead" and trOlbled theil
heads no more about the business.
Good Mr.. Evans, the vicar, preached
her funeral sermon, only as las! Sun
day, amplifying the idea that she "wal
cut off in the midst of her days." anC
thereby encouraging many OF the sim
pier folks, who knew that Mrs. Quarle
had long passed seventy, in the lumin
Gus notion that house keepers in grea
establishments are privileged, amongs
other undoubted perquisites, to live L
hundred and forty, unless cut off b,
apoplexy or murder.
Mr.. Simon jennings, as nephew anc
next of kin. followed the body to it
last home in the capacity OF chic
mourner; to do him justice. he was
real mourner. bewailed her loudly, ant
had never been the same man since
Moreover, although aforetime no
much given to indiscriminate charity
he had now gained no small credit b,
distributing his aunts wardrobe amonI
the poorer families at Hurstley.
was really very kind of him, and tn
more so, as being altogether unexpeci
ed: he got great praise for this. di
Mr.. Jennings; specially too, becaus
he had gained nothing whatever fror
I his aunt's death. though her heir an
] probable legatee, and clearly was
! disappointed man.
CHApTER VI