Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-07-23
For the Signal
TIL ID BLOODY CALF
Brrso True THRILLING STORY, IN FIVE ,zos,
CHAPTERS.

CHAPTER l.
As one of the most prominent bushes
men OF the city was solacing himself. o,
the shady side Of his house, few evening
ago, word was brought to him that tn
cows had pot yet come hame to be MIXED
Our business man, however, paid not RI,
least attention to the messenger or MESA
fur the day having been excessively bo
and our business man having worked ex.
ceedingly hard, the recumbent position !,
which we introduce him to our reader
was to him one of most epviabIe eniov.
ment, as was indicated BY his placid an,
serene countenauce, and the glow of salts.
faction with which he pulled forth curI;n,
wreaths OF smoke as be occasionally tool
the pipe from his mouth.
-. w hat wonder then that the intsr,f;o,
OF the cows dereliction OF DUTY. was receiset
by the toll worn subject of our story
with supreme Indifference, Or that he still
composed himself to "study the points'
and calculate in his own mind how long Il
VIII take Old Abe and General Scott 70
su6due JEFF Davis and his myrmidons?
But word comes again that the cows
have not yet got home /; and soon, again
and again, until at last. completely dis.
tracted from the train of his reflections. he
jumps to his feet, seizes his hat from a
peg inside the door, and snappishly ex
cla'ms then l suppose have got to 90
after them"
CHAPTER III.
Along the tow path of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal, up the bluff and into the
outrageous woods which lie between joliet
and Lockport, did our hero wend his wav
IN search Of the wandering kline. The dav
was near Its decline and already the 81
ience Of coming night had begun 10 as
sumo its reign. Save the occasional note
of the whip poor>will, the singing of grass
hoppers and the meiiifluous harmony of
bull frogs nothing disturbed tho soft still
ness. 1t was time and place suggestive
OF meditation; and the cool southern breeze
redolent of sweet perfumes, rendered it nor
the less pleasant 10 dwell upon the sur-
rounding charms. Yielding IL the infIu-
ence OF the scene, our hero sat down IN
the trunk of fallen tree and gave full
scope to contemplation. The objects around
him, however, did not long engage his at
tention. for his mind very soon fell hack
upon the subject from which IL had haa,
diverted by the cows not COMING homo 70
be MIXED, In other words he was again
wholly absorbed in Studying the points %
aud determined, if it were possible Inv any
process OF ratiocination, to get at "t6e Law
OF the land" How far he pursued his en-,
curry we have not ascertained but after
communing with himself for some t;mo
he suddenly became conscious of ihcreos,
ing darkness in the sky, and recollected
moreover that he had not vet found the
cows. The growing darkness now rend-
cred it impossible for our hero to continue
his search with any chance of success and
he resolved to abandon it and retrace his
steps homewards. Upon emerging from
the woods he FASTENED in the direction of
the river, and after few minutes WALKING
fund himself on the patch of bottom land
which lies under the bluff, mile AND a
hall or so north of town. Here he pushed
forward through the long grass, wondering
with himself If the cows were not alreadv
home before him, when suddenly he stpn
bied over something which lay in his path
and fell upon his hands and knees. To
spring to his feet again took but moment.
but on looking round at the object which
bad tripped him, horror of horrors: what
did he see? There lay the lifeless BODY Of
man the body of murdered mana
bruised and bloody and mutiIated BODY
with irIghtful gashes all over it. Our
hero was overwhelmed with a terrible
ieeling-a cold perspiration burst forth
from every pore ; his hair stood upon end .
his stomach became sick his ewes became
dim and he made tracks for home in
double quick time.
CHAPTER III.
Having arrived at home. our business
man, who had sailed forth couple of
hours before, under circumstances. some
what irritating in their nature, found the
greatest good order and harmony prevail.
ing IN bis household. The COWS had duly
reported themselves in his absence, the
milking was got through with, and every
member having satisfactorily accomplished
the labors of the day, the whole family
was quietly enjoying the stiffness of the
hour and the salubrious freshness of the
evening breeze. 1t was in truth a scene
OF domestic bliss which our hero would 81
any other time, have keenly enjoyed. But
overwhelmed with horror by the discovery
OF the gnry and mutilated body of the muir
dered man he was, in some measure. in
sensible to every thing around him. A
most horrible crime-a deed without a
name-mnrder most foul had been com
mitteh. The law would unquestionabIy
seek to avenge the dlmning outrage; and
he earnestly prayed the law would be sue,
cesstui, Bat would 1t be prudent for hin,
the iaiher Of famiiyy, to mix himself mn
WIN the bloody business, and be the FIRST
10 give information of it to the officers OF
justice. NO." said our hero to himself
that would never do it might bring me
TO trouble; what ! have seen | must keen
secret. And having so determined. he
betook himself to his bed chamber. decIar.
ing as he assembled the stairs that "tbe
country was not safe"
CHAPTER ".
As there are few of our readers WIN
have not gene to bed at some time in a
state Of mental excitement, it is scarcely
necessary to mention how often our hero
twisted and turned from one side to the
other, and rice uerS0, before sleep closed
his eyes. Let 1t suffice to say that more
than one of the small hours had come and
gone before that balm of hurt mincs. ne
the roet calls it, had impaired its soothing
influence to bis troubled sririt. Bot al
length sleep did c0me-at first sound. then
restless, and soon disturbed.by appalIinpvis.
ions and terrible dreams An enornons
gib5et painted black and having a bempen
rope with moose on the end dangling half
way to the ground doomed up before his
vision.
The agony and terror induced by this
spectacle caused him to turn away in an
other direction when on looking Up he saw
the same terrible gallows, with a human
skeleton full twenty feet long suspended
from it The wind whistled through the
bones of the feshless trunk the knees and
ieet struck together with an unearthly rat
tie as the hideOus mass was swayed by the
wind and lurid glare of light shone
from the sockets of the eyes, displaying
the teeth and mouth, as if in the act 81
1erpetrasing diabolical grin. The dream.
or now utters dismal groan and the gal.
lows and iss apPendage disappears.
But again be dreams he is now trying
70 wash OF spot of blood from his boot.
IL was with that boot he struck the body Of
the murdered man when he stumbled over