East Saginaw courier., 1864-03-02

my, uncle's oversocr and a more cruel
or wicked man never lived. ~ - 4
Hero / suddenly thought, 'sNNhat
, If he-ehould not fall asleep by the en-
gine, but should return p' ] went out
and found him in what l knew would
be his death slcop-croucfiing COM
lletely under tho fire box of the en-
gino. sla h1c( = 81 tal. =. oi
The engineer had left his cold and
useless machine aud sought shelter in
the cars n , 20 a1isn zri9nsh 4
] returned and my lovely charge
continued
81 was often talked to by some Of
our old slaves, and IN particular by
our dear old nurse, about this man. -
She. said he. had come few years ago
and in somo way had obtained an un-
due influence over her Inassa : orders
ing everything and treatingth slaves,
who had never experienced anything
but kindness from my father, and tin-
Gle, with the greatest severity. AZ 4el
''The william prosecuted me with his
odious attentions; and one day-1
can't tell you-bnt | rushed to my
uncle, who, when he heard, called him
into tho heuso, and in q furious man
ner said: ,~,t.-,-t.r ~.
although you haveby your hellish
cunning obtained my prouisc Of my
reiec as your wife,I will not tamoly
} submit to see her insulted! Take TINT
you villigp firing pistol full in
his face.
fortunately passion defeated it
self, and my uncle was not a murder
err" $500 f,..-...f.
"The overscer smiled an evil smile
and said aNol io 491t ~ 'ra9o
h'.Ncver mind !1cit was only little
mistake y Well settle afiais another
day .r.,
, ''Not long after this, the fellow who
: is aslcep there, and who is the over
seor's, brother, came and joined him.
He is a doctor. My uncle became
daily moro and more miserable my
! old nurse saying it was remorse pray
! ing upon his mind, because, he. had
appropriated my property.
"a few weeks ago my uncle's health
began to fail seriously; the doctor, y
, as he was called, constantly expressed
his opinion that paralysis might be
expected.
t 'Iast Monday night I was awak-
7 cned by my old nurse in dreadful
fright, to toll me that my uncle was
r dying. rose, and found the 'Doc-
tori aud the oyerseer with him.
s"The Doctor said that, as he had
predicted, my uncle had had q paral-
a ytic attack, entirely lost tho use oi
. his limbs and speech, and that he
t probably would not be ablo to move
for some time to come. He felt the
responsibility too great for his broth
or and himself, and consequently
9 should romoye him 20 6----., where
d no would bo placed under the care o,
: tho celebrated DR.. W.
This was said intentionally in the
hcaringof several of the servants, and
, passed for truth; although /, in com
mon with them all, protested against
removing my uncle i'll such state.
"Knowing tho evil character of both
men, / resolved that / would not part
from my uncle, but would accompany
him to S.. .r...,.. .t-
81 fancied I saw o sinister smilc on
the face of the overseer, as said this
but he only remarked:
"Oh, certainly, no objection can be
made to that. ~oa 80
1C" yesterday we started. r.
'My suspicious were reused BY the
"Dootor" and the oyerseer refusing to
llet me approach my uncle, either to
tdress him, or to help him into his car
raige. =; a. aov g.a f~s
! 'In spite of their caution, however,
/ obtained glimpse of his face. and
knew in an instant that he was dead.
II was too excited and mortified to
faint. re ~ ~ ~
"The overseor saw by my looks that
now knew all
u"He at once said in brutal tone:
. .sl ooh. guess you 500 it all now
! You're a sensible girl, as few words
will suffice. There, wasn't much love
between you and your uncle, SO you
need not mako aefuss. ~r.e-s ,e..-
\ 'frhe truth is, the doctor there
physicked him httle too strong, and
it would not do to bury him hore, for
the Job would have been blown SO
we thought we would take him where
no one would be the wiser tho poor
old gentleman has died of cold and
over exertion, don't you see?
81 can't toll yon what tho wretch
said TO me; only that he said he had
got all the old gentleman's plumber
from the estate; that he had meant to
marry mo whether would or not
and that fl so much rs spoke or
looked at any one he would kill nae at
4 once. ~ hrr fricf .afs.frg
II knew that no would not hesitate
to carry out his threat, 50 1 dare not
utter word. Io ff osfsl rFe
f" Oh! how thankful 1 was to see
you enter the carl a5oa
5 g / felt presentmcnt that you
would in some way save me from
these horrid men,. ~ re
Here the poor girl burst into tears.
i don't know what / did or said,
only that comforted her, and vowed
never would forsakc her. fr
Tho time was now approaching
when the two o'clock train was dur. :
There was deathlike silence, broken
only by the mournful. tones of occa-
sional gusts of wind, which, liko evil
spirits sporting around us, rushed to