The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-07-03
Jim Nelson's Revenge.


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=. . Jim Nelson's Revenge. q
always like coming straight at things,
$50 it am, going to- tell you what know
ABOUT this, / ask your leave to do tia my
own, way, for i IN plain man, with plain
woras. ana have 20 knowledge of writing
fine, SO here goes. 2p' - s1..'2 ~! 20
+ VI wis married to Susan Gate.y on the
rfrst day Of February in theayear)l S63, DIT
st. Paul's Church, Highford street, which
may, be seen by looking at. the writing In
the BOOKS Her father IS il the butchefing
tfae7 Hessays to me, when asked him for
bSdsaGDU liiH z b1Biet tZ9d ss7.esm9d3
Williams" says he, ''of course I have a
liking for my little girl, and [ like to see her
settled IN lite, and happy; andrA a. ask you
9 i, maRJ d apd father what's your look
gasSusan 8 father,n says1, I'Tdrive, as you
knows on the Great Eastern that goes
acraSs. the'oepntry, with G200 year and
tlnl and II take care of your Susan, and
be a kind and dutiful man % her,
= William" says he, shaking my hand
with tears IN his eyes, that the, bleating of
all the lambs he'sTkilled in his daycouldn.t
bring, you can take her, and good luck to
yer, though since her mother was throwed,
She been bite and sup to me, and 'Eaven
help but she may be the same to you.
Well, 1 was going away, feeling happy
along of the ease with which things was
working, when he calls me back, saying,
William, ain vicious man, nor yet a
backbite, but l must say that if you take
Susan you get an enemy along with her.
sSho," says |, taken quite aback.
Fact" says he, that Jim Nelson has
been hankeriGg after my little girl off and
on, but she don't like him. No more DO |,
and no more do you. = asq3 emas sGi
,..a, And be told me one night he'd be an
enemy to him that got Susan, without
twas HIMSELF" aFol %. 42i-3 'd9h.Gs
HNever you fear; 1 thought it was
them lawyers that might, be driving us
apart said /, laughing hearty ! but the
old fellow shook his head in doubtful
style. l-ail 15t tWaei ll. cs9
We'll, We that is, Susan and Were
wedlocked, as they cali it, gay and happy
as marriage bell we We're coming out of
the church, when up came dim Nelson,
white round the mouth and nose, and be
whispered to me:
William Rogers, there's something be-
tween you and me so long as you live,
which won't be long. - =; III. q or5 i
What he said he said quickly, and before
| could get Susan's arm off, SO as to give
him cinch, Susan's pa-who was walk
ing behind, with white rose in his mouth
stepped up, and being strong man he
caught Jim by the shoulders and turned
him around, and gave him one with his
boot. L think it was done we'll, for he
rolled down the steps and into hole that
the sexton was in, and that is worse.
didn't feel like laughing. for it seemed I'M
natural, and that day Yas to me happy, and
| wanted it so all round. and it felt as
though my engine was running over
! the sleepers instead of on the rails, when
Jim got up out of the hole all covered with
dirt, and stood as pale as ghost, shaking
his fist at me and Susan, without speaking
| word ss2 ai7s egB
couldn't shake off the remembrance Of
it all that day nor the next, and kind Of
dread stuck to me. In spite of all could
do, the thought of it would come suddenly
to me in the oldest places, and began to
feel little strange 1t wasn't fear for me
at all, but l kept thinking, supposing be
should do some harm to Susan when was
, away on the road, or come and scare he,
with his white face. By George! thinks
to myself, i tie him on the track length
wise, andrun over him, if l thought he d
| do that. | know it was cruel thing tt
think of him who bad done me no harm
but was just so savage along OF thinking
of his wanting to come between me and mS
! lawful wife. e, -,
The next day went on my route, as US.
ual, which was from Croydon to Pallerton,
ijusto one hundred and three miles. 7 drove
the Nester with the Express down in the
morning, and back to Croydon again, start
ing about four O clock in the afternoon
though 1t Is not quite certain, as we have
to walt for passengers by the boat, and
that is kept back BY storms and such like
though on the average the time doesn'
vary more than fifteen minutes. o Wv
ID the winter time, as it was when this
happened, of course it is dark as pitch
when We run into Croydon without there's
a moon and always look well at the
head light, and drive with my eyes vel
open; and | generally let her go full, as
| thestrack is welicleared of special trains al
that time, ane the way they have of tele.
graphing now a-days, keeps me well post
ed about the track ahead and the sigma
along the route. SO you see felt pretty
! sdie, anu hHOWtHg was u CAREFUL man
didn't have much fear that l would let out
anything that would show that Jim wa:
going to get his revenge by doing me q
harm on the road. or by spelling my repu
tatlon as an engineer. For, do you see, the
idea to me, knowing the road himself and
all Its workings, was that he might think il
was easy to hurt me that way, and SO |
kept my eyes open. So adT
The next day looked at Jim's house,
which is twenty miles out of Croydon, in
the woods, and near the track saw him
standing by the doorway, scowling at me,
or leastways where he knew was, for he
knew my train and habits, as we were
chums once. He kept his eyes on the cab
window, and as We got almost out of sight
looked round sudden, and saw him shak-
ing his fist at the train. Thinks I to nv.
| self. when / saw that, ."'WilIiam Rogers.
you lock sharp when you come back over
this route o night men that have Z spite
that lives as strong as that two days 4 md
two nights ought to be loekedeaftsr = and
more than that, Susan said to me, that
morning when she was putting my dinner
IN the pail, says she, william, dear