The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-12-09

Ned be no Ike Bogie IN &c ice-bousc s,Bogie, .he
| worse nor rnassa by night md massf ne YOst
nor Bogie BY day. Poor Uncle Ned, be Berty
Mr. d. olleyhad anotherillumlnstion..
Well now .you look here, Mr.. spinks Reck-
on ia like. 70 buy that Niger o YOU, sir. lie
amt worth much. you know. {"
wen, SIR he Amt bright. That's fact.
/. Bat there's deal o field work in him vet And
he was raised on the plantation, you see, aud
knows,itWel." ssg4r. ...4. IS tt .
! .Ah, indeed +" said the MATCHMAKER. as
! though veTy.nuch surprised TO hear It. "knows
n we'll does hep Say a. hundred dollars for
| him, Mr.. spiDksT's, n'sf let.l-fE
mot two hundred, sir" mia. AL. ....
! Name your figure, sir.
D. iSNot less than thousand, Mr. DOiley. !
assure You, sir, Mr.. Cartwright wouldn't hear
Qf Il, He's uncommon fond of this higger.
Hes quite a Partially for this Niger has Mr.
Cartwright, slr.' A"'
i''Did you say a thousand, Mr.. spinks2''
Spit the difference, Mr.. splnks. Make it
i've hundred, SIR"
'i ''Dohe, SIR y-'-"-i'.i '1-t
lt'Done with You, SIR" returned the WATCH
maker 'and ifyoul lake my check for 1t, I'll
car carry him back In ny, buggy. Nothing like SET
1 Take your note Of hand for a million. sir, "
responded the OIeTseer, delighted to have sold
| broken-down nigger go adyanLageOusly, at double
the market price.
'fhat very night the 6wnerof Glenoak returned
unexpectedly 10 his ancestral mansion His
first act yasto send for Air. Spinks. II want
70 see Uncle Ned, Mr.. Spinks. Send tle brute
up Immediately"
t''Uncle Ned? WHY Mr. Cartwright, I've Just
sold him. and very adphnlageOuoy. He's not
been worth his keep for the last three years"
Words cannO. describe lie irrnlic paroxysln
| of wrath into which Mr. Cartwright Wa. thrown
by this announcement
| But indeed, Mr.. Cartwright" :" expostuloted
| the oyerseer, II thought that, in your Interest,
/ when found Mr. D'Oley willing 10 give Ave
| hundred"
"YOu sold bin to D'oney?H fs5s -
J Yes, sT, this afternoon,
! ''iOu, villain - hOWled Cartwright s5riugng
az the throat OF The Overseer. But his hunUr
I suddenly changed. ''Neyer mind nos he
growled, hiRging lhe overseer against the wall,
'the IGiscAiels done NOW. Cgder round LIE
wagon and gam this moment, and bring pIe All
the L1Vnsy You have ia tng house aAd then get
Out, Uf my sight, #a sr,r hrs sf.Ef -ff #
Mr.. Cartwright strobe up stairs aud cred
his daughler's room. "VHgy he said, wftha a
dim eye and husky voice, i'm going away
I'm going at once, and IlI going FAR, far flr
If you stay at Glenoak, Nirgy, maybe we sia'n't
meet again anyhow notlUr long, long while.
Ii You'll come with me weI never part, ms
girl Tut the Ways long one and the futures
dark Us night and there's danger behind US.
What will you do, Viigy?f f..H E
20 father, lather!r cried the frightened girl,
chow can you ask | VIII never luaYe you p
That night, Philip Cartwright and bis dau5l-
ter 5ttGIenoaki never to retarn.
CHATTER Xrf
1t was about a fortnight after Glenoak had
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| injured llr. Spinks. hist debating with Aiul-
self the knoltl question whether it wercte2I 70
retain his situatlon in tie hope OEfuFther piIi-
der, or to throw II up In yindcati0n Of bis out
ragged dignity, was uDpleasandy surprised 0y
second visit from Mr.. D'Oiley,7 accompanied by
\ Dr. Simpson, Judge Griffin Mr.Inslector Tanin
uud half d dozen constables.
Now. Mr Spinks, said Inspector Tanin
You'll be good enough, If you please sir, toset
all ha nds on, to.remOye the ice outof that there
ice-house OF yours Ihave q search-warrant sir
to search these premises. And do you know
| what this is, Mr.. Spnks2 Itsa warrant for the
arrest oil Phillip S. Cartwright, whepsoeYer and
| whertsoeyer he can be found in the territory Of
| the United States.
"On what charge p asked Mr.. spinks
Murder" replied the inspector, laconically.
Mr.. Spinks was persuaded Mr.. Cartwright's
slaves we're ordered TO open Mr.. Cartwright's
ice-house and remove the ice.
be y khoWn 70 inc reader that eVery country
cc" house Of he smpiest and most nTactieni
ind. 1t consists of deep excavation in the
earth, rooted over with pointed thatch. The
ice-houses are always well filed in winter and
rarely if ever, quite emptied during the snm-
Vol, in the ice. .honse et Tsienosis had removed
ali tLa hose ice froni ItleaM The Invyer Ioy
ers were frozen ns hard as granite and could
onlyi he broken ont IN ne lrIckare' so fh,t bs
work went, on slowly. By torebIirbt Al last
Mr.. Ipspector. who had descended into the MI
10 superintend Ills final operation, called to
those above for stout rope. The rope was not
Immediately forthcoming; and when the sub
missiVe Spinks (Nho had been despatched to get
one from the cart-house) returned W ith it in his
hand the excitement ot the spectators was in
tehSe. Uucie Nea, ~ us Lnost lF& eht request,
had been exempted IRON the' ofaeal OF thls ex-
petition 10 1lehoak'" '-ai
,t,Now pull - or led Mr. Inspector from the
4 bottom Of tbs Dit, 'and pull gently"
Tic rope came M heavily. No wonder.
Tbete VIVA a dead body fastened to Ihe end of H.
That dead body was the body of John Ackland.
All present who had ever seen John Ackland re-
,ognizpd il at once despite of the lasperated
skill and parl lally lnangled features. For the
ice lind 40 wonderfully preserved the hideous
seelet eonhded 20 It's frozen clasp, that the mur-
darsd man looked as freshly dead as II he had
perisbed oulv an hour ago -. - -
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In lae subsequent search OF Hehoak copy ol
John Aekland letter 70 ms cousin was Iouhd IN
MI SuiIii4MIlBht desk. ne bg9 hot Iaheu tns
Ptcaulion OF deslIoylIg u; DouDtiess nc hau
ielt tnat y, u once the pody oi J0hh Ackland were
dlteoneIeu at Glenoak' II hlle In9tlered Wha'
else was dlscoyered there' ana WleI nc lsarn-
Cd nom ms hls oieTseeT lhal phele neg had nee1 @
sold 70 Olley, he knew lhat he was rulneo
man, and tliat MS paramount c1hcefh was y. "
place hlmselt as quickly as possible Deyond the
reach Of the law.