The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-03-16

me IN a very curious way, told him
seen all wanted tD scr Of him.
About noon they sent of to 1homson's
house 10 inquire for him, and found out
that he hadn't been seen there since the
morning hcMn, But they hadn't won.
dcnd at it, for he always had neglected
his family shamchully. We'll, to make n
long story short, they never found him,
and they never suspected the truth. IT
was believed that he had Mn away, for
he owed NOR TRAN he owned, and had
wri's oNL against him,
kept on going to the ship just rs be-
tore, ! suppose you think that there
was one spot that ] avoided, but you
mistake. The same place where the
hole was shat particular hole that
have spoken Of-f5r there werc others
was the mort Attractive place on board
for mn, kept near it constantly, and
when ! could get q chance looked
down, Sometimes ! would throw a little
block, or perhaps u shaving down, and
! listen 10 the sound WE blocks used To
fall p loAs time, but not 70 long rs they
! had, and they always brought up against
something that wE hard like wood.
But one thing made me uneasy, and
| that was Jackson wus entirely changed
lie grew oobor Ind quiet, and kept out
Of NY way, though he watched me con.
| sDautIy, knew from the very first that
he suspected me Of doing something {,
| hi. chUm, He never said n word whcr
| they talked about the other running
away, We'll, ! Want much afraid, sine,
| noboHy could find the body, and nobody
had seen the deed done, and | didn't be
Iicyc that jackson had any idea Of the
| place; but it frcttcd me to he watched
Bcsidcs, ! had begun, after = day or two
to want to tell somebody,
sometime | had n great mind 10 tel
| John, but ! didn't. BY the end of
week my nerves were ON edge about tell
ing and about Jackson. The way hc
watched m" was awful. When passed
near him he wouldn't raise his head
but could see him rolling hiscycs round
to keep me in sight, and watch mcOUt oj
the corners. ! couldn't stand it. BE.
y,dc., that black hole was Il nuisance, !
couldn't hcIp looking in. ! saw and
looked into it in my dreams, and in my
| sleeping and waking lncicd ! saw awful
sights there,
one afternoon, late, just before the
| wOrkmcn left of, ! went and lay down
out Of sight near that awful hole, !
meant to wait until it was duskish, and
then throw down some shavings and
chloride Of lime. The smell made M
crazy. lay still about an hour, and
heard them go. They thought | was
gone, and pretty o all was still. !
was waiting till | thought no one would
see me, and just going 10 start, when
heard u soft step coming along, and pres.
emily there was Jackson. He did not see
me, and ! hid again quickly. First he
bent over the hole, then drew quickly
back, holding his nose.
ole il in there" he said to himself.
He took n tiny little lantern out Of a
paper in his hand, lighted it, tied astring
10 the handlc, tied 4 handkerchief over
his nose and mouth, and knccIing beside
the hole, bent over it, and slowly lowered
his light. lie Thought he had me, you
see, and that the body had struck some
where, not 50 TAR GOWN h"I ne 'o,,o Hc'
a glimpse OF IT. "''h ms I'Eh'' I've was
700 mlch lh''rcS'cn I" near Il 7V'P oo'
NINA MN, Though II Wo"'o nave taken
'n,,P '"'a '" ',"' ~ 'nl way
why dldh't he NINA ms own bushes
and look out for hisown liit? What did
he want to mcddlr WIN me Tor, anu %
7pyIng round why dIdnl ne lcl me
alone II he had, J wouldn't have
touched him. tie knew that Thomson
deserved what he had got for his med,
ding, ! gave him u sharp quick tip,