Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-09-26

TO sea then. Yes, it was the fif.
teenth of February-squally weath.
er-two days afore i went. Says
he:
"Jack, do you want to know
how I'll have revenge out of Hen
Islington
"Said /: NO, Jim, you'd better
let him alone. You had no right
to bother him in the first place
"I don't care says he, Il tell
you I'll be revenged, and I'll do it
in this way. I'll get bullock's
blood-no, | won't; I'll draw my
own, / know how to do it Them's
the exact language he used. I'll
get his knife'-Lord, he swore in
ternally-'and I'll track his floor,
and daub his shirt and hands, and
then III stab here Then he laugh
ed, with his hand on his heart. 1t
almost made my hair raise to hear
him; it sounded more like the yell
of a mad dog.
"Says l: Burgess, you're fool
for telling it, never supposing, you
see, that the fellow was in earnest.
Well, / went to my mothers that
night, to say goodbye, and l told
my cousin that was there courtin'
Ann-that's my sister-and / told
Ann, too.
"Says 1: DO you suppose he
would ever attempt such thing 2
"Says Zeb: 'No-that's Zebu-
Ion, my cousin, foremast hand on
board the Neptune-'he's always
talking in that light-headed way
"There, there's my story. You
can send for Zeb, who went to
Taunton this morning, before he or
/ read the news about it; you can
send for Ann, who's been gone. six
months to the West, and didn't git
home till yesterday, to be in time
for the Neptune. What I've told
you is fact. I'm second mate of
the Neptune, and folks will tell you
down our way what a character
bear for veracity-and any of my
shipmates-ask 'em. I tell you Hen
Islington is as innocent as the un-
born baby. You'll hang one of the
best men, your honor, God ever
made, if yon hang him."
The story was so coherent, the
sailors manner so truthful, his
character so far above reproach,
that every word carried weight in
court. His sister, blushing like a
peony, gave the same evidence, al
though there had been no collu-
sion-so did his cousin. Indeed it
was one of those cases where every
body was willing to be convinced,
from the judge down to the shoe
black, who bad heard the progress
of the trial from an intelligent
newsboy. The prisoner was dis
missed with a verdict of not guilty
in deed or intention.
How shall / describe the meet
ing of Jenny and her lover? She,
poor thing, who had kept herself
so calm during the terrible ordeal,
like one in delirium when
she saw him, still pale, but restor-
ed to life and to honor. 1t was
feared for some little time that her
brain was shocked, her reason shat
tered. In the excess Of her Joy her
life had nearly paid the forfeit.
"Was my faith in vain 2" she
asked, again and again. "Are you
not sorry you doubted me Did
| not say God would be with us~
Henry was fully remunerated by
generous men for all he had lost.
Jenny, was presented with beau
tiful silver pitcher, on which was
wrought the form of a kneeling
girl, smiling toward Heaven-un-
1erneath, the inscription, "Jenny's
Faith"
Henry was given a frame house
complete, to carry with him to the
West, and one bright summers
evening the two fond hearts were
united at the residence of a gen.
tlemen who had taken a more than
ordinary interest In the trial, and
,sed great exertions to clear him.
They are to-day citizens of q thriv-
ng town In the land toward the
setting sun.
Sequel TO n Leaf Dealers Dream.