The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-11-28


man gentleman hut | confess that sat
there shiyering with species of horror
that was utterly new to me. What could
il he? Not n living woman, surely, ,
alone ard suffering in an inacces .ible
iastness WHARF wa were certain nothinU
human dweIt And then what misery
WIS., if thst gave itself such uncanny
exne,,ion, Rot feor. nor bodilv main
hut somcthinp terrible somethinG name.
less to no While we wore DEBATING
these opestious in smothered tones the
crv came once AGAIN. This Limo in words
we understood
"cUelni oh Cod heInp
Al ths intellioibIo anpeal to orr
manhood our superstitiols weakness AT
once disanneared Saiziny a torch from
our smolderinc fire. we made orr nav
hastily toward nile Of rocks a few hun.
dred yards distant whence the sound
seemed TO have nroceeded, ScrambIinp
nm the heirht we came Suddenly unon
STRANGE and mourn(nl scene Betore IN
stood a small and wretched looking hut
evidently constructed NV hands unused
to such labor unolozed and without 81
cbimnev, There wasa dim LIGHT within.
and through the omen door we saw the
hndv of mar. anparentlv lifeless lyino
proHe mon the earlhen Aoor Beside
him with arms Avinr wildly over her
head, kneIt the fsure of 3 woman, eyi.
IDENTITY the one whose cries had alarmed
Ms il needed hut n glance to assure rs
that some STRANGE tragedy had taken
pIaoe. and without a moments hesitation
we entered the INIT
"The woman laised her ewes A. we
approacbed but gave no further heed TO
MS, Apparentlv her great sorrow had
driven her dist rscted She was vounr
creature, bmdly twenty, | should Judge,
and despite the signs Of hardship and
sorrow visible ON her features, very beau
tirrl. Her form wa, sligbt and even at.
tenuateJ but in H. shabby dress pre.
served traces Of former refinement
!" Her comnonion 9 vonnr man of
about her own ovc' attired in a wood.
mans suit had evidently succumbed to
hordshin ar disease and was either in.
sensible or dead. His pinched and CHASTITY
conntenanrn must have been once vnry
bsndsomc but now it looked old and
worn a. tbat If - man of sixtv, Hehad
annoren,Iy fallnn in tha nregeIt rooition
ana the Giri mad heen unable to raise
anu 'ne g'r' h"o 'eoi ''""D'' w i'l'e
MN; ,., D, .-,
, wy lllenu' vue D!cVoi, Continues
Ihe worthy lr0iesSor' surely uhcouVh
anu cyhic& t a. ne coll'n,oi'ly appears ilss
as klno healC AZ ever o I. i Ill.,, a l'",l
=, no Havtery, my "eai leiloW, ioi
IL must oe CONFESSED 1L%U you nave i"ulVa
VhaL more VllHii cUuu'o'p%'"ilce YOUR one
goou Ir"lC' wen, sohVIehlei'' ho pehI
oVer, the poor creature, ana IN voice as
gehtle az woman y ehueaVoreo Ioarouse
Ine Siri from her Ivsai!hy'
VINO are you SAID ne, ana "haI
mas happened :,
nc Is ue"u-oe"" sue I'u''oi'u'
hoar@'y;
fefhaPs IL Is NOT az p8u AZ IhaI' ne
ielolheo. iel. US al "o ''t, ~, "c"re
IriehIS' my ue"r' anu hle,''c"' ilel'' "no
may ne "V.e ~ H9Sl'V J"";
Tie oieo 'hls morning, neio,e my
very eyes sue hioahsu uleu, On, my
'rou Vi sVatVaV'oh' Ahu l never Nte"
he was depflVihg illl'se,i 'or my saEe'
On my husband ., why az you noV le'
me ole WIN you ana sne Threw iei-
sell across Ihe pouy' sUppitH as IL nel
poor he"rt woulu Drtak' mere were
tears il, inc '9c.9i Eyes as l'o l?oh'o
AT me, aaueu lpo IIo5tSFor, WIN "
tiemor IN ms voice. ana Ihe rascal ha7
always sworn IhaV my owl" were hot ary'
lhaI, however ~ "Siuo rom Une SUBJECT
lhouSh we knew nothing OIL 'iiese
two poor chliuren-iot they were Oh,
lttle mole-"e ieiG Vilat we haa chahCeu
upon a strange saa story Oh rove, prlue
and suffering such US y faiely "ld' even
IN thI' unhappy Wo'lu.