The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-09-26

q Wben Hiram modo b;s fr,t yoy,,o
r,r ,hnv n,oro alI soaCor;na. r n'nn ,,o ,'i"So'
ohouts and thoro wos no,h;55o Cav - Iod
,o Jo bnt chin tbc pcorl was met IT, IT,
t,o wosbod .n,it I;lv m a frott;ngy yn mil ~ ho
camo ,n hnmo arain And II was on uhon-
oyor bo want for tbev wore .weotboart.
rron M ,bo G Gr,, INA m T @ nost,oJ Ion Sah, 70
r,on o' ,'5 bo. b,aa"t bom M n Io n;oLad n DI ~
"I0 m f.n um nv tho o1 r. "VH sh nv p.Niu o,
hOn %" V ,hov @ or" orr;od ID" T"o ''M'tu n
"omId VIZ ~,oss. ".' H;rann % ,' waY "Y ," man m "" of
tno,', wo,u S",r' 80 Cha nnov"S % hia, l stnr ~ w.,
home then and hc staved a vear hmt he
Frcttcd for the sea- and he went again
thinkinc 7 s,nose. that his wife would
got used 10 IT, as well as all wives here.
abouts must do, Rut she never did
ncvcr II was inst nit,able to 500 her
90 about white Ss a cornse, when Hiram
went AWAY never looking at the sen
without a shudder like a death chill
All throurh the war IL was inst awful,
for Hiram enlisted on hoard a mon-o'.
war and Pearl was inst A shadow when
he came home the last time"
After the war?V
"Ycs sir. but bc made no money of
anv accouut and SO went away again,
aIicr stavina at home a lonp snelI
Well he never came back. 'Twasn't
no manner or use telling Pearl he was
lost: she'd lust shake her pretty head
and saw: He'll come back Not a
mite of mourning would she wear, even
after his own mother rave him up and
went in black; for, sir il stands to rea-
SON he's dead wears aro,"
at looks So"
"Of courso II does. nohodv elso
doubts II hut Mrs % Goldhw ''G1I 0iId Mrs
o Gnijhv,s Ioat @ wnrd. 1i ry' wnro pn, ,n;n~
~ o n,oci uir"n, @ % and thoy yov thn % 5y;mSS ;mS
~ Lnnw @ En, AVIAN M thon ,Iot d;dnI nakee
pnorI % th;nt ~ Sho woro I mnur,inn o' for
I,o~ va" n,h" ',' had T hoon tLo " "niu nontbor sbo
tnnwad or bnt MOT weoJ. Woods was
f." "o'L ";,on', no. Wv" "Lo ga;d and sho rasn,, % "
n.;Jou,W '''' '''''
" '"J% /" pI, ,,o .t.,ou
"WcII sir Pm comiuo to that A
roor ,,an m s;r Gno gortloran From,
Er"noo E a oo,a boro h,'rtinn ror cb;lJ
i,.' "'',, ~, ,ha I""o enast % ma,J Hoard nr pnari
t ,'I "' 'o,," ,hanoos Ju r. thnro s,oh and
-! -" pro l'nn VIZ VIZ Ia " aom, 10 niatLns
ho "GI ;ns, ,,'ro ra;,tod H. l;Lo a ~ wonau" S% Ny ~
"Sho wns rolatcd thon ."
rho strnncer,, voice was husky but
the son mir was growing chill,
Her father sirn
"Uo took her awavq
"Hc tried to, Hc told her of A splcn-
did home he had in New York, for he'd
followed his wife and child. sir, t, the
citv thew had mover reached, He was
rich and lonely. He BEGGED his child to
90 but she would not, Hiram viii
come hcre for mo, she said 'nnd he
must find mo where he lef, me- "
"Oh what has she lived ~
Sewing sir mostly The cottage
was old Mrs Goldby's, and bless yon
pearl did not cat much more than n
bird and her dresses cost next to moth.
ina But there's no denyinc she was
,,nrv poor-verv, and vet the Grand
homo and bio fortune never tempted her
So her father came off and on t5 see her
mill Anil An' he died sir, and left
onr pcorI all his fortune and the Grand
house in Now York, But she'll not 90,
,ir. she'll die here waitiu" for Hiram
who'lI never come"
Tho .troroor lifted his roce tbot had
heen half hidden in his hand and said :.
~Tbero was a shinw-eck in the Pacific
ocoon D,vv wears and years ,co and
one man oniy was savedHsayel Davy,
hv savagcs who made him slave the
worst of slovesl But one dnv this sailor
saved tbe life Of the chiefs daughter
who was in tho coils Of hucc snake
and tho chief released him More than
that he cave him choice snices and
woods and sont him abroad the first
nasYinr " chin So thc sailor lanicd in a
aroat citv aold his nresonts and mt tbe
33olJ in S3}e teenina Thon he Travelled
f;Il he reached tho seanort town where
ho was horn and Coming there at sunset
ho,rJ the storv of his Rife from the lips
Of , man cuttinr his Tombstone"
Not word smoke Davv, Standing
erect bc sc;zed an immense sledge ham,
NOR and with nowerfnl hlows from
.trono % mnl;fteJ arms dashed tbc mar.
hIo into fragments Then nantinc
,n;th @ overtion ho hold ont his brawn1
hando to tbo stranoer-a STRANGER M
l"nror W
w. % n,'o lo.o haitian ,ou,. :, rso
r, w. "Jiu o nH '.L.'' tto ,ost WE G,n =" ny o'
i Hiram Go home man and make
poarps boart Glad She don't mood if
uirar ir sho don,t nood II Won osLe3
mo about tho stone The no;obbor.
drovc rp % her tn order;nc if twitting her
thot now sbc was rich she @rudncd the
' 't"no 't ~ hor bu.band,s momo1v So
sbn Y told me TO emf it. but Saws iDon,t
mt dead mon it Dayv-put lost at sea
for Hiram's lost, but hen be found and
come back to me- She never looked at
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