The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-04-13
A Lovers Strange Execution.


hardy, and paid the penalty with his
down on the rolls as: "Killed by gucr- !
rllas," but there are two or three men |
living who beg to differ with the re-
ports.
During the particular week write Of
the armies of Sheridan and Early were !
about five miles apart. Our pickets
were full mile beyond camp, and scouts
and videttes overlooked at least another
mile. Half way between the camp and
the reserve pickets was a farm house,
The inmates comprised n grandmother
Mt least eighty years old, aud so feeble
that she could not walk without ns-
sistance child three years Of age, and
girl about twenty years Of age, whom
the little one called "Ant Katie" This
aunt had blue eyes, blonde hair white
teeth, and a handsome face. She had
every bearing of lady, and half "
lozen officers at once fell in love with
her Our Captain was one of the mum
ber In little time he made such an
! impression that he 'Wd the field TO him
self and one Wednesday evening as he
was riding ont to talk sweet nonsense, he
met your humble servant, who was re-
turning TO camp from lone toraghlg
expedition. and | was ordered to tsll IN
behind and act rs his orderly.
When the Captain dismounted at the
farmhouse gate, he gave me his rclns,
with the remark that he expected to be
absent about two hours, as he was on
bit of n scout to pick up information re-
garding Early's movements. | swal
lowed the assertion with that due re-
Spcct which a private should exhibit
toward Captain; but ! had seen and
heard, and knew his errmd perfectly
we'll
During the first hour | heard snatchcs
of song and an occasional laugh from the
house, and twice the young lady played
for five minutes ut time on guitar.
Two hours slipped away-then another
and another. 1t was now | o'clock in
the morning, and the house WAS as still
as the grave. Tying the horses to the
fence pumped down on the grass for II
nap, and | was yet enjoying it when Il
patrol came along and routed me up.
/ 1t was broad daylight, and where was
the Captain? Both horses were at the
fence, and | explained that my officer
must have made up his mind to breakfast
with the family,
"lll see about that said the officer
In charge of the patrol, and he walked
| to the house and gave laundering
knock on the door. There being no re-
sponsc, he knocked again and again, and
then the door was burst open. Some Of
the men ran out again a1 soon as they
had entered, and i'll tricc the house
was surrounded. When we came to
search it the old woman was found fast
asleep i'll q bedroom. She was too
feeble to get up without help, and her
talk showed that she had but little mind
left. The child and the bIue-cycd girl
had departed. In the parlor, hanging
by the neck in a nOOsed rope, was the
Captain His face was as black ~ ink,
his tongue out, and the body was cold
He had been dead for hours.
Now, then, rs to the mystery. The
rope was II new one, and was passed
through hole i'll the ceiling and floor
above. The Captains arms were tied
behind him, and his ankles lashcd fast,
and he hung a clear foot above the floor.
| The house was i'll perfect order, lamp
still burned on the table, ana there was
no indication of Il struggle. The old
woman could shed no light ON the affair,
and the others were gone. No men had
been seen about the house, and if men
had hung the Captain there would have
been struggle and row loud enough to
reach me ut the gate. The Captain was
armed, but his saber and revolver were
hanging ON hook iii the room.
We had score Of theories, but none
of them could explain the whole situo-
| tiOn, and Il change Of base caused tho
affair to be forgotten in II few weeks by
all save those most directly concerned.
Detroit Free Press.
yniatcd Air and intrmprrance.
A working man writes to the christian
Register concerning the connection Of
bad air and intcmperancc. He says that
working in n large room in shoe factory,
with from fifty to II hundred others the
fumes Of tobacco, mingling with the sick.
ening smell OF leather, he found it use
less to try to ventilatc the room by the
windows. Every morning he lowered
them an inch, but i'll half an hour all
would be closed. The door had a spring,
which prevented its being left open Il
minute, and there was no way Of sC"ur-
ing fresh air. When he left his work at
night he felt 50 faint and lifclcss that he
lOngcd for II stimulGnt. Many of the
men went at once to the nearest saloon,
when the days work was ended. The
men think it is hard work that makes
them feel so tired but in reality it is the
breathing and rebreathing, hour after
hour, air which has been deprived of its
oxygen, and is loaded with poison. OF
course, ill-health is general among the
workmcn, and ii is not strange that the
fifty drink shops in the town are well
supported 1t is much to be wished that
employers understood the Importance of
securing an abundant supply Of pure air
in their shops and factories. To do so
would serve their interests, MS the work
men would perform their tasks with more
vigor and speed. There would also be
less time lost from drunkenness. Smok-
ing in the work-room should be prohib-
tied. No intelligent person will deny
that tobacco smoke in an unventilatcd
room is not only sickening to many per-
SONS. but dangerous To all.
An Undergraduates Excuse.
An Undergraduate was summoned be-
fore ono of the Dons for not attending
the 7 o'clock morning chapel. "Sir,"
said the Don, "let me hear what you
have to say in excuse Of your persistent
absence from morning prayers. "Sir,'
replied the delinquent, "the service is
too late for me to be present" "Too
late, sir How can 7 in the morning be
considered late hour?" "Well," re
piled the ingenious offender "were the
hour or 5, or even 6, might manage
to be present; but to expect man to