The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Did Not DO Tt.


enough to cut the levees and let the
water on the crops just from pure wick.
edness. They don't like to see anybody
doing better than themselves. Be sure
and watch the point next Eldred's. We
can't be too careful when the Mi'sis.
Bippi is on the rampage, as 1t il now,
and for this reason | am sorry to be
obliged to go away to night, but must
see Judge Dickson. cannot go to
Brentwood and get back before morn.
ing. Now do you understand fully
what Is necessary for you TO dop You
must walk the leyee all night Can you
do il p
"Why, Of course, father" said Sam
Dorsey, bright-looking, delicate boy
about seventeen years old 81 am not
q sleepy.head, and it won't be hard to
keep my eyes open. No one will trou.
BILE anything on this front while am
around. II they attempt it, shall do
my best to prevent them" And del
icate as he was, he looked as If he
meant it.
Mr.. Dorsey looked troubled at this
speech. Iook here, Sam, lac said. al
don't mean that you are TO get into
trouble with any person who may intend
TO do harm. II You see anything sus-
picious, or any one proving around, all
/ want you 10 do is 10 run to Blacks,
and the white men there have promised
to come over here il they are needed"
Mr.. Dorsey was not the owner of one
OF those prncely estates on the hllssis.
sippi which extend for miles down the
front OF the river He was n hard.
working man. who, by thrift and in
dustry, had laid up money enough 10
purchase eighty acres Of land The
promise Of crop this spring was very
fine, and it would he n far greater mis-.
fortune for him to lose it than ii would
be for his weather. neighbor, Col.
Eldred, who counted his acres by thou
sands, to lose his harvest. In fact,
a crevasse on Mr.. DOrsey's place would
he Il total ruin. He walked into his
house with an anxious and worried look.
"Milly," he said to his wife, ave
left the levee in Sans care tonight.
Give him something warm to eat; make
him cup OF coffee, for he's got to stay
GU the evee till morning"
"What are you afraid Of, john p
ked his wife, looking kcenly at him.
"Sometbino tronbles Won i nm srrc
,be river nnnsi riso a connIo ~ loo, Lo
,ora ,he wator will ovo,gaw anil !, oa.
o;n,v will M, riso no much ao r,ot,a
,;nhi pas;doo Zoo he'll ,o,, aa,' ,i,;,
asao w,a Tho s,roroa.t IN H. "" 81, !"
81 sunnose ia hn.ter telI yor - hor
bushand onswered Cor yon,li ta,ov III
aorts ~ borrors Won tnnw RlocG VI
stor don,t va, ,La ono;no"r =, pi
Jred,s ."
90, corrso Lrow him wLv q
,voo b;s Ii,tIo oor Phil tha, Gan, n'. y, .o
Lind IN when Tho chiId fail nmJ ;";nroJ
his spine. Every little luxury or play.
thing that Sam got he used 10 take il Ia
that little negro. aud I believe me taught
him TO SPELL"
swell, that has nothing to do with
this man. have good reasons for be.
lieyinQ he cut the leyee mt Linwood's.
and I told him 30. Linwood had shot a
horse of Webs,er's by accident. and
that was tbe wny he took revenge for
tbe loss NJ bis animal CoI ElJ,.l
ron,t I;s,or 90 am,tb;no o"n;,s, I'm
Yom .ae ' ba ia rs"Sul md " EiIrod IL q
.nnsou 81 aoIn,d, ,,,r o., hooa ILL
,ho, WASTE L"a s"id be wonlI ho ro
venood nm mo heconso 7 occnssj linn
~ cB,t;nn ,ha iovee and ,h;s vorv ovnn ,"
inc 7 saw him walking down nv front
and examining II Hes n had f,llow
and will moi hesitate to do ma harm If
tbe wisb il in his heart"
"Bnt II he cuts your leyee. won't
Eldred su(Iar ." Mira Dorsev asked
ono His il several feet higher linn
this place, and no has levce between
us besides. I'm very uneasy, aud ]
hate to 90 away TO night"
Mrs Dorsey WINS NOT n timid woman.
but she was frightened nj ,be danger
which meuaced Them She knew t6at
the business which c,Ile1 her bm,lamJ
nway could NOT Ina postnnncd Inf ihc
idea of exposino sam 10 danger was
more than she coulJ hear.
"But, John, she cried "wbat do Won
mean by sending sam to guard ,be
levee tonight? II Webster is the
wretch you think he is, he would as lief
murder him as not, II he comes in his
way"
"Oh, cannot believe there is any
possibility that he would dare to do that.
I've told Sam where TO 90 il he seeg any
providers about"
'But. John, Sam may not see him.
And if Webster succeeds in cutting the
levee, Sam would be drowned before he
could got here"
'Oh well. Milly, il int worth while
TO make too serious matter of this.
Well hope for the best. It's just
clear case of necessity, for ! cannot get
one of my neighbors to watch here to-
night They all have their own fronts
to guard, but they promise 10 come
here in case of accident, Come, wife,
I've always thought you brave little
woman DeiOro.