Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-06

reassured her.
Don't YOU be uneasy" he said, 1.-THE
law must take its course. and he SCOT TO be
tried regular and hung regular It he's con-
victed. They amt goin' TO get him To-
night nor any other night. long as J. M the
keeper here. I'll have the jail wen
guarded"
He never done the murder, nohow.
He say he never done it," said Tidy IN
tone Of firm confidence.
lymph. !" returned he mockingly. well,
/ don't reckon that's so. but he shant DE
lynched for all that And Tidy departed
rejoicing that she had not come IN VAN.
She crossed the river and looked back
from an cminence beyond at the town 0e-
low and the blue mountains IN the lar as
lance. Tho rolling country between the
river and the town looked soft az velvet IN
the waning light. The lights OF the town
came into view one by one, and the lan
stood out darby. blot in the fair scene
a. the murderer within was q blot upon
mankind.
Tidy spent the night with some friends
some miles from town and slept serenely.
while he whom she had lahOred to save was
enduring unutterahle fortunes. Darkness
came earlier into his cell than outside ana
the night had begun to him when Indy
left.
All. little Malcolm. you are avenged! tie
feels now the terror Won endured Inc
faintest sounds III the distance thrilled
him with horror iIs hands and feet were
very cold. Shiveriug. trembling, covering
in the darkness ie fancied he heard inc
men coming 10 take him. with pitiless pr;
Scruggs at their head. He almost yelled
as the key grated in the lock aud his sup
per was sent in. II could not be later than
s o'clock at most and he thought it must
have been midnight. His uniasted food
remained where ii had been placed while
he sat hand IN hand with awful fear for
COMPANY. All night long he isnclcd the
rope around his neck and the cry Of hang
him sounded in his ears.
Perhaps he came nearer Offering praise
than he bad ever don" IN his me when me
first light of dawn struggled into his cell.
When the masked men reached the jail
at y o'clock they were balkcdin their pur-
pose Of lynchiug the murderer. They were
not altogether sorry. for "lt was Job,
Tom Tinker said. cas- was powerful on
pleasant. and he was glad 20 De shet of IT,.
But although he had escaped their hands
their old companion was the most era
ble of mon. Relieved by questioning tine
guard of his former fear, the turles came TO
lash hint the end thememorr OF his crime
gave him no rest Night ana day remorse
was with him. His crime was constantly
himself of The idea That the cell was the old
cabin room, and that M night If be- was
not careful he would step on tine bodies OF
his victims living in imagination ~ one end
of the room. So whom ne could not sleep
and he rose and paced hrs cell DO was A.
ways across from side 10 side and never the
length from end to end. The thought that
the bodies were there grew upon him and
became more real every night. Tie would
wake suddenly and strain his eyes ia the
utter darkness toward that awful cnd OF
the room expecting 90 see the open eyes
glazing at him O. bis brothers might,
or the last reproachiul look 81 In.
old mother. Superstition, companion OF
ignorance, came to add her torture7' ana
he trembled Mt the approach of night lest
the ghosts of theiniurcd ones should come
To haunt him. lie knew hn bad always
heard that the spirits OF tine murdered
nece1- rest till the crime ls avenged. Ml-ht
thew not appear Ia linn amy ul-hty The
hair of his he-h stood up and MS knees
smote together at the very thought. The
loneliness and the darkness WITH tnr~e
haunting thoughts We're becoming ln-
supportable Not even I'm sleep did
/ h0 rcst for Iu lif dreams inc
farcics did Iut CROW iu viyidne~s.
AGAIN and again ne awoka with a shrek,
which resoundcd through thc prison ike
the wall of the lost Like it, Aye, very
! like il. il ,-ns the vail of tie lost. IIo
could bear il mo- LONGER 40 last the leather
strap he wore around hi, waist should DO
Other duty. IT, looked at it, lack length
and then AZ the bars across tine window:
He would NOT aehuovledr" 10 himself
what connection the, had win each other,
but he knew That the lcathern girdie and
ne ron ba~ world max. uaquantance.
He nirbt need p strip from his blanket,
nerhans in addition. but the materinis
yyer, sufficient H. asked tho guard az
dinner for a slip Of paper and pencil,
and during the ortaftoruoou wrote these
few words siovL and mboriou-ly:
Ito tildy-ikiltu both an theys hanted
me- 10 doth. BILL"
The rain fell in torrents All tne aitefI,
/ noon all the lone NIGHT The wind mOancd