5/14 There was a cross in the left boot-heel made with big nails, to keep off the devil. I looked over my shoulder every now and then, but I didn't see nobody. I was at Judge Thatcher's as quick as I could get there. He said: "Why, my boy, you are all out of breath. Did you come for your interest ?" "No, sir," I says; "is there some for me ?" "Oh, yes, a half-yearly is in last night--over a hundred and fifty dollars. |