Could this be the head of ----?
No! on nearer inspection it proved to be only a turnip; and when one came to think of it, that would have been rather a conspicuous place for the murdered man's skull to have been lost in for so many years.
My hero must not be ridiculed too much for his fears.

The terrors that visit childhood are not the less real and overpowering from being unreasonable; and to excite them is wanton cruelty.

Moreover, he was but a little lad, and had been up and down Yew-lane both in daylight and dark without any fears, till Bully Tom's tormenting suggestions had alarmed him.

Even now, as he reached the avenue of yews from which the lane took its name, and passed into their gloomy shade, he tried to be brave.

He tried to think of the good GOD Who takes care of His children, and to Whom the darkness and the light are both alike.