One of the men was always on guard, on the outside of the house; for these attacks made Mr.Donald nervous for the safety of my sister, and myself.

Simpson was on guard that night.

Whether he went to sleep or not, I cannot say." "He did, Miss Ellison," Reuben interrupted.

"We found his body round by the end of the house.

He had evidently been sitting down on a log, against the house; and had been killed by a crushing blow with some heavy instrument, probably one of the tools they used for breaking in." "The first we knew about it," Kate went on, "was a tremendous crash downstairs, which was followed by a continuous thundering noise.