upon the though no fear could the master from attempting to recover what he regarded by watch and wait or as his own by the law of god and man it was otherwise with the captain of the for he declared that he was in a tremendous hurry to make his trip having been detained over night at the foot of the lake he with colonel in his desire to recover his slaves but he positively refused to put the boat about and capture the it is not improbable that the captain of the steamer saw the guns and the preparations made to receive a boarding party and possibly he reasoned in his own mind that a chance shot was as likely to kill him as any other man on board at any rate he was as resolute in his refusal as any of the resolute parties we have already mentioned dan could hardly believe his senses when he saw the standing out towards the before the plantation when her wheels started again he himself for the encounter for he supposed she would come about and bear down upon him it was incredible that colonel should give up the chase without an effort to capture them and he knew his master too well to think after more consideration that he would abandon his slaves without an energetic effort to recover them by the young the steamer went in to the landing place leaving dan to wonder and rejoice at the happy turn which had taken place in the affairs of his party he informed lily of the altered state of things on deck and the devout girl was happy in the reflection that her prayers had been so promptly answered but we haven t seen the end of it yet lily o no added dan colonel will never give us up he would spend more money than we are all worth for the pleasure of me for running away but he shall never have that satisfaction i had rather die here like a man than to be to death at the dead oak can t we get away is there no chance to escape asked lily whose beating heart was full of mortal terrors � � what s de reason we can t take de and row to de shore and take to de woods suggested well what then demanded dan calmly why den run like a up a tree with blood hounds and slave hunters on your by watch and wait ob track no we should certainly be taken if we did that what shall we do dan murmured lily we shall certainly be taken if we stay here no we have beaten off the slave twice and we can do it again they will come in small boats and i will shoot them down one at a time if they persist answered dan bringing down the butt of the rifle upon the floor of the standing room to his words but you may be shot yourself dan said lily with a visible shudder no i will conceal myself behind the when they come within range of my rifle but can t we get away can t we escape without shooting any of them pleaded the poor girl with a natural horror of we cannot unless we have wind come exclaimed pointing to two boats pulling out from the of the plantation heaven protect and defend us cried lily i will pray for wind i will pray with all my soul for a by the young breeze dan and our father in heaven who has so often heard my prayers will hear me again stop a minute lily stop a minute interposed gazing earnestly down the lake needn t pray no more lily dare s a breeze coming up from de east de breeze am like a down a cotton tree de breeze am coming shouted as he danced round the deck like a needn t pray no more lily de breeze am come then i will thank god for sending it replied the poor girl a smile of joy playing upon her fair face if dan was not so extravagant as his companion on deck he was not less rejoiced especially as the wind from this quarter promised to be a strong one the was hastily hoisted upon the deck of the and the sails trimmed to catch the first breath of the coming breeze breeze a hun d million dollars shouted as the first puff of the welcome wind swelled the sails of the by watch and wait ok � it may be worth more than that replied dan it may be life and liberty to ns the breeze had come and plenty of it but for the course the wished to lay it was dead ahead yet it mattered little v here it carried them if it only enabled them to escape from the terrible man who was the of slavery to them as the wind the lake was agitated and the dashed on as though she understood the issues which depended upon her speed in half an hour the pursuing boats could not be seen and no doubt they had abandoned the chase in despair it was useless to seek a place for concealment for the white sails of the were doubtless watched by scores of eager eyes so dan ran up under the lee of one of the small islands that dot the lake and came to anchor there he did not care to run up the lake any farther than was necessary and he did not think it prudent to beat down the lake in the face of his no more anxious than he of the ever paced a deck colonel was as energetic as he was and would leave no means to capture the by the dan was at first afraid that he would the steamer and pursue them in her but 