The Forrest City times., 1891-07-24

Such was tho report of thc' officers of the guard.
 We dashed madly ahcadA In about ten minutes we met tho hack. return ing.
 1 halted tho driver and questioned. He knew or pretended to know noth- iEg beyond thefact:
 ''Dat de young missus seemed kind CT skeart like. but mass capen' he done tole her hit was all right and dey went right erlong"
 Ithrew $20 gold piece at him.
 ''Now, choose between that and this" and held a revolver before his eyes.
 "Foh de Lawd, mahster, I tell you de trufe, for doan' like dat capens ways nohow. Dey took de leetle track what leads to Black Sams cabin-and de debbil hisself couldn't kotch me dar. Whoopee! Wid Black Saml No sahl En dat's the whole trufe, sahl"
 Remain here until return," said sternly, land if you stir on any ac- count you had better be dead by to- morrow"
 saw him tether his animals and crawl into the coach for nap, and then amid the dashing rain I set for ward.
 "Better take couple dem kerridge lamps" cried Luce as we started.
 "Well thought of, Luce"
 We secured each a lamp and finally reached the place where the small road or trail led of into unknown regions of swamp and dense forest, n place which was reputed to be the abode of many runaway slaves, and where lived in particular a gigantic negro named Black Sam, or his ghost, tor no one knew whether he was dead or alive. The fame of this horrible man and of his more than fiendish practices had reached me away down in Georgia, but never had I expected to come in contact with him.
 l knew Roberts too well to think that he would carry Imogene to her friends, and the fact of his turning of the main road when another half mile would have brought him to the federal outposts proved it.
 What did he intend dolng?
 That 1 must find out, and l choked down a great wave of emotion as I thought of possibilities too awful to contemplate. Shel my pure helpless love here in the dark swamp, and with no one but God to help her! l actual ly cried out in my agony.
 What 'e mahrter, Mass Rob?" in- quired Luce.
 Luce, will you stand by mel"
 "You knows 1 will, Mass Rob"
 "To the death?"
 "To h--l if needcessary, sahl'
 Luce, do you know the way to Black Sam s?"
 The brave fellows voice trembled, but he answered stoutly:
 "Jess keep right ahead, ontwell you come to de swamp, den wecuts around de swamp, and de cabin hits all kivere in wid trees on a leettle hill. 1 knows bout whah 'tis."
 We followed these directions, and soon came to theswamp. Luce sprang from his horse and held his lantern to the gronnd.
 "I knowedt" l jess nachully knowed hit Dere's de foot-traeks of bofe of 'sm-"
 "Iou are sure?'
 'Look-a dahl Dey done took de boat and gone across.
 'God help us then, we have no time to lose" cried as we slowly wended our way around the swamps. This occupied nearly a half hour each minute was a year of agony to me. At last we reached a point where a dark mound arose covered thickly with trees and bushes. saw no cabin, but Luce, springing of his horse de- clared that he saw light, and mo- ment later exclaimed:
 An here's de paf-and-hey, sov'- ren mahsterl what am that?"
 A woman's scream rang wildly and feariully through the stormy night.
 In moment was of my horse, my pistols in hand. Luce dashed aft CT me. It was Imogene voice.
 And she had called on her God in her agony.
 And God had sent me--and Luce.
 In flew bounds we reached the door of the hut.
 We dashed 1t open and beheld lmo- gene, her dress torn and her sweet eyes wild with terror, fighting desperately with-Roherts.
 Standing over them was a gigantic negro, upon whose face was u grin of almost satanic malevolence.
 The moment the villain saw me he dropped Imogene, who, crying broken ly:
 "Robertl Robertl oh. my Godl 1 thank thee." rushed into my arms as Il dove rushes to shelter from the hawk. She had never called me Robert" before-I noticed that even then. l pressed her closely to my breast, gave her kiss--I couldn't help it--and gave my attention to Captain Roberts, who, having drawn his pistol, was preparing to fire, while the gigantic black was rushing at Luce with an immense knife.
 But was ready for the captain and felt Imogene's heart throb against mine as my weapon exploded. had broken his right arm and his pist ol fell to the floor. Ere he could use his left hand had him covered, while 1 saw Black Sam wri,hing on thetloor in the death-throe, while Luce. as calm as ever, had both of his pistols levelled full on Captain Roberts: "One of us is enough, Luce, Twill keephim covered while you bind his arms securely, giv- ing him no unnecessary pain"
 And then Turned to Imogene. Brave girl She had not tainted. Roberts had led her to this place by pack of lies, and when she discovered his vil- lanly he bodily demanded that he have