Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-11-07

Gabe from the sight Of the In.
dIa1s his gait changed TO q
s~if run. which he eo1ti1zel
without q halt 9ntlI he reached
the river Here he proceeded
TO divesi himself Of all sarpiEs
clothing and then plunged into
the rapid ezrrent He reached
the north SIDE of the nver and
hurried on again On the top
Of the first hill q cheerful ligki
vas twinkling fro1 the op<z
doorway Of -zyside store or
grocery. which Vas the goal he
soaght The owner ofihis store
xAs Back Fields. a white man
who bad once owned Gabe n .
slave Misfortune bad caused
him to sell Gzbe to Toby T1by,
and the sn<zu country store wx-
all that wss now leff Of she price
Of the negro There seemed 10
BE but one occupant offhe store.
and he vas whIssling q d0lefzl
dirge &s he moved zbo1G pat
Ting things IN order before clos
ing up for the night WA
noise i that horne On the still
Night airs GAbe listened i;
waS the deep hayIng Of blood
aoz11s Wen dos The Uns-
vzy know shat that mans his
absence had beea discovered
and they are tracking hiE doEn
with iksse Serce- Ruthless beasts
Wei be knew thai shozld fhey
oyertAke hin tomorrow ne 1z<'
die to 60 with he great ehlef ID
the happy hznting grounds o
the neither world He ruShed
wildly forward 47a entered he
sail store
Mr. Fields regards hin Will
the utmost 7slozisA-e1I
-SAhe ze, MxrSe Back sab
ne, D~y AFTER De ~d d
bloOdhoza6s ard der VII kl
ne 10 barry ne Eid de ole Iajza
Sahe L. Mars Back and I'll
tell VOC war all h. money !
hid
Mr. Fields elo-rd the doc.
oPe1ing On the pablo road and
led Gzhe into a sail roo =
tie rear Of the sso-e-
-Yoz kao~ GahS-- - said Il
! hide y0z and The Indians s1t
Il oct l I'll have 10 leave here
ard tAzs i all have
IN make Yea rcA Az-se
Jz>1 save Ne alive an al "a;
-Ol = yoz<
TAe yesp Of The hoZzds caz<
nearer and GAb< grew frantic
De zosey = hsd N ole Ma
ny Czlllzes grave N2r@-EA
dle1 week ssrS las HIT In 4
box mex Dc en- wAsr de SUI
rise
he zoasy hOzads cane a<z-
e. Mr- Fields Sp<aS1 4 doc,
and p-0Izfing 20 n LADDER Iead1a-
10 the loff above sad 10 l<
frightened Zsa Go ID 40
pail The ladder Up after yoE
lAea AsSea The trap eoor-lezyt
f% resi- 10 me-
In fe~ ELlzEe< a company
Of Indza braves rode up % Ia
&ovE AID AoekeS for 25zs=
fARce- he kozz6s were bark
ing lozdly and scratching sereS
IL az The f-oai entrance
Cal CT Eo1r dos and y0z
zzy eOze IA called Mr. Fields
The dogs were Zzzled ard
the IndAzs walked in As The.
catered the door he gave ikez
= cordial welcome
Ere ahey oozld ask for he 4.
give he set out lbs best Ere
wzfe- and se--ed fhez 10 drIzs
freely 10 h1s cO<l He fOZzd n
trOzele n RS@1zg the Il
IzSlhe literally Of The i1ioxies
ing bever2-e, and By The III
their slow toaS2es eo2ld frzE'
the question lie knew wozlS
toe. fhey were too zach II
der the lz1nr1ce Of the hqzo
10 take notice Of kis WHY eva
sons
Mr. Fields found no trozbll
n eonvIzeI,g thea tA2f Cab
w2s hi61Sn IN the rIyer bottom
and they departed ere long
dr-nk<-. II aOs wiser. tAAn the,
Gaze Affer tAey rode ava,
Mr. Fslds sopezed the door q
the hack rooz and called Cab
A blanket a s4if of clothe:
SO II money and . bag Of PIT
ISl02s we're given the fagIly
and he departed for parts II
knowl Here Gabeis histor
Zerged nto ObscRrify, for b
w2s heard iron never more
Amer several days search IL
the runaway, Toby Tuby Va
barred after The manner of hi
people and Gabe was gwen 7
rs los- TO thea 4 short whil
. AFTER the chiefs death M Field
! sold out his sail stock Of gr.
ceres and lq9or and moved |
another STATE His friends vel
much surprised Whe1 he bo1gA
q tract Of nch Land and paid q
II In solid gold Taey vel
sill more 2s4o1ssAed when l
bzllfs handsome dwelling Al
I comfortable quarters for u
I've and tAirty slaves he -
purc2$ed Ii fact Nj. Field
s04zsAed As The PROVERBS
greea hay tree and Nz6zl
Grz11y specialized and wo16e
I Ell ~ 10 the probability Of acc
: lzlArsng wealth rzpidly by TIA
! vita The Indians Many h'
woacered szlee Ekat became
: Toby rzbys Eoaey, bat stza,