The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-10

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should have been satisfied, but despite
the obvious explanation could not free
myself from troublesome distrust of
him. The African race is proverbial for
its loyalty, but 1t has its treacherous
members, the same as others. had as
yet found no frierSS in whom could
implicitly trust. Even when Miss Els.
Their Mansley opened the way for me to
escape she did 1t under tho belief that I
was the miscreant who had brought all
the trouble on me, but who was fortu-
nate enough to possess her affection.
"You may be all right, Pete" I
thought, "but these are times when it
is wise to set down every man as an en-.
envy until he is proved friend. II pos.
sible, shall make use Of you, but If
know myself you shall not deceive mt"
With the same regular, noiseless
movement Of his muscular arms Pete
continued to sway the paddle and to
propel the dugout until we must have
passed fully half mile from where
had Joined him. It was clear that all
this time he was penetrating deeper into
Black Mans svamn. oajned anne
idea of the fastnesses of frat msrshv
timber and could we'll understand how
1t became favorite refuge for runaways
in the olden slavery days. With the
HELM of the abundant water the hlood.
bounds could be thrown of the trail,
while the slaves Of The sdioinine Man.
tations would be eager To contrihnta
stealthily to the fueitives when thew
stole out at night in nuest of food
Having paddled the distance nsmed
during which Pete slowly nuffed bis
pine, be reached a spot whsre the creek
broadened to three or four times it's
former width. The banks were over.
hung with bushes and nnderorowtb
but when be ran the prow of The dino.
out against the shore I perceived a we'll
marked path leading deener into tho
wood, stepned ont and be followed
pulling the end Of the rude boat lar
enough nm the hank to nrovent it's beinp
washed awav nv the siupoisb cnrrent
He had Knocked the ashes from his nine
and be now sluna tho bao over his
shoulder preparatorv to moving awav
As he did 40 there was a vioorons clnct.
ing and struggling inside Int "A caused
him no embarrassment He knew m
derstood matters, and there was no need
of affecting Ignorance or discussing the
subject,
"We,s nnrtv naab homo ~ ha ro-
markad as he strode IN With mo m bic
heels He had hnt . short distance 10
90 when he dehoncbed into n clearing
similar IN that wharo T trrrod at h.1
and shot the hloodhonnd IA was ~
abont the sama extent ond tho for,;1a
ground gave av;dance NJ heino wall
tiled. He continual straight forward
over tho nath IN tba I;ttla mi, ~ ,oos
which stood in tho centar Irst in front
Of the door he SWING the bau off his
united the ton and l;ftino n
hv the closed and shooL ont aboue a
1ozan roostors ond hon. A. arst ti,ou
,yere daved Int soon Won hah;nd ~.
hin N ;o;r a har ~ oth.rs +hat
,ye,o roos,;n, .mono tho h,shos Thon
pste led tho uav into his home
nDo vo,, 1.-Two n Iono2,, T osIod u,.;+-
mo IN the tbreshold until no strrcL a
;ebt :.
~ -,
"ae' oooA :, noo ny u"uuy "iuu'
,ppeared in the gloom. A minute later
"a strpoL a ,,otoh on, os h. a,,l;oa -
~ ~. a' IIn ".vn' az" 40 NO "pp'ieu