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boarded her. There was nothing but sugar
and cotton on her5no niggers," a..
one nam s% from from : thai, isls d ss.'aaP Pren l,ss i Ssie to ~ fse
do YOU think they did go?"
that they were stolen and run Oh to Texas and
sold there. You know the thing has been
used . s seSf q lSS.S. IA { ea@51an S amp sell ! Them them
IN Florida, and did a good thing at It. 'Spose
he would ha' been at i now II one Niger he
back and forth from Tallahassee to Mllledge-
vile. so he lust took what Jack gave him as
his shere, bought himself and two other ~nicgers
master he though. Jack as a dangerous fellow
70 have around stealing folk niggers,. People
round Tallahassee thought the darkies' masters
know-al do know Is that when the recerlaters
got TO Jacks house. he had gone to Texas two
weeks They, burned his house and licked
OF years later and got his wife. Shot two of
the regerlaters at the anne time. Got n crack
at me, tod was ono Of them. and, he con-
! bottom Of this business. Now. Mr.. Bradley,
know Just where that WALLER girl Of Coverly's Is.
DOM you know about the rest Of them. Did
replied that | had some wears ago.
We'll. ] seen a man within n week that sat
right on the car seat side OF that ere girl, and
he said she was cdicated like n Yankee school
marin, was hanson az any woman he ever
saw, and no man not posted would ever know
she was 2 niger,
"Coyerly knows; 1t was him that sent this
man there"
Sent him where'-I asked.
I don't know as am bound to keen dark.
| Coverly must ketch his own ~niegers. The man
was Slle Gregg. Deputy United States Marshal.
and he feels awful sore over It. Coverly got
was and sent Gregg clean up to Massachu-
sets to arrest her, After the got her arrested
she was stole from him within nifty miles OF
Cairo, III. tel YOU, SIZE Is pretty blue; didn't
Here he proceeded to give me GregR's ac-
count Of L.ucy's rescue. Gregg laid the rescue
party really, were, he was sour on s%haugh-
messy, who he thought had failed him, but al
lowed that the %rescuing party we're the smart
| est set OF men he ever met.
Lucy. once safe in Orleans, IN Gregg's judy
ment.. would cell for 5000. He could buy of
Coverly for $500, and was quite determined
ing confidence IN beatham's skill rs u detrc-
| tive and negro hunter was endeavorinG TO in.
duce him to take a share in the enterprise. Bea-
seemed that Gregg had stumbled upon Entwis-
sle,s name In connection with the Underground
Railroad.
.Hsy did she get to Massachusetts, Mr.. Bea-
MY opinion is" he replied, that girl and the
rest OF them ~niggers was taken right up the
some orncry steamboat capen was paid for stow
the night,
searched for them, I remarked.
Gregg assured Beatham that he would know
the voice Of the man who carried Lucy out Of
the car should he ever hear him again, and
he also added he was a dead shot with the pis-
tol and could have killed him as easily as broken
his arm.
did not know Of the White River fsht, or il he
he did, he had paid no attention TO II, Gregg
had secured from Dick Coverly a conditional
S1i, OF r iale 8.a lSSy foT b 81 ;soT tbLs AND cn naI ld Eid was
and take her TO New Orleans. Beatham made
no secret Of the matter, as he knew ! was a neigh
Interested; SSr 81 dG IN thy rsco srq %P his pr na,srniy De
That night ! wrote a detailed account Of the
intention to Wesner, as 1t was, no secret or IN
any way implicated him. | also added for his
at Lee, or near there.
Wesner wrote to Pierce an explanation Of
him to watch for the pair, describing Beatham as
well as possible. Greg9's personality being al
ready familiar to him. He did not think their
Plan would materialize, Pierce Was not SO con,
experience, sent Lucy TO Portland. Me.
I finished up my surveying. settled up with
M snd ,b miT Tsst di my s fSSx isay scoS Sa ssa,aam
Poor Alec was down-hearted and promised
to write to me all the news. but Of course it
was impossible for me to reply to his letters.
Beatham accompanied me- to the steamboat.
On the way he remarkedthat he had about made
up his! mind to have nothing to do with Gregg's
pay all the bills, for ne thought there was more
risk than money. strongly advised him
not TO attempt anything OF the kind. az there
was a feeling in the north against returning
fugltives. especially such. a. woman as Lucy
was reported to be. and IL caught with her
in their possession the people would either
mob and kill them or they would be arrested
and sent to jail-and a. Gregg had escaped
alive once he had better rest satisfied.
CHAPTER XVIII.
me at tie landing He looked SICK, tired an
at aS' fSs Tendez 10urs c SSed tG"i'e Mason erfSD ad
pick p,s1ed ~ then sTs up 4 II, 4sS different y I glasSe' m nG.e; Il PG w.
Some Of these had been secreted four monhs.
Fever had broken out among them; Mason
had been down. Obed not much better, and
except Obed TO go for food, and he was
quite weak. II was now well into. August.
the bayous were low and the weather intensely
Charlie" said he, this is my last venture.
We must get these poor devils out OF this. l
some and anxious. 1 am not going to sell on.
here. for ! love this country too we'll. l, will
60 north; ina marry S,I Lue SGt ana nc S SwS,t better R,HGd da vyiii
undoubtedly flow, but the end is near" This
was in August, 1850,
died up the BAYOU a short distance to the mouth
OF a little brook. dry at this. season. We had
with us about two hundred pounds OF, pro,
SS, risd me SGs'''i IN ssd ada I We %t took iSoR S a fss snc
Ions Of whiskey and one hundren lemons. These
Wesner and myself carried up to the bed Of
the brook and securely ma ,.o,r,,,nc ~.
ing safe. Wesner left me 70 fight mosquitoes
until daylight and I could see to travel. |
From, tkasa pauts nc 7 did that nirht. The