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tina, the Yankee captain was no Yankee and

that he kept good rum.
With the Information derived from the search.
we started homeward. the rest OF the, party
swearing vengeance against the unknown
scoundrel who had stolen those negroes.
Dlck Ioverly could not reconcile himself 10
IN" loss his father was old. Dick himself lacked
energy aud their plantation was left practi,
"ally, without hand. G""rge -aid be looked
carefully. hut ther" was no trace Of blood upon
'overly'- door posts. Old Eben could eat no
bread of the ui-sovcr.
" the discouraged troopers urged their
tired horses hon"ward, Dick, who always
came 10 me ia ms troubles, rode beside mo.
"Nr Bradley, this looks curious said no.
whar rI@Tcr sconndrcl il a, III" head Of these
! srhcIn" and backed by money.
n" good ms been done, III" evil as a
sequence followed. 40, satisfying myself With
M, 'allaoy. responded with the outrageous
In" "a, | did not know"
Y said Dlck how should vouy Now
tlIr.r !. hu, one place for them to go. and thar
/, N" ,wump-, and do no, believe that they
are there. | think they hay" made their es-
hal" into ih" Indian territory. or that they
are scattered among III. free niegrrs.
They dlr" not do that. for the free niggers
would hetray them a. In" first offer of re-
bottom OF all this. l wish there could be- n
Law passed To- Kill every free nigr"r. IN the
State,, or 10 s"ll them to the highest bidder"
but how about old Jeffrey, who owns nifty
slaves. He i ~ black as Erehus."
- u old l"nrey!.he replied Il would IKE to
wv llU W. l'NN INV ''h l' 'NlN Z
bring much money the next"
| did not doubt this declaration.
Dick insisted that lem Mason, the WELLER
fellow, " va, the guilty one, and said II he caught
him he would burn him. He was sure that lem
and Ohed had gone 20 the Indian Territory and
taken the rest with them. ] did not fear much
from such threats. and Immediately coincided
with the opinion.
Nex- he changed his commentaries to the
ilr., eAodus' 2nd morsiiaed upon LnCy,s dtadi
found that he had learned she could read. She
had been reading aFrench paper. and one of the
iirEad bet 1 ,%ao iHa the leaves a I"s q r. nq Book w and bro SvG1i
"""I'IibeS ,ho,'" he exclMmfd. II the book want
the writing was a half-do3 In pages Of the trans.
he added
could have taught her Ia translate Greek, when
she uur-ed Inn through the smallpox. do you?'
A. this ! laughed.
Dick, could you go from A re 10 Xenophon
in six weekS:" replied. Well. no, he could not.
"ldoutknow who could. ." said he, but there is
one Of the old mans niggers who can translate
More than likely the translation was left by
some of your schoolmates when visiting you'll
replied
had had that translation. IL would have passed
around the class until il was thumbed, finger
worn and illegIble." answered Dick. That
girl never went with the rest, rs a mystery"
succeeded in changing the subject. for ! did
not want too many falsehoods 10 answer for
Dick was not very dangerous. but the Wills
brothers were ener getiC, and II on tho right
scent would push through and make a thor
ough search.
Their firm belief was that the captain Of the
brig WAS IN the scheme.
James was really glad the Oboe man was
gone, and ! think his pleasure al Dawes dis
appearance more, than compensated Tor the
Chagrln he felt at the loss of the other negroes.
RAYMOND was in New orleans and Knew
nothing about the affair.
We were logging along slowly. when We
In. They burst upon us at full sallop. leaving
the road behind them al the rate OF fifteen
miles an hour, Foremost among them was
George Wesner. his horse covered with foam
Whoa. " they yelled in concert. and George
brought his mustang 10 his launches by a
vicious ting Of the spanish BIT.
What's up?" What have You shut up shop
for. George? Some one murdered?- cried ].
Murdered" cried Hen Chapman Zone Of the
fifteen Of the old mans nlggers gone, all OF
loverly's and five If Harr.son's. a lot from
RaymondS and about every planter around
has lost from two to ten.
tor rs"ys' sad Dick '""'F' y' going and what
To Franklin to search the Yankee vessel
there are no nlggerS there.
What NEXT. them" | asked George. who
was the most eager one Of the crowd. This
all be ruined
Well, !" said Ed Harrison. we better 60
back and start fair. They turned back withus.
Chapman, George WeSner and a Errnchnan by
name Dubois, a careless young fellow. ripe for
any sort, OF fun, who had Joined the party out ~
good will. and who would not 60 two rods into
a swamp for 500 negroes. He was pretty quick
and a good partner in a frolic. but not n very
reliable companLon on a Negro, hunt. Dubois
was only Il years old and had little reverence
for the peculiar Institution" although he
owned a few negroes, but he was such a kind
master that they could not be driven away.
and again, scapegrace as he was. he had free
papers recorded for every ono Of them. valid
in case he should de. He rode up BY my side:
M. Bradley" said he, II these people.
would use their negroes better they wouldn't
run on. ] can pick more cotton and make
more sugar 10 the hand than any man in THIS
section OF the country, and none. oi my negroes
their property, for do not think the example
would be a good one 10 inaugurate. but II Will
not he many years before the whole system
will be blown 10 atoms, II they do not usa their
slaves better, the Northern people are ugly
Again the crowd halted and began another
heated argument some were for continuing
on to the vessel. the others for returning.
George did not express his opinion. or Join in
the Clamor. The corn Juice had circulated
freely, and; 10 use Jack Forrester's express
explosively;" finally they turned their horses
toward home and. with another square drink
all around, gave a Gomanche yell for a pre-
tangs. broke into a wild race for the store.
CHAPTER XIV.
Every road, lane and path leading 10 the ves-
sci would BE- patrolled. and well We knew II.
The magnitude Of this unparalleled robbery
and the astounding assurance Of its authors
had aroused the whole country. so our original
Intentions must he abandoned. Sunday |
visited the brig and talked to the captain.
You must get them 10 the Atachafalaya then:
| came for them ~niRgers," said he. and I'm
going 70 have EN-. can't you cross the Tache
and hide them here around the Grand
Lake; I'll lay the brig down the bay and run
a boat NJ there
captain. said ], go ashore and ride back
with me
The captain hired a pony and rode back TO
the store with me.
our original plan had been 70 take the ne
groes 70 the brig by boat or 10 TAX" them by
night down some Of tho byroads. and across
one Of the numerous bridges that SPAWNED the
TAche We now saw that this project was des-
tined 10 be- a mlserabl" failure and would nm
douhtedly hang Ms both. II even attempted.
The captain heard mlr plans and iminedi-
ately pronounced them quixotic in the eytreme.
I'm afraid, gentlemen, you are in a bad fix,
hui, We wont despair until the moose is around
our n"Ck-. Have You a chart or map Of this
country?
We did have one and George brought II out.
pointing ont the locations.
can you make n course from here and mp
around, then across the TeChe and make the
AtChafalnya waters AZ Grand lake. tell me?"
George. who had followed the sweep Of the
captains Iencil, thought we could. and that il
would take about ton days. or rather nights, TO
make the circuit.
III l. all We can do" I replied,
Now" said Capt, Harris. Il have some re-
mfrs 10 make on my vessel, and will lie here ma