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ment he writhed In agony and In another lay
dead at the feet Of the negro.
We bound up the wound In Pharo's arm,
removed tho panther's skin and continued
our journey. taking The skin with Us az a trophy
CHAPTER MI.

CHAPTER vi.
Two weeks later W. arrived at Bradley
Yard. II was night When ". reached ths house
before Us, >lninmerins IN tie moonlight, rolled
N" broad Mississippi. NV disky traveller
shouted with 10y AZ the sight Of the great Wa.
t"rs. for the darkest portion OF their journey
had ended. intended 10 take the first Louis
yhIe freight boat, on which would be few pas
~rigprS except ourselves.
Monday morning went below TO Ban
ier,s landing, arranging with Moore 10 sIgnaI
10 hun # all was right, waited n day or two
luulsvIll" steamer lthe James Tucker came
along. Nh" was about what | wanted, so 1
stepped on board When, We arrived AT the
woodward Moore wa- a, he landing with tie
negrO"~, he delivered them. o.tentatiously
taxing my %rro"lpts, and We were on. II was sell
dom that u party of negroes were carried
North. and | rN rectrd some questions would
b. asked, but there we're none. SO ! kept quiet,
volunteering no Information. had arranged
with Moore that he should take the next pas
o"ugrr steamer that came along, land AT Cairo
and there max" arrangements to seCrere our
propI" now numbering 'h,r,e"n) un',i we
tons ,w"r" 'o telegraph 10 Mr. Entwissl" at
New York.
Thu neNi dav the magnificent steamer
boat. but touched at Cairo. Moore sal on
deck, smoking seranelr. As tho boat passed,
his face, " abou, all the passengerSs hailed
rs with some badinage. he cried out, All right,
old fellow, III meet YOU a. Cairo
NO questions were asked me on board the
steamer. There, were few TO ask them. as
W" wer" IN" only passengers. smoked and
read most of the time until We arrived u, Cairo.
was 2 O'Clock in The morning when We made
fast alongside the wharfboat. quietly mus
tered my parry walked ashorc chattei
with tho captain n while. and told him that
| should take = ~. Louis steamer from there.
Moore was waiting with q covered wagon;
Into this he hurried the whole party, jumped
on the seat. and. taking the reins. urged the
horse az II rafting rate through the black
mud of the prairie road. A. q O'clock we
brought up ~ George tiIlott's ,,Entwissl"'s
.tFNnf Ia AhntN AtAAr. Nxn lar IN lD-
port W" her" found the most perfect ar,
engagements. one hundred per~ons could
detectives would search TOR them in vain.
The house = bulit AT the foot of a long swell
that rises 80 gradually from the smooth level as
To hn InnutlCed 10y the casual observer This
swell i covered by a growth Of oak. chestnut and
walnut trees, that elliott had set ont on taking
possession of the claim.
The hill l. eNCaNHted and ~ 4 n room 2nNn
and at east \ feet high i constructed.
ventilated by an ingenious arrangement, of
logs bored and so cu' a. To Represent hollow
stlmp~ a very wise deCeutlon IN case N" woods
were scrutini2ed too closely. \ pip. run
niug under IN" ground communicated with
his kitchen chimney and tn" smoke from the
chimney can attract no attention.. me en-
trance 10 this room, Is through tho Kitchen
carefully hidden from observation. Their" l.
n mode Of egre~s never used except In cases
of cn,erEcncv, and known only to elliott, where,
by the OCCUPANTS could escape ~ the rear OF
m" cave Iin~ room was constructed ~ w"
v6rkmon from New York. Three months
w,re spent In it, construction. tho earth from
~" nVcal alton being evenly distribute! along
the road running past the house. tlllntt IN
formed me that he had a, on" time a parry "'
negroes concealed for three weeks.
The house has been watched by the SherlNs:
IA fact. tlllott = always under Suspicion.
" on" time = negr" was soon 10 enter me
house Two days later N" plgcc was ,%~earch"d
by ~" SH"rf, from taro. aided 10y w." "Nr"r
nC the negrpc. Finding nothing ih"v l"lt
hlt thor presence had taught elliott 70 he
careful and IA" all" watched T"" ~ thelr
ngW yas in d fTS wood. "g abo a"H ,b c"b boT.H '0"'''
"rh">" TWO were nevcr lost. sight Of either
elliott or h~ mon always ~hadoWlng, mem IN
- the last negro had been onynggl"d away
Everything wen, on about the farm a. usual;
the slaves were taken care of. elliott has
been searched n number Of times hu' besides
The furniture nothing NOR" -llsuiCl"liN Than the
bare walls or an Illuul- Kitchen oyer rewarded
the oNort> Of the Sr"r,N, The depot of tho I
q \ Il remains undiscovered
Mr. fniNiSS'p was 10 have been here
before We arrived. but Wa d''ayrd one day
When h" did come and had seen and talked with
tho r~c'lgoe> he wa. evidently satisfied he PAID
over Tho mpnov md congratulated mn" uron M"
~uccr~~'ul ,~Sue OF my ,chsu" but Thought ""
had both run . Er"a' risk, Well - cd H.
Y had my plans for IIIcy's future before
Mr. elliott. and ~hr re"ommended that first
should place her in The hands Of q dreN~maker,
a., however becoming her plantation ward
robe might be IN NV owes. II would attract
uriu" attention AZ y aides boarding school
Yielding to my solicitations Mrs. elliott agreed
10 accompany rs 10 Chicago and select u prorer
outfit. bAdn n long farewell 10 the rest IL the
| party. leaving them with elliott, unon whom
AL reSNonsibllity now rested and started the
next day with Iucy and Mrs. elliott for Chicago.
ldlrN was. by the way, arraN"d, IN "A very 10,
coming suit belonging to that lady. We did
not venture 70 take tn" tram AT caro-, hlt
rode TO a station twenty miles beyond, Nr.
| elliott drove ~ over. and W. arrived an hour
| before train time
As the train drew near I felt apnrehcnsivp
| that there IN Ight be- some nIted States officer
aboard who would suspect rs, but if such a
person was on board, "" did not attract his
notice, and sank into the ear seat n unno,l"ed
a. the other passengers.
MR.. elliott entered first. Iucv followed,
brought M the rear. clltrhing the butt OF my
0-shooter and seating myself belindth the two
women. ILlcv. who Jaw y railroad for the first
time. showed no signs of CURIOSITY. earnestly
calng AZ the scenery a We rolled along.
We arrived At Chicago without mishar,
| remained there for a week. and when ] LEFT
for Boston was accomranl"d br Il lady artaved
II one of III" most fa-hlopable travelling suits
Gus travelling bags filed one of the largest
trunks that chicago could produce.
We arrived IN Boston, Jaw Bunker Hi and
heard Wendell Phillips lecture. whereupon I
mad" M NV mind thar was the better aho'i-
ZIONIST Of the two. | placed Lucy AZ school in
Andover and now am here for the next move,
CHAPTER XIII
We were we'll satisfied with orr first venture
and determined 10 make another. The excite
ment arising from the escape Of 'overley's
negroes had abaied aud was almost forgotten
nN the time itpUrEp EOI Ddtk nome. "
was rarely spoken ot, people generally cane
Ia the CONCLUSION that the runaWHNs had per
ished IN the swamps. No man -Isp"ct"d rs
W. moved tmong our uelehhors that their
Comuanion- and friends were two pad agents
of the [ nder Ground Railroad
Lucy was free and G"orge was happy he
was a silent man, seldom mentioning her
name. aud asked no questions regarding
her. knew he wrote her long letters under
cover Of SOM" person in Philadelphia tie
never wrote to him IN rerlv.
Bu-in-s- wa- good with us; W. had the con
hdnuce or the surrounding population md
dealt heavily IN cotton. sugar W" seldom med
died with. II was my turn To take the next lot 20
the north. George had arranged with Nasor 10
b. M the rendezvous the 3lSt Of August, and
had written Moore Ia start Obed along
We grew holder ne time passed and We re-
NAMED unsupported. Night after night when
business was over We discussed ways and
means, Another expedition bv III" water
ways back Of the leyee~ was impracticable
the water was too low In fact, many of the
littl" Cu'-ors and streams "" had used were
now drv.
II was our intention 20 take a large number
and try 4 different route Like most speCula- |
tor-. we grew holder with success.
Bra-hear city l. situated al the mouth %
terminus ~ the New Orleans and OpnlouSaS
railroad. This road connected with a line Of
steamers for Galveston and western Texas,
TIA" president Of III" road had boon north dur
iuy the Num0ler and purchased \ lot of iron
and other railroad material. do not remeIn- |
her th' quantity. bat the cargo was to he dis
charged AZ Bra~h"ar city. An extension or
this road was IN process of construction along |
the west bank ~ the reche toward Op"lousas.