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and giving my horse the rein and a touch with
tho spur. reached the edge OF the prairie
These Louisiana prairies are generally OF
small extent. perhaps four or ten miles across.
and usually bordered by "a bayou or swamp,
GtS GARDEN Of t SG,h' b %na ho 2l, "niti va .SI"'' us "'
Before and around me. lay thousands OF
acres of virgin 4oiI drank in the fresh morn
,ns ar anod a. a thirty mn ,na n1llo M"yi ea pure wafer
Bulwer's Paul clifford was. uprermost in
my thoughts. and ! imagined George and my
sell, u brace Of modern heroes CONSCIENCE
said. You THscals. you are only n couple OF
nlgger Stcaler-!"
I had ridden perhaps two or three miles
when saw approaching me from !h" dlreG-
a party of horesmen Perry's Slough lay
AZ the left of Covrrly's. and the swamp that
tIie slough ended in was at Least sisreen miles les
fond with the fuEItiveS ms swamp was
u general refuge for runawayS, and as 1t led
70 nowhere, when on" Of ihr uiiortlnates 20,
into ito use the expressive vernacular or
Attakapas he was there for sure
1t was an impossibllity for him to escape
upon the bayou, and should he make the at
hound soon pulled the poor wretch down.
stopped my horse aud waited the approach
OF the party Foremost rode, DICK, toyerly.
rode np 10 him and extended my, hand; FOR
had no quarrel with him, and did not think
II policy 10 pick IN WeSner's. even, II ! felt
SO Inclined Dick accosted me very pleasantly,
Good morning, Dick What news from
the runaways? Are you on the trail?."
Yes they are evidently in Perry's swamp
What makes You think SOP"
Well, that's where they oil go, We fol-
lowed the mules and found all OF them inside
Of three miles from the slough. When they
left the mules they must have taken TO the
swamp"
What do you propose TO do, -,
Leave them there for a while and they VIII
he glad To come ont. for II Il NOT NprN pleasant
even for a Niger To starve. as they will surely
DO n they stay there. The worst trouble y.
Obliged to buy or hire more help We have
pretty much made M our minds 10 buy, then
catch these and sell them. That will teach
agreed fully with Dick Coverly in this mat
ter, coming to the conclusion that as long as
his money held out TO buy negroes, ours would
hold out 10 steal them. rode back TO tho
store, the hunt being indefinitely postponed.
CHAPTER ~.
The winter dragged itself into spring before
our preparations for flight were complete.
March ~ came slowly along; for two weeks
the weather had been rainy and foggy, the
damp. air from the Gulf drifting IN upon Us,
varied by an occasional visit Of miasma from
the overlooking swainps and lagoons of the
mighty waters north; Our prairie roads were
knee deep with the black mud OF south western
Louisiana. II was an uncommonly wet and
cold spring for our climate. where frost Is sell
dom seen.
on iusl.iNrs IN tne swamp We ~ y. aonr
u i",,sc "it ,nsnt GU s hnd .,raraJ
or,en.nS my wire ta'e, ~ ~ a 800 49,
az anu ,moH tuusn,' nv ur rG CC o "a
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;;hg',clu sonnu'mct III i'nine' m W Laar ~ it,,nn
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ba ~ . Tiainad o,.er, Nh" ,Lat circ,,nis,anras
mic, ,daIIar rHi,,N 5000 mi dota and 70 Rave
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10 s,nrt ior ,be suan,,s were mil and every
II,,ia ho,,nn,, =, rivor and hnot navipaiinn was
iyoiy ems, ""' '""' ~
TIA niyht IF tho 18th wos dark and rainy.
Tho cIo,rds wern Lou "a, IN tha heavens and
IL, IIarG ~, 80 ,i,n t,nsb ~ ghtring