The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
1HE PATH BEYOND the lEvEE.
NJ ?. A. CUMMINGS.
n,u,,sn. 1900, BY S. s. Mcclure Co
NJ PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

.,xopsis OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
before the outbreak Of the Civil War.
,o1, ., adventure; haied o, ,s,g' led me- Charles
p nmg a civil engineer. Of Atlakapas county: i 1nss
senss, % eecon, an agen, o. , y H. smalIpoS by
s.yy,ooSnns IL discovered i.c,, Which p.Sv.d, H hs' m lIcS
:. VI" s sps progressed well until coverly pro.
idlos% e .lI Iucy 10 his son and refused 10 sell nst
Esny on. ''s .,, T Tssg and wen, 70 New York % al:
%nrS sitS ID. Anti slavery society 10, ,hs care o %, s sns
s.ts We could ot'Ts xsi'H with my woody.Id sew
o. ins ,1 ..u NO. The river as the main station and hld,ns
sIssi 4, HON. We ss uR a ssne NAMES ms't ,hs Srs,
uorr 20 atu starts Sorih with ten OF Coverly's slaves.
tluSinc Lucy, The venture Is suec IN NV NTork
ni St.y v, lncy In school at Andover .st chaiSs
sna ~cord raid Disguised as 9 pedlet ! see SnI
ssrsng, with some Of NE Raymcna nesfo rsp Is ,sre.
sseape ,o,s,h.r and after great trouble ana many
,s,,os escapes. We ship ,h.m NoIta oS s ,S. Ss
.t e. o., "a i, ,se w IanmSn plantation is our mrs, OBJ
teti7'
CHAPTER XVII.
We kept in the swamp unul nishuan aha tneh
.,,oly rode home. About 8 ?. NJ. the next
r,o,day an old man. seated In a duS-out. was
adding slowly by LanmM's place. The ola
,.nor's hair was long. the corners OF his mouth
t.d the Characteristic tobacco stain OF the poor
-,,ss Altogether he was a perfect speci-
-, ~ the clayeaters. That he was fishing. a
ar c,tash IN his canoe bore witness.
Wearing the shore. the old fellow prepared to
..daIs HE canoe 10 the landing and haul her up a
,.r nsces just then a white man came loun1ine
- tho shore-one Of those lone-limbed.
,,,,e,n-isved fierce looking chaps who had
-. 4 ,zfnr FROM, tho pnVAY Mis-
.ssi,,j and picked No the congenial employ
mon, of driving nlegers. Attakapas was iui
:, srcb cat,le ore scarcely knew from whence
,bey came or whittier they went. ms man
had been n longtime resident at lanmanls'
ard vas veil known TO our fishermen. lie was
TOO sharn and shrawd 10 be easily dnTed lie
MAS larman's overseer. and answered to the
rars NJ Prentice. NGeorGa Wesner had feared
any man living. when he landed AT lanman's.
dsrrs.d a. n fisherman, he would have
.hun,ed Prentice. but he did not reposed SUI
r,sre confidence in his disguise and trusted
upHc,rly in rs perfect appointments. a ms
take that proved fatal 10 one man ana came
very near involving our niue schetle III rum
INil let George tell his own story:
4 aid not contemplate landing just then. out
os .av Prentice walking IN the levee | tholght
that hesitation on my gar n ~ DIVA a,o shls H ,S
lew him but in nv opinion Of Prentice | was
mistaken He had in his Younger Gays been
sryer pirate, and was an adept az al dlsgulses.
Nhen i landed | had sprung lightly IRON me
capoe-a great mistake, and out OF keeping
with ms lnake-up. Like a fash his cold gray
eve covered me. | knew AZ the same lhstnat
tina, my case was desperate and ] was >u--
rected. bu, Aid not think that he saw George
Meener n the disguised fisherman
II hauled the canoe out IA bit, 10 keep her
from drifting eway, and salntered np 10 MN
I'm n..-, aSharpNup His annpaTADlP WAS
far from afablc. and glanced around 70 see II
any persons were observing ". lnckily there
was no one within hearing the field was clear
Might I sell you a few ti.hf' said L.
~" want no Ash he replied with a grow.
Win, id impudence brings YOU here?' Look
ing as unconcerned and ignorant as possible,
! tepne his time i was moving quietly toward
the quarters which were back. Of the leree and
a little to the rear and left. OF the great mouse
where L.anman himself resided lahinan W VA
M New Orleans: this knew. and decided 10 XIII
Prentice, should he recognize me, Unless some
stroke OF good fortune should intervene |
knew in event OF a trial Of strength he must go
10 the wall. ! dared not turn my back 70 nm
for knew he always carried "A siX-shooter,
"As we entered a thicket Of oak near the quar-
ters Prentice spoke. 'Wesner, d n YOU ] know
YOU the game is w. the coon Is ueeu you W.
s"I APPEARED not TO hear him, but | did hear
the ominouS chcS Of his revolver a. ne drew
o'SS'Hs,op' he imperatively ordered. You are
ro,,n more 10 m. alive than dead. throw up
YOU hand, Imam instant 7 faced him. to.
gether We fred. his bullet grazed my shoulder;
shot 10 XIII and az the discharge of my pistol
he Iay dead in the road felt no sting OF con;
science, but dragged him INTO the bushes ana
left him until | had made arrangements with
Ian, wife
II wen, traight TO the quarters and found her.
In ten minutes We had made all the tax neces-
earv Tomorrow night there will be I'VE OF
them wa,ing for MS AT the mouth Of the creek,
,ns above smiths landing Jim's wife and
.sr,a, md ,hr.. o,har Urls Ave women.
'!Rr, Nv ~. the devils own load. but / think
ue vii 20 through aIl right. though we are
not ou,,a ready. We must start before Prem
tca hodv j. disco yerad
George said I We are in a tight place.
IL or sink /, in the creek We must also bring
The women To the rendezvous. If Prentice is
found sho, through the heart and the girls
gone there viii be a Robbery klcked up in this
sert,on that NIL llasp a wear. if he is moi found.
their disappearauCe will be associated with his.
and the hunt will be made now. | am sorry
You were obliged TO shoot him, but he would
have died with MS boots on any way. The
scoundral has killed three men to my knowl-
sdgs nigyers Nt ,r,e neither YOU nor |
know how many Shit, mon have gone down
Don't she'd tears over hun. i wish there were
two Of him we'll bury him first, then moralize
aftorward
That night We took our canoe, went To Lam
man found Prentice body and before mid
ngN, ad him decen,ly buried Thence We pro-
ceaded 10 smiths creek. got the girls and az 10
O'Clock the ne1t dav they were at the rendez-
usual TIa"a OF hustnes.
sunday a, church the people were terribly
e1cHai prnr,ica had gone md iaken 1--WE women
be,ooc ng 10 h- employer. IL must have been
10 Woo stole Cnyeriy'- people and had done
Az w., mischief Innman offered $500 reward
10 I'm le,d ar Iva other nIanters added
10 II un,i When Inc bilIs were put w. there