The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-13

= "a %. .ff~ 70 'N
r,, no sr'rjonent FOR a number OF miles
=, mo wa.' stretched n forest. W" hNn n So
.-s spe',,r about q mile from 'h" oaF"l' anu
,,l r.pu. perfectly secure "lId 'nr-
~, ,,j Hoo wers plenty, and VI" river. not "A
40 away ,vtrmci with hsh. The weather
90. 40 ,hr'll. ard for a week We STAYED nero
.o4 -e.,nd T. WIS a prolonged picnic and !
,oys- er,oyei mvself norethan ] dld mar week
r,-, hspi-Noi hv shre~ force Of Will, ana en-
., u,.afN 'N tho rc-t, listening 10 the plan
:. M stories aui songs
,-,4 ,l,.s ps,u. think and fee deeply.
,.o, ,.s brute. among them. ve' there are true
teI-'.drt br'v"
,r,tr-, mI,. nave an cnd. and 60 did our
,.,l, Va Vnro soon M again on our toll
...ots.tsp up tho stream II was night vov-
,,,. rov afea days, until we got above the
COL. ,,q,.l ror: ,hr roI'r. then agaln We could
T.. tf nav CATION
,1yr' -ln,n' llNn 10 We entered tho bayou
rlrrrion. .oti"l and ready for IN" vov-
A., W. tp.nl for Hfteon DAYS and NJ length,
90 morning Of Juno lI We were within ton miles
or,b, 4, INST. where We must cross and enter
tho Wq,a e yo- caute, aNi a. wa-no' very we'll
4 Ti 0'l Wa - NiNI-h'''U' W. l''~'' wv
Pee, ,-r n hy daylight in the nresenca ~ the
srarr.
N,s' o. ne dav We sornt in dragging our
h,l,. ore. ipr''l;A bo'N AN the landing place
or t.obl,oIau militia Nrktn a. River. This was
rrtr l,nuol she'd, although II was nearly
m,-1.ns ho'o~" we wore well over, A. the carry
va, m1itv and The trail fun of fallen trees
ya,1ng1r enough went to M" bank 70 take
sIr,iE'0'r'va iNa Wat"r was a. q fair pitch
sni no' ya-v mIiiv Most Of nv ANXIETY cen-
,-st m he White River We could cross the \r-
st7.l. without interruption. but whom We came
- p,tte n he White River past plantations
ari .s'.'I ,pi- q look"l y little hazardous
Hoaayer 'Ne-e va. no alternative but to try ~.
: W lay dormant all day on the banks
o' fla trkap~g> About g = VI We showed
~ boldly AMI shaped our course for the mouth
o''t" Waite River chute BY dark We were we'll
ioNr ant ~ ; VI our canoes were
cushing heir noses lntothe chute q little pas
sage from pno stream TO anoth"r
Ne passed The town of White River and tho
'ow plantations scattered along ia. bank. and
NJ dllllgh' w had made twenty mile. of the
most dangerous portion and were camped for
'h' day = few mlle~ from the east bank
was sound asleep, 10y IA" sun ~ va. near
p NJ. when a startled exclamation
lnmIel Mason. WIT wa- on watch. brought
~ 10 my feet. Not twenty feet from me-. rife
o. hand. stoodtwo men. Arkansas wa- stamped
a." ,nrn ~ nmrr r'nr 10.
ng the naNt moment Wa d> calm and cool
J., am now realized that v" were in danger
so u,or, 'nn d,,,s ,"ndd lm"jL -
one Of thom smoke 'phII born a h5na1l,
or ns'
%. no.. / think not said / coming onward.
.or those folk, have boon m nv nnssossion
rhrra week,
For tL, Ar, time ,bay uor,c,d tb,, I uas =,
man. and their cnuntanancn, relI
40. not This tlmr. said /. laughing
Who mont Won bn now rriod phiI ieoLirr
A. me I hrlieve Won are a 'li,hionisi
'Hio. and ave l|nggluy these men on 10
Illinois nr New York. ma, be 10 Capad, for
NJ know
Who might I boz said slowly. for know
bare was trouble comluy tho appearnnca Of
nv amlablr crowd saving MAINLY a, nnssihlo
swami, There Na- an ar of swami in thor
and in their clothes their vrrywool snvored
y N. -rortonwond and cynress vhiIs an
lu , n the " ili,rna,s would dastroy any ni1E
Hopsarancp. knew that air. wnlld
bot d. ill-t there.
-'parfl ns mn In, from, Lar-,ay' or,in 80,
vred phH =" '"-
Ignoring the negroes os or M acc,,,,
'.a, both kept thor eyes fastened ON mo ZION,
In, moment they perceived was whito ~
Lem and Obed wer, creeping slowly be-
md them The stranger called Phil CON
IlIOl,ly fingered tho trigger OF his rife With
1s na , eye- never Tor an instant waverirg
~. thor steady star. M n. v,a,rbnd me-
MOTIONS. 10y
'kaasa,, Kan.a, " repeatnd I SLOWLY .I,.,
Oh,d s,umblad 4, ill.,, uni.a pt,I's ''
or an instant loft mine he had last r.rkad
r~avoIyars from my h.lt ami cn,.nrsd 49,"
Hands AZ. my ads have The dron "a" ~
spoke slowly, blt not very loud hut the
oI', sIlsat. forCihl- argument vas eYnrtiya IL
Arkansas nav. vent intr t6s ar NJ
Ea NM d-,pued from PIN. hand a. no ~.
AIMED Dnwnad II, -ucker" in .yid,n,
,Il,.o1 n my supposed Ilinoi. origin w
'hnm and tnsy were .arirely H,,,nd u u"m
trnuh,, enough What shnuld a.. a., IN,
Dr capriv,s, Il wa. innn..ihl. ~ Iepvn tGsmmm
10 stlrye. We did not wish ~ commit delib,ratn
and could NOT uo..ihly ,nl, ,Istn IN
- Finally ,ho,,ph, of tL. nnr ,"'nl "nn
short of dsoth and hird,r H.. ,V"su'
W carried rharu To- ~ I'D wn,d nnrm. ",',
miles below and ned tbom tn n ,rce Idyyti',"
tA5ym Nh Nh" a.snr 4p aI ISai ono ,s' mI;
'nAy ra-,ai q counIa" or ni.lb,. Mr. 'IEar f
bang nort'"d. the fir,t steamer taxing no No.
Ina ~ thair erie. ~ "' "'
4 dark N. ,.,f, .,,r,,d no,da,. Of,
to IN rs1-, m, 4 -tanrr h'tu.c. ~ o "rI
selves and the prisoner. 4, do, rght r ~,
r'ralns W warr ~ hast tairr, live milo. nm
No river AID again encamnad tnr ,hs daH ~
n ndir'o" - srrtel. n,"n ~ u'l ~
hounds. alligator. sWarun ,,,.o' - "',"uI
A~rkau~l, p,ka. '" s,v unibinw "T srn iiddor
and tho N'rlkipas Vlrrinr. ~" moi annihcr
'hqr nearly frigb,a,.d ,ha "mnnn..mI
20 dealt and gave mo ,G., ", W, n"Hr"'>
The uay' morning Altar lawn a., hh a
a' We cacquoad hesidn ,he ny onr In.S"n,
ma banks wnra high VI. dragged "nr Th"",,-
mo 'h' wood, and going n'rk . vhn AZ
'aac, from ,he ba,r IN n,ch = NOR II>-
About d. O'clock in I'M. o,ternoon RPtn,rs
cane the mosr unpsrrhIy 81 Fgr""r,, , ,i%nn ,a"ir
o' Is on- prolonged shrisL" ri.ing iii,
~ bowling Il me Wini ,Grn,nn u t>int I'M
NJ a ship and tvi,y ' ~" ,"'It,S. ,hr 'prhhEr
4 child ! nas lyrny on ms, hart nHo,,, n,
t.fh', una,1rbiy XII pars aT'm maIt
Ne 'rae' i, brought me 10 my iroi '"I'I Gsdt
'ArrSed rbsy ne t"o n,,nI' I1I nrGro"; wrr"
u punish rhem for runni,r a y, W." '""o