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ress. He did not hesitate.

TO hide me until night, at least; III
pay you well for it"
The old woman took him into a low,
dark loft, going through very small
trapdoor, and covered him with some
refuse cotton which she had stored
there, and as she was doing this she
said:
Honey. Use takin' a powahful risk
70 you; eff dey finds you dey'l jis nat
ally lam de life outen 20 ole aunU (;
but youse de bawn image OF my young
massa dat died when I was q gyrul,
YOU talks jis' LAX him, an I'm boun' to
hep you out eff it's in de wood to do It.
Now 20 tls lay low an keep quiet; no
mattah what yo' heahs, don't yo' come
out ontil youse onkivered, an il yo
does come out, yo' come a-shootin', be-
kaise yous sh' to be killed eff dey
kotches 20 and 20 might jis' as well
take a few of 'em wild you as to go
over de river by yo' lone ser. Don't
yo' fergit 1t, honey, come a-shootln'."
All that day Dave lay In his narrow
quarters, suffering intensely from the
heat, He saw and heard parties pass,
and heard some of them question the
old negress, but none of them entered
the cabin. 1t seemed to him all of
them knew her, and none had a suspi-
clon she would shelter an escaped pris-
oner. This last party he saw, through
the chlnks in the clapboards. was re
turning toward AndersoEville; he
could bear the soldiers talking as they
passed. and he heard some of them say
they believed they were on the wrong
track, and that he had gone In differ
ent direction.
About 10 O'Clock, the old negress
whose name, she told him, was Phyllis,
came up and told him he had better
get out, as If the search should be re-
newed the next day he might be dis
covered, to his destruction and to her
ruin. When he came down she told
him to wash his face, neck, hands and
arms in a basin of some fluid which
she set before him, cautioning him al
the same thAe not TO allow it TO get
Into his eyes. and telling him 1t would
make his skin darker in color. She
also gave him other clothes and a diff
ferent hat, aud at last handed him {
small bottle. saying:
Honey, dis yer bottle am full o. rel
pepper; keep 1t dry, an cf yo' fine da
de hloodhoun's am after you, before
dey comes In sight OF yo', sprinkle
some of it in 20 tracks, an when de,
shifts dat ar stuff into der noses 1t an
all up wild dem houn's TO dat day
Don't yo' fergit to remember what 20
ole aunty am a-tellin' 70.
She gaxe him the first fun meal h
had had for months, aud another tie,
up in a red handkerchief, and drec
lions TO certain negro living abou
twenty miles away. Dave gave her on
hundred dollars in Confederate money
she refused greenbacks, saying II sh
were seen with Yankee currency In he
| possession she would be compelled I
explain how she got II, and it woul
cause her much trouble to do so.
Dave left the cabin and walked a
! the rest of the night, at length raacl
! ing the cabin OF the negro to whoI
Aunt Phyllis had sent him. Here h
was treated kindly, remained two day
and nights, and the negro went wit
him during part OF the day on whic
be resumed his Journey, at length tur1
ing him over to an old negro with Il
but before he left the cabin OF the fol
mer negro he was again directed I
wash in fluid of similar appearance
to that which he had used IN Ann
Phyllis cabin.
Without entering into a circumstar
tial detail of his journey, 1t will b
sufficient TO say that, with the help o
the negroes. who everywhere we.-
kind. reliable and Trustworthy, read
to share their humble cabins and thei
food with him, Dave at last reaches
the lines of the Federal army, and b
has been heard to say that never il
his life did he feel so thankful as h.
did when he saw the Stars aud Stripe
floating In the heavens, found his owl
regiment, reported himself as pria
oner escaped from Andersonville, ant
received furlough Of sixty days ant
transportation to his home In Missouri
At the end of the period Of his fur
Tough he returned to his regiment ant
served out his time Of enlistment, an,
when the war was over year or NOR,
he went back 10 Andersonyiile ant
found old Aunt Phyllis, whom he per
suaded to return with him to his owl
home. where he provided for her nj
though she had been his mother, AM
when she died In 1882, she had fioos
Of tears wept over her by Dawes who'll
family. aud he himself, strong man al
he was, wcpt az though she had beer
his nearest relative and there in
little graveyard they don't call then
cemeteries out there-she reste beneath
beautiful little granite Shaft OF
whose base Is Inscribed 'Sacrtd to tin