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able to know that at that nrofnexit uoue
of it roaohed rise. Clasping one terpi,
about the large limb: for steadiness, 1
rose to the upright posture, so0loae note
to the farther bank thht it was au easy
leap to reach. IL .tetauding thus, secure
for the moment from detection, Z turned
my* head and peered into the derltuess
Which lead just been placed bellied me.
"I've been. mighty hooky so far," 1
muttered. "I shouldn't be surprised if
those three fellows worn near the base
of that tree"---
By
ree"+-,.By heavens, ISvasrigbtl The thought
bpd ltitrdly time to freine itself when
the crackling of a twig told that my
pursuers had reached the very spot.
Had •there been aey doubt a the fact it,
was removed by a voice wJ iob I recog-
nized as, that of the grind and terrible
Cly Walters:
"He wars heading thin way when we
last heerd him,"
His gruff tones were in co low a key
that but for the profound stillness 1
Should not have caught the words, ,Al-
though aware of the exaot.point.whouce
the sound issued, I could not scel him
nor either of his companions.
"1 wonder if he crossed on that tree,"
remarked another, though, I was not
sufficiently familiar with the voice to
identify the speaker.
"It would be just like hien. Hank
knows °very turning of the swamp."
"And that's just why he wouldn't
climb aver here," added Cy.
"Why not?"
" 'Crease be knows he wouldn't gain
nothing by it,"
"He'd gain as mach as by going
anywltero else,"
° i "A couple of us oughter feller and
(;Hnd out,'" observed a man who, I sus.
rioted, was the owner of the defunct
bloodhound, a suspicion that was con-
'need by his addendum:
'. "I'd rather he'd stole >11 the horses
In Mississippi: than to shoat tffank ,Beyer has got to Mettle withyno
or that."
"If you wantor, you kin foliar hire
over that tree;" said Cy. Xt may be
t "tank was fool enough to try : it, but ,!
Amble and lee 'will push things on this
side of the creek,"
i ""It's •a good ides anyway for es to
divide. Some one will be sure to run
ag'in the scamp and have it oat with
i kiln," •
And with this reasonable remark the
owner of the lamented dog stepped upon 'v
the horizontal tr'uilk and began moving u
toward ine, crouching ,among the limbs
a few paces away, with the immovable
, conviction that matters were growing.
=tore interesting with each passing.
11innte,
few .minutes ago,"
Wormwood and gall must have been
hie reilectious' at that moment, but
there was no help for it,
My dread was that Oy Waiters end
Archie Hunter, being st;, ,near, would
have their.enopioioua roused mud hurry
back to the spot, in wleith event lay
own situation would be anything but
enviable. I had formed my plan and
now carried it out.
Nothing was heard of the couple who
wore threading their way up the back
ill 'dip 'e4ter.
u^
`"11 tiont
speak or move, Mali bore you
throat/he"
and must have already^' attained consid-
erable clistauce. Every second was of
value, and my scheme was to hold my
captive silent and motionless -until the
danger of interference on the part of his
friends wasat-the rniuimunt,.
I expected my man to say something,
but he remained mute, Probably he
was in the situation of the one who
.,,opt his lips: sealed because of his in
ability to do jastioe to' his feelings. He
had straightened up, and his pose must
have been irksome With the weight of
the .gun in one of his hands. '
"Drop that Winchester," was' my
next command, "and do it quick t"
It would have been unjust to accuse
him of sluggishness, far luny words were
scarcely uttered when tlie,rifie splashed
into the water and sank 'from:. sight.
Beyond question that particular indi-
ideal had met .with adversity that
ight, for his choice bloodhound and
most valuable weapon were irreeovera•
ly gone.
tel have a great mind to shoot you as
t is," 1 added, careful to modulate my
oice 'to ito most impressive base.
`Dotl'biltove hand or limb until I give
erxvission.!'
"Who the -- is doing so?".
My man bad found his vaiee at last.
"And don't speak another weed if
ou want to save your worthless life."
"Who the"—
He decoked himself abruptly, at rare
hat he was violating orders.
Having transfixed .him, so to speak, I
ow roeeec
el
to carry
out the rest st
o
f
he scheme I had formulated. That was
d withdraw from the daugorous spot
mahout his knowledge. Ho was go
freoteally eowed that he' was likely to
exnain passive for a considerable time,
ovided I succeeded in my effort.
Before mtikdng the attempt I spoke:
"Toler right hand is drooping. C1.
ith ill"
He obeyed so promptly that I smiled.
hoeing tiny revolver into my hip pock -
,.1 noiselessly faced the other way,
ail
gently parting the bushes in front,
be
a stealthy withdrawal. So care-
lly' did I 'Work that when x had tic-
oulplished a dozen steps I was coed-.
nt a listening fawn would not have
en alarmed.
It would be interesting to know how
ng' that individual .hold .Ilio place on
o trunlz or the tree. It nay have boon
or 15 minutes or a good deal longer.
ossibly despite may* care he tlitteovered
hat 1 was doing and "hurriedly with-
ew to join his companions, At any
te, I acted upon the theory that 'such
as the fact.
Amid thio flurry and contest of wits
e reflection brought me more comfort
an would be suspected'. I had got
e best of three. nyer who had devoted
sir energies to my -undoing. The grins
Walters and his stepson would have
admit to their companions that 1
biped Mit Of the wixxdoev while asep
re on guard, and, as they believed,
thout outside help, while the Man
had put his best bloodhound on thy
it ha
d
lost o the brute tied his Win.
ester, and the three .had nail; licit laid
ad's on me.
lint it Was ao time to felicitate uxy+.
f, four in more then one ✓ease I was ing
t ynt out of the woods. r�i
Soener or litter the latest nnfortuenate "/
the trio Would fiend he �t boldl»g
CHAPTER XII.
Nothing was more pertain thaw if I
remained where I stood for two minutes
• Binger a collision between the than and
t thyself must take piece. Instead of
creeping along the trunk of the tree, as
,'I had done, he walked upright, or rather
'lightly inclined, his head and shoulders
thrown forward like an Indian trailing,
an moray through the woods,
tieing n outside of all
gsh do ,'
a w
and,. in
the full starlight, ho war in plain view,
'while unable to tree nue, though he was
likely to catch sight of my figure with
a step or two farther advance. He car-
ried a Winchester in his right heed, as
if it were a balancing polo, though such
aid was unnecessary. At that critical
Instant I made the mistake of leaping
-erten may peroh to the ground.
The distance -vas 00 short that it was
eiasily acoon pushed, blit the re:navel of
my weight, srrong as was the massive
trunk, gave it nfaiixt, peroepliblo jar, to':
,say nothing. of the slight noise,made by
my feet tee they struck the ground, i.Iy
pursuer noted both and Caine t0 an ab-
rupt britt midway over the natural
,bridge,
Ile did rent speak, bat brought his
title around in front and grasped it
with both '..exit}a, ready to bring it to et
level find fire on the instant. I ought to
have relnainod motionless on any pereh
'anti}: he. was within assn's length, but
having made one blunder x committed
s seoond by forming the antic}ee convic-
tion teat ho saw tree and was about to
fire, whereas ills :only information he
i to old receive was through his sense of
hearing,
""hands up, or you are tt. dead malt!"
• My voice, low, but distinct, must have
startled the :
bravest_ person under the
�eironlnatnuees. Jamil e Cy Walters, he ap-
prediated ween Aloe had the drop an
bine, and without :a "word he elevated
both
hands, holding dais 'V�'inchaster as
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you speak y ;or move, oac9, I shalllii7,re
grout through," I added he the sante had eel
pre5sive voice. ""Myr pistol ie aimed at too
yeti* r
y .#' b easE, end 1 only tottnt the excuse
. k we've ran es y alit ;chid ogee' ,clot; a Pt
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p h;:r bul.tlx to the cornmtlAd Or a 000.
entity aura multi mule haste to retrieve
hie leei c'cr. lytc•ll tilui till bad the most
meet tette rt esonil to run star down
• withct t as inetret unnecessary delay
sell wenhl neele t no tneaus to c1a it,
elitt;;le•d with my pitetini exuikation,
Whie4 ` w111 he I cinlittcd wee. joetifled.
K, 1 Cm t :.',.laClgtf thClt, thOlii;ll 1 had
creme the in repesine creek, 1 had not
succeeded !•e ctliterutiug my trail, Die -
regarding Hitt feet that one of illy ptzr•
suer . knots the precise ;spot where 1 had
passed anter the stream, it woeitl be the
eattiest teeme in the world lox a. blood-
hailed to rr:dl nio along the tirunk`to
acid frit;:t tee point where l bad ltlded.
At daylight the vigilautes would be af-
ter sue again, and by, surutttouing the
dog: to their aid must'speceiiy ran xne
clown witless 1 adopter. zuore (treaties
eleiaserce. It•was because of this eer-
Witty that I emitted to Iteep near the
el'eek, in order to tulle to it the moment
the i,aceesity appeared.
1715, overwhel,uliug eit:rtctiautage lay
in knowing nothing about Black elan's.
stvnwp., '.l'be negro :Crastue had said
tent its area was extensive and during
aull before wartixuoe ninny runaway
slaves had found refuge within its ro-
cemietr. It followed that it was a good
hidieg. place, though a persistent hunt
was certain to uiiearte me in a convex,
.atively brief while.
When I ;bad advanced a few rods, 1
stripped to listen. So for es 1 could ate
eertaiu none; of my peomies•was mer-
ing near nee,
"What au unprecedented situation!"
I reflected. "I, a freeborn citizen of
the United States, a PPM never be#ora
charged with: crime, am a fugitive in e
Mississippi swamp from a mob of neon,
all oiaznoring'for my life and oertaiu.tc
give me short shrift. if they once lay
bands on rue. lent obareed with doing
that •Ivbio1l it is inl'possiblefor nue to do.
and am strenuously believed • tc;r be
guilty, for no other reasou time that
the real criminal . and 1 resembie oacl.
other. Will this tragedy. go on uutil in
some way the truth becomes manifest
or SviJi not the truth be known until I
have paid the penalty for another's mi
doing?"
The thought thrilled mo with bur
ing anger, cud I felt es if it would be
pleasuzo to wing every cue of the dna
that had closed their carts to reason an
refused to give me . half. a show for-xu
life. Still it would only coinplica
matters to begirt shooting, though ever
law wonea justify nue, and I resolve
again to reserve the three charges
my revolver for the last. extremity.
:At this moment, when I had foreeas
od, es I believed, the events of the ner
few hours, a wholly uniooked for inc
clout gave a. new and extraordinary ter
to the whole business.
OHAI'TJ�R XIII. '
It will be rentenibered that my pla
was to -keep close to the creek'in t
swamp in order to take to it Svhcnev
I eboald• heal• the bloodhounds bayin
at my heels. I had beard enough of th
movements of the ex -guerrilla and hi
stepson to know that they lied move
dawn streayn. Therefore 1 shaped m
course in the opposite direction,
It 'was .perhaps 100 yards or mor
from weez?e I had crossed on the cure
ing tree trunk that I bad paused an
'snores to Iisten for sounds of nay par
suers. Instead of bearing anything
that nature, I heard a splash in the wa-
ter to my left. Curious to learn Shia
it meant, I took a single step forward
and looked up and down streanm.
A couple of rods off I saw a dugout,
with au aged negro sitting in it caro -
fully paa'dliug with a single oar. There
was a bundle of something in the front
of the primitive boat, but 1 could not
i
deutif °
1t i
n
the l
y gloom. The blaolt;
man's• back was toward me, so that he
Wag aseeediug the sluggish entreat in
the opposite direction froin that taken
by my pursuers. The negro wars a
dilapidated straw hat, through which 1
caught a 'glimpse of his grizzly wool.
Despite this sign of age, his el:wel lers
were erect, end evidently he was a mnan
of greet xnusoular power.
lie was paddling with such care and
moving so slowly that I forayed the cor-
rect canelusionregarding him. He lived
somexvhere in the depths of Black,lttan's
Swteulp and hair been out •on a foraging
expedition and was now returniug .to
his home with the proceeds thereof.
Aware that he was suspected of such
doings and knowing he'woultl lee pun-
ished if' detected, ho was t#tealing 1115
way back with all - the care he could
command.
Ilaving been guided mainly by the
impulre of the inomnent thus far, I anted
upon the thought that calve to• nue.
Mid on there, uncle!"
The negro turned like a fltysf. Evee1
in the obsearity' I could undorstand the
expression Of mortal fear on the Lebon
eountenteece as he held the paddle sus-
pended as if unable to stir or welt.
k tcppiug out frenm the elmecays so
that he :night see zee: I added:
"Coyne inshore. 1 don't We= to
hurt yet,"
yea,
.11y assuratmee partly Teznd�t'etl his
Mania, nhcl dippittgr llld peddle intothe
water, he sheered the dugout tip to
Where 1 was sten `
tv ding. I pezcelvecttJzat
he was Wearing large horn speetaelee
and I took hien to be fully threes:ooro
and ten. years old.
"What's your nslne?" x sue ted, try.
to throve at *ots-o�C kindness in'sny
d0. 1.
Pato;" wet the reply dill `sillsneeentt
l rilr rrloa. li abted that he was Mien -
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-..y ....,...k�a•u..1,.,....�
leo 441 to de nand.
it ye' wank to make con usetioa in a heaver..
ly direction,
When yo' ilea' the hailetuyab trumpet
sound,
Yo' }awb gat to keep w welkin', keep yo'
feet fo' cher kaoceite,
(rot to Keep 'errs patliu' juin on .do
ground.
If yo' beiges they get a aehin' an yo' kneee.
dey get a ebakin',
Ant yo' craw's a mania' :nighty short ob
sand,
Au' yo' eyes dey get°u leakin', don yo'
nevab, neva;ll weaken••--
Iieep a lit epllia'to do mesio of de band.
'Popm•pahpooli-pah pooh•pallgloonnpah,
Liasee to de el' base beet,
It'.s gwia to be a tootle', when de planets
am a shoatne
An' a'mnettle' on de resurrection xne'n.
It's a tellin' yo' to hurry and to nevah,
nevah worry.
Alarobin' upwa'.d to de :happy prowls'
land.
But yo' got to keep a pie', keep a lleolin'
an' a toein',
To de mesio of de ealleJuyalx band..
When de resurrection tbandeb splits eveR-
ation all asuadeh,
An' de lightnin' am a fiasbin' in %% eke',
When de watales oh de ocean git into a
wild commotion,
An' de buzzards to de wildernesses fly.
Astc de beeseed Lawd to guide yo' fo' to
Come an' tna'eh beside yo',
lP u' to harry down an' take yo' by de
hand
.Roan yo' nevah, naval' faltell, keep a
olingin'te de altal.,
An' a eteppin' to de music ob de band.
Poorn.pah pooxai.pah poorn-pab poore.pah,
• Lissen to de of bass ho'n,
It's a gwine to be a tootin'
When de planets am a shooaln'
A tt a bustlin' an the resurrection. mo'n,
It's a tellin' yo' toiletry,
An' to nevah, nevah worry,
Tytarchin' upwa'd to de happy promis'
land.
• dot yo' got to keep a pia',
Keep a heelin' and a toein', -
To de music ob de haJleiuyah band.
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