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TIIiE OMAIIA DAITjY BEE: SODAT, JUXE 17, 1900.
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Synopnl of I'rri'dliiK C'hntitrra.
Flvo yenrs before the outbreak of the
civil war lovo nf adventure, hatred of
slavery and the deslro o help my friend,
Oeorgo Wesner. led me, rharles Bradley, a
civil engineer of Attakupns county, I,oulsl
iinii, to become nn nuent of thu under
Kround railroad. Wesner had been nursed
inrougn inn nmaup'-x uy u yountr sinve.
T .11 V Iw.tnt, irlti , t r ft,,, ffiinpliti til ti tl t n I Inn. '
lie discovered facts which proved that
T m. ..... ...f ... ..,.,..1 fnrttft, A
secret love match followed which pro-
troupd well until Coverley proposed to scll
j.ucy to his son and refined to cell her to
liny onn e se. Wesner became desperate.
I ncieod to heln him steal Itiev and went
to Now York to arrange with the ntl- I
slavery society for the rare of any slaves
wo could bring north We arrange j
our end of tin- underground railway
and ostablNh a refuce at my wood yard
several miles up the river. At homo wo
divert suspicion by carrying on a general
mcr. handlse buslm-;. Wesner makes tho
llrst venture and starts with ten of Cov
et ly's slaves. Including Lucy. Ho takes
them through successfully, delivers them
to the agent In New York nnd places I.uey
In school In Andover. In tho second venture-
we encounter more adventure, but
finally succeed In whipping seventy-three
slave. i north by sea along with a cargo of
cotton. The following spring wo rollect
another lot nt the rendezvous, and Wesner
takes them north to Cairo over the old
loutc. I.ucy Is recognized by a south
erner In Hoston and Is betrayed. Mean
time, Pierce, a friend of Wcsncr's, hear
of tho warrant for Lucy's arrest, and he
start out to wnu her. I'leree and Lucy
arc overtaken, and the sheriff, Gregg,
stir s back to Louisiana with Lucy by
tral . Pierre telegraphs the agents at
Col i. Wesner Is there, nnd, aided by
thi fromwells. he boards the train at a
Ma' 'ti a few miles north nnd rescues Lucy.
Wr cr puts Lucy among friends and then
Mai h back to Attakapas. On the steamer
hit discovers two slave stealers, and later
rescues a band of their victim. Ho takes
tho slaves to Canada. Meantime, I send
right slaves north by the old route. I go
to Shrevcport to do somo surveying anil
delectlvo work. Wesner comes to seo ni
and barely escapes detection by tho sheriff,
Gregg.
(Copyright, lfWO, by S. S. McClure Co.)
CIIAI'TKIt XXVIII.
Tho John Little lay at tho landing, loaded
nnd bound down. Wesner engaged bis
stateroom and kept It until tho boat left,
ami ho was Hiiro Orcgg was not on board.
Hu had no objections to meeting Gregg,
but not In Shrevcport at that time, and In
tho dlsgulso ho then wore, as It was too
familiar and might create unpleasaut recol
lections, Gregg's being there could have but ono
M)lmlon: Ho and Ileatham weio loothor
In ftmu plot, whether Gregg's or Heatham's
1 could not divine.
Gregg's abilities ns a detective I did not
fear. Hcatham wns simply a shrewd county
sheriff. I was thoroughly disguised, but
concluded that I must bo thero a wook,
perhaps more, beforo I would bo able to find
any clew to their plans.
Agcln, I was a stranger, and not likely
o gain their confidence.
I had previously received a letter from a
gentleman living somo miles back from
fihrevoport, asking mo to conio at tho fltst
opportunity and survey a lot of timber
land, ownad by himself and others. 1 had
returned no answer, an I was otherwise
engaged. This, howovor, was tho opportuna
chance. I Immediately hurried to the
steamboat landing, and, with nearly as much
celerity bb Wesner, boarded tho boat, bought
my ticket and secured u stateroom.
Travel was very light at this season. The
boat was not advertised to leave until r
o'clock, and I kept watch of tho shore,
thinking Gregg might bo on his way to
Now Orleans and wo should havo the pleas
ure of his company, hut ho did not make
hla appearance, Wesner did, however, be
foro tho boat was a dozen lengths from tho
shore. 1 explained to him my Idea and ho
readily fell In with It. At Now Orleans
I wiot to Mr. Hlchardson that I would to
ready to survey his land as soon an I could
get my Instruments from home. Thote
WeMior agreed to send to the hotel at La
fayette. I had stopped one night at tho St.
Charles on my return with Wosner, as 1 had
left my trunk and sample In my room,
ngrcelng to pay for my room rent wbllo
ahtcut.
f changed my clothes, removed my
iHpgulfo, and appeared upon the street ns
Charles J. Hrndley. and. going directly to
Lafayette, I booked my name at the hotel
there. My Instruments arrived, nnd with
them n letter from Wesner. Tho letter was
nbout sonic other business and contained no
allusion to the U. G. R. It. Its tone I did
not like. Thero was a big blot of Ink on
tho upper corner of ono sheet. It was
never thero by accident. George Wesner did
lint blot his papers. An odd phrase, also,
alluding to It. gavo inn uneasiness. "There
Is a big blot on this sheet. I havo tried to
emtio It, but, ns you will notice, with only
jiartlal success."
Ho had scraped a little off ono. corner.
.After this carao his signature.
Tho ovonlng after my Instruments arrived
T wns on my way to Shrevcport. Arriving
there, I found at least two weeks' work, and
wrote to Wesner to that effect. I had no
chalnman with mo, and It was necessary to
lilro two. Ono, at least, mimt be a man who
could rad and write. I also wanted a
ccuplo of nxmen. I determined to have my
friend, Heatham's, assistance! lu this. Ac
cordingly I watched for him. Introduced my
self, stated my business, nnd nuked him If
he could recommend a person suitable to
lako tho head end of tho chain or two men
for chnlnmen. (Richardson, furnished his
own axmen.) Ho said ho could, nnd would
In pleased to do so. Ho owned a mulatto
lioy who was brought up In New Orleans,
could read and wrlto, was a carpenter, nnd
just at present wns doing nothing of nny
account. At my request he sent htm to mo.
I questioned him. Ileatham had not mis-
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represented the boy. He could read and
wrlto and had Ideas above his station. Hooks ,
wero scarce, and his facilities for obtain" . Lucy wn nt j,COi or oar there.
Ins them were poor. His principal sources Wesner wrote to I'lerco an explanation of
of reading matter were the various circus I tho f0ntemplated coup do main, nnd re
and menagerie posters, with which the south quested him to watch for tho pair, descrlb-
was always iiooacu. no couw repeal irom
memory tho names of all tho famous
acrobats, enormous elephants, wonderful
bareback riders, beautiful women and funny
clowns which had been exhibited In the stato
for tho Iasl flv ycarg ne.ltham Informed
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mo thnt h's only fault wan chasing circuses
nnd to look out for him if one came nlong, as j
ho was sure to follow. He once tagged after
, l'ntlnnd'n emit nlimv for flflv mllivt
J0 1 Pnu"n l 8 RrciU B,low IO " nil has.
I now flattered myself that I had the
straight road to Hcatham' confidence, nnd
as he lived only about a mile from Richard
son's I spent nil my spare tlmo with him.
Kvenlngs, after I had corrected my fleld
notes, I would ride over to his place. Alec,
tho mulatto boy, would sometimes accom
pany me. Heatbatn wns rather patient than
otherwise, nnd Alec Informed nie that ho
was right down good to him. 1 know well
enough that Ileatham must talk sooner or
later, and asked no questions myself. Tho
second night I was there wo wero on tho
veranda smoking. An old shlnglo horse
somo ono had brought out for a horso block,
stood near. Ileatham sat astride that, pull
ing away at n corncob nine, his favorite
smoke. .Mine was tho cheroot of those dajs,
varied with nn occasional pull nt a T. D.
Tho mosnultos wero buncrv. Hentham
smoked and slapped, slapped nnd smoked
alternately, varying both actions lu Intensity
ns tho mosquitos advanced or retreated.
"Much acquainted "round Tucapaw, Mr,
Bradley?" ho Inquired.
"Yee," I answered.
"How long been there?"
I told him.
"Know old Eb Coverly?"
"Yes, sure."
"You heard nbout tho niggers?"
"I ought to. I was at the first hunt." I
replied. "They started from our store
Wesner & Drndley's."
"Sho now, I remember, so they did. I
had forgotten that. Didn't Wesner havo a
row with the old man nbout a yaller clrl of
hls'n?"
"I don't know nbout thnt," I replied.
"George Is pretty close-mouthed."
Hero Alec, who hod been standing near.
grinned. Ileatham saw the grin. "Hero,
you tl d nigger, you scoot out of this, or
I'll make you think Jim Myers and Jo I'cnt
land's shows are both on top nt once."
Here ho let go at Alec a half-pound plug of
tobacco ho had In his hand.
Alec scooted, taking tho tobacco with
him.
"He's got tho tobacco." I laughed out.
"Never mind," said Ileatham. "he will
keep nway, and bo a pretty good nlggir
whllo the tobacco lasts. Hut about thoo
niggers of Coverly's. Where do you min-
poso the d d critters went?"
"I couldn't tell you, Mr. Ileatham," I re
plied. "I was there In tho hunt. Wo found
no traco whero they entered tho Bwanip, nn.
of course, they must, for there was no other
way for them to hide."
"No," said Hcatham. "thero wasn't: that's
plain."
"I wan there, also, when the othors ran
off and went with old 'Skew HHP and all
tho hoys, hut with tho same result. We
could not find a trace of them. Wesner nnd
myself, wero on pafrol for a week, but saw
no one. ICvory road around that neighbor
hood was watched results the same. Wes
ner always Minpocled a Yankee brig, that
lay at Franklin. However, I wns at New-
York when sho reported nnd, in company
with tne Lacrnlx boys, boarded her. Thero
was nothing but sugar and cotton on her
no niggers."
"I am Kind," said Ileatham, "at last to
sec ono man from' that cursed French ho'o
who doesn't lay tho loss to tho Oboe man. I
Where do you think thoy did go?"
"Well," I replied, "It seems plausible to
me thnt they wero stolon and run off to 1
Texas nnd sold thero. You know the thing i
uas been none."
"Yes: Jack Davis, a Florida char. I knew I
used to steal nlccers in Georcla nmi h-1i 1
them In Florida, anil did a good thing at
it. Sposo ho would ha" been at it now If
ono nigger ho stole four times hadn't got
footsore walking back and forth from Talla- !
hnsseo to MillcdgcvHIo, so ho Just took 1
what Jack gavo him as his share, bought
himself nnd two other niggers and then I
gavo Jack away. Ho told h's old master ho
thought Jack was a dangerous fellow to bed of tho brook and securely hid.
havo around stealing folks' niggers. l?o- ) Something after 12 o'clock, everything bo
pio round Tallahassee thought tho ilaikles' ling safe, Wesner left mo to fight mosquitoes
mnsters wero in with Jack. Howsuninvnr, ' until daylight and I could seo to travel. I
I didn't know all I do know Is that when don't think I over endured so much mls.ry
the rcgerlaters got to Jack's house he had fiom these pests as I did that night. Tho
gnno to Texas two weeks. They burned hl3 torturo was awful and nearly drove mo
houso nnd licked his wife out of Bpl:e. Jack frantic. I built n smudge, but the smoke
enmo back n couplo of years later and got from It only served to nervo them to fiercer
hli wife. Shot two of tho rcgerlaters at tio attacks and more daring assaults. Their
same time. Got a crack nt me, too I was ' 8tlngs wero like needles and their buzzing
one of them and," ho continued, "I reckon ! was liko tho walls ot the dying,
there Is whlto men at tho bottom of Uils ! j welcomed tho first crack of day and .n
business. Now, Mr. Hradlcy, I know Just ' Bonn t COuld tell a stick from a snnke,
whero that yaller girl of Coverly's Is. Dau't Bl!Uicd up the brook, a bottlo of qulnltio In
know nbout the rest of them. Did you over , lny p0ckot and a Jug ot whisky slung over
seo her?" he asked. j my Bholllller. Tho mud In the bed of the
I replied that I had some years ago. brook was ankle de-p nnd I had to leave
"Well, I seen a man within a wee'- that j that and hew my way through the thicket
Bat light on tho car seat sldo of that "ere to tho higher ground. Tho placo was H er
girl, and ho said she was ed'eated like a aHy nllvo with snakes and cvoiy other
Yankeo schoolmarm, wns bnusom' as nnv'pIlcci0H 0f vermlno and Insect life Indlgon
woman he ever saw, nnd no man not posted : oug to a Louisiana swamp. I was too fjr
would ever know she wns a nigger." . from the bayOU for alligators, but tho fro-3
Why don t you tell Coverly?" ,,.i..,.,i ,.n ,,im n,.,i nKitP,i iim mo.
irn..n..i.. i.... i. .... , ... .... ,
lu.viijr nuunn, u ,ifl mm inai sent tills
man thrrn.
"Sent him where?" I nsked.
dark, rnveriv must Wotni, i.i, i ' '
gers. Tho man wns Silo Gregg, deputy wlth 41,0 sllnKS of flles aml "I0HTlto?s
I'nltod States marshal, and ho ftols awful 01,0,1 wns H"tlng disconsolate out-1 o the
sore over It. Coverly got out a warrant ,,onr- lui rll, In' acro33 llls les. He
when he heard whero the girl wns, and sent lian heard mo thrashing around nmong tho
flregg clean up to Massachusetts to arrest hushes thirty minutes beforo I camo lu
her. After ho got her arrested she wns stolo MKht, but thought It was ono of us. ns tho
from him within fifty miles of Cairo, , noise camo straight toward the cabin.
Illinois. I tell you, Silo pretty bluo; j Insldo tho cabin the sight was pitiful,
didn't mako a cent out of tho trip." Mason lay In hli berth, his features
Hero ho proceeded to glvo mo Orogg'b I nhrunkon with fever and his big black eyes,
account -of Lucy's rescue. Gregg laid tho enlarged to twico their bIzc, ehono with un
rescuo Pierce, nnd had no iden who the natural light. Ilo knew mo nnd smiled In
rescuing party really wero. Ho was cnur recognition, endeavoring to stretch out his
on Shaughnessy, who he thought had failed 1 hand. I mixed somo quinine nnd whisky
him, but allowed that tho rescuing party ami K!,Vo him a ownllnw. The rest of tho
wero tho smarttwt set nf men ho ever met. glnk oncs wntehed my motions, following mo
Lucy, onco safe In Orleans. In Gregg's wm, their corpse-like eyes an I moved around
Judgment, would sell for $5,000. Ho could tm. room. To mo. accustomed as I was to
buy off Coverly for $1500, and was quite aicknees among the negroes and mulnttoc.
determined to recapture her on his ownltho b1ri, o( ,ioath nppcarod to bo written
account, and hay ng confidence In Heatham's upon tholr cadaverous features nnd In their
skill as a detoctlvo and negro hunter. wa h'n,low 8llukcn oytH. Tlu, ,itto. ns a
(.'micutuuuK i.. ui.iuce mm 10 taiio a elmro
In tho enterprise. Ileatham wroto Kntwlsslo
,v v.ii-hKo ii-ijinTu. ji Bvtiiieii mat uresg
!!!:1H!:,t"'"h,!.C,:1 .T"..'!!!!, """I6 m.COn-
nectlon with tho Underground railroad.
"How did sho get to Massachusetts, Mr.
Hcatham?" I Inquired.
"My opinion Is," ho replied, "that girl
and tho rest of them niggers was taken
rignt up tne 'lecbe, carried across to tho
Mississippi and somo onery steamboat
capon wns paid for stowing 'cm nway and '
landing 'cm In Cincinnati In tho night."
"I know," I replied, "how thoroughly the
country wns searched for them."
Gregg assured Ileatham that he would
know tho volco of the man who carried
Lucy oul of the car should ho evr hear
blm again, and he alio added be wai a
dead shot wtth tho pistol and could have
killed him as easily as broken his arm.
It was evident from all this that Ileatham
did not know of tho Whlto river fight, or, If
ho did, hu had paid no attention to It.
Gregg had secured from Dick Coverley a con
ditional bill of sale of Lucy for $1,000, and
his Idea was that with Heatham's help they
could kidnap and take her to New Orleans.
Ileatham mado no secret of the matter, as ho
knew I was a neighbor of Coverley's and
would naturally be Interested In tho recovery
of his property.
That night I wrote a detailed account of
tho Intention to Wesner, as It was no eocret,
or In any way Implicated him. I also added
f0r his satisfaction that Mr. Ileatham said
nK nentham as well as possible, dregg's
personality being nlrcady familiar to him.
lie did not think their plan would
materialize. I'lerco was not so confident, and
not wishing to duplicate his former ex
perience, sent Lucy to Portland, Me.
I finished up my surveying, settled up with
Mr. Richardson, took leave of Ileatham and
the rest of my Shrevcport acquaintances.
Poor Alec was down-hearted nnd promised
to wrlto to mo all tho news, hut of courso
It was Impossible for mo to reply to bin
letters,
Ileatham accompanied mo to tho steam
boat. On tho way he remarked that ho had
nbout mado up his mind to havo nothing
to do with Gregg's attempt to recapturo
Lucy, unless Gregg would pay all tho bills,
for ho thought there was mors risk than
money. I strongly advised him not to at
tempt anything of tho kind, ns thero was a
feeling lu tho north against returning
fugitives, especially such a woman as Lucy
was reported to be, nnd It caught with her
In their possession tho people would cither
mob or kill them, or they would bo arrested
and sent to Jail and ns Orcgg had escaped
alive once, ho had better rest satisfied.
OIAI'TKII XXIX.
On my arrival at New Iberia George met
me at thn landing. Ho looked sick, tired and
discouraged. Thero wero fourteen persons at
tho rendezvous. Obed and Mason had picked
thcHo up in different places, none, howovor,
within a radius of forty miles of us. Somo
of these had been secreted four months.
Fever had broken out nmong them; Mason
had been down, Obcd not much better, and
they had nearly starved, a thero was
no ono except Obcd to go for food, and
he was qulto weak. It was now well Into
August, the baynu wero low and the
weather intensely hot.
"Charlie," ho snid, "this Is my last ven
ture. Wo must get thcto poor devils out of
this,
with
1 fiol ns if I had lived all this tlmn
i rnpo around my nrck. Lucy, poor
girl, in lonowinio and. anxious. I am not
going to sell out here, for I lovo this coun-
try too wojl. I will go north, marry Lucy
and await better days. Charlie, they havo
got to come, moon win unuouDtetiiy now,
hut tho end Is near.' This was In August,
1SS3.
Tho next night wo took our canoo and
paddled up tho bayou a short distance to
tho mouth of a littlo brook, dry nt thli
season. We had with ua about 1!00 pounds
of provisions, consisting mostly of ship
bread and dried meats. In addition, wo tcok
a few gallons of whisky and 100 loaion-.
Thio Wesner and myself carried up to tho
'ui-iiuhi m. ...r..- - .
qultoes in their Infernal concert.
It was nbout seven miles from where I
' left tho brook to our rendezvous. At noon
I arrived, tired, footsore, covered nnd smnrt-
,,,, u nnt V(r,, h,lrilv. nnA these were no
exceptions. Tho pretence of a white man,
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cine. a', through their wasted lives thoy had
had no other resource lu case of trouble
than massa or mlRsua.
Tho next day. accompanied by Obcd, I re
turned to the "cache." Wo took along four
of tho 8tiongent fugitives nnd I loaded them
with all tho Btnrcw they could carry, and
tnkff a small loud myBoir wo rciurneu to
I camP- TUo ,my was Dm . an" l.no ,Jufnt,
r 'Ugh, but we arrived with our loads about
dark. Wo now hud supplies uulllclent ftr
three weeks, and by tho end of that tlmo
I told them I hoped they would all bo Btrong
enough to move toward tho north,
The next afternoon I returned to tho place
I
whero Wesner had left mo nnd found him
waiting for mo with the canoe.
CII.U'THlY XXX.
At tho postollleo 1 found a letter from
Ileatham, written In his peculiar stylo of
orthography, Incidentally Informing mo of
tho death of my stepfather, Robert Kirk
land, and containing a long account of tho
Whlto river fight. To us this was convincing
proof that thero was no clow, however re
mote, connecting any person In our vicinity
with tho raid, and agnln It ns conclusively
proved that tho routo must be abandoned
for tho future Where should wo go? Wo
must leave tho swamp, must get tho3o peo
ple north, for should ono of them be found
hero thero would bo redhot times In the
Techo country.
Upon this subject we pondered long and
deeply. If the poor unfortunates now In the
swamp wero back upon tho plantations all
Would bo well. Hut they wero not. They
were sick, unable to travel and on our hands.
Wo felt responsible for their Uvea, and wo
clearly understood If their masters found
them nnd caught us our responsibility would
end with a short shrift and a long rope, nnd
they would suffer untold horrors.
! Wo had three alternatives: To let Obcd
and Mason tnlto the chances of getting them
; through to Cairo, to undcrtnke n new routo
' and go ourselves or to go with them by tho
old routo cither was fraught with danger.
It wni not probable that there would bo
water enough In the swamps to float a boat
for thrco months, nnd It was Impotwlblo for
tho fugltlvc to remain whero they wore
for that length of time.
At last Wesner suggested writing to Ent
wlssle 'to Inquire If thero were any chance
to ship by wot or, aa thero were a number of
places around Vormllllon bay, and even on
tho Atchafalaya, whero we thought we could
TOOK THE LETTER. "DEAR SIR, I WILL GIVE YOU
get through safely, provided thero was a
vessel to receive ua Immediately upon ar
rival. AVesncr mailed the letter at Now OrlcaiiB,
going there for 'that purpoeo. It was ten
days beforo he received An answer. There
waH no vessel to bo relied upon at present.
There was a Hhlpbulldlng concern In Eust
Doston that during the previous winter had
a crow somewhere on tho Sabine liver, cut
ting timber for a vessel frame. He had
telegraphed to these parties and tho an
swer was:
"Timber not Hhlpped. but will bo as soon
no a vessel can be chartered."
Not satisfied with this, Entwissle had
written that ho would visit Doston and neo
what arrangements could Ikj made and would
wrlto uh Immediately from there.
Wesner, who had perfect confidence In Ent.
wlssle, was content to wait. Two days later
tho looked-for letter, postmarked Hoston, ar
rived. Tho framo was for Philadelphia par
ties nnd must bo delivered 'there. At pres
ent It was piled out on the bank nt the
mouth of a small creek making Into the
Sablno near tho town of Orange, Tex., on
the Louisiana side of tho Sablno. He could
mako very liberal arrangements with tho
Hoston parties, as they wero much pleased
to get a littlo freight money to help them
out. There wero about GjO tons of the
timber. Ho could mako arrangements
for any number of lay days, at a demur
rage of only $1," per day. after tho fltfit
twenty days allowed to load, and ho sug
gested to Wesner to visit tho place and soo
for himself what tho chances wero for car
rylng tho plan to a successful termination.
Wesner telegraphed him that ho would go.
While ho was absent I mado a visit to tho
rendezvous, taking In more provisions. All
the sick wero recovering and, host of all,
with returning health, woro growing hopo
ful. This was a good omen.
Tho day after Wesner returned wo
mounted our horses and sot out for the Sa
blno to explore a feasible route. The great
difllculty would bo taking our people fifty
miles, perhaps seventy, without being dis
covered. A part of our Journey must be
through tho swamp and forest, nnd by nlghr.
Southwest was tho grand pralrlo; this wo
wouldu be obliged to cross, but as our course
lay toward Texas nnd thero was nnt ono
chanco In a hundred of any of tho party be
ing known, wt did not consider this a very
serious obstacle. Somo tlmo was consumed
In finding a suitable route for tho fl'st
twenty-five miles, but finally wo succeeded
In locating the road to our satisfaction. Wo
cariiy found tho Bhlp timber. Tho trees
nlong tho liver banks had been cut down
and nuito a cleaiinc made. This was to let
lu tho sunlight that it might dry tho tlm- i
her, as oak In its green stato will sink to
the bottom. In tho woods and at the edga
of tho clearing stood tho camp occupied by
the timber cutters during tho previous win
ter. Hero wo passed tho night.
Thero was a dimly defined path loading i
from the enmp nway from tho river. This
wo supposed must lead to somo plantation
or settlement. It wns very narrow, as U
had not been traveled for months. Wo did
not exploro It. About soven miles below
tho clearing and one-half mllo from tho
rhor bank wo located our camp for the no
groos. It was on a solitary hummock nbout
nn ncro In extent, surrounded by at least
a foot of water nnd mud, In tho midst of tho
worBt tangled swamp man over saw.
Torn from tho mnlht, soft soil by the
winds sweeping fiom the gulf of Mexico lay
great oaks and tall cypress trees, mingled
In wild confusion. Out among their rotting
trunks tho water mocassin glided lu disgust
ing security, tho rank September growth of
tho Benii-troplcal weeds hiding his loath
somo body. Plcturo this place surrounded
by nn almost Impenetrable cane brake, Its
bayous and brooks tho abode of tho alligator
and grcmiulllo. and It will glvo a faint Idea
of our cump upon tho Sabine, Into whose
gloomy recesses no ray of sunshine over
ponetrated. It was securo from man's foot
steps uo cared for nothing else.
We wero nineteen days upon this expedi
tion, from tho tlmo wo left until our return.
Our llrst movo wns to take a lot of provisions
to tho rendezvous. Wo found tho fugitives
as wo loft them anxious, hut hopeful for
tho sick had recovered and wero ready to
move,
Wesner wroto tho result of our expedition
to Kntwlsslo nnd awaited nn answer.
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I bad long entertnlned nn Idea regarding
Lucy and whllo upon our Sablno expedition
I broached the subje"t to Wesner. Coverly
was uld, the loss of his slaves bad left him
poor. Dick had probably paid him no money
for Lucy, but had given his note.
"Now," said I to George, "why not write
Pierce to mako tho old man an offer for the
girl? He will sell. Ho never can get her
ngaln and he knows It. Ono thousand or
$1,500 will bo of more valuu to him than
tho ownership of a slavo In Massachusetts.
Ho has spent enough for her already. Ho
offered her to Gregg for $1,500 nnd will sell
to liorcc for lew. Will you do It?"
"Charlie, I can't bear the idea of applying
tho words buy or sell to her. Once I could.
You should seo her now.
"Shall I write to him?"
Ilo hesltnted a moment. "No, I will. If
sho le once clear of thnt hunted feeling, sho
will bo happier. I will wrlto as soon ns we
get back."
Somo two weeks after this I was In
Franklin. Aa I was riding slowly along, I
saw tho old man, Covorly, ride up to tho
ofllco of tho only lawyer In tho placo, dis
mount, pass tho bight of his bridle through
tho holes In tho hitching post, drop tho loop
over tho top and walk Into tho ofuce.
Tho day was exceedingly warm and tho
old man dropped Into a chair by the open
window, and commenced to fan himself
vigorously with his hat. Ho caught night of
mo and called to mo to como In. I had
had no trouble with hint, and rather courted
nn Interview, so I fastened my horso and
complied with his-request.
Covcrloy, knowing I had been north, and
hnvlng an Idea that Massachusetts and Ohio
woro all tho territory north of tho Ohio
rlvor, asked mo It I wero acquainted In
Massachusetts. I told him thnt I was not,
nnd nevor had been there. Ho then volun
teered the Information that he had received
a letter from mere, onenng jnm ?i,zou for
that girl of his, that run off. "Mr. Sclwyn
$1,200 FOR THE GAL."
has tho letter," said ho. "Sclwyn, lot Mr.
Hradley see that letter!"
I took the letter, nnd hero is a copy ver
batimevidently, to me, who know I'lerco,
It was strained In spelling nnd syntax.
HOSTON, Mass,, Sept. 11. ISofl.
Dear Sir I am not a nigger speckclater.
never was nnd nm nn aborlishloner, but there
Is a poorly sort of a gal here, that says you
have a bill o' sale of her. I know an' you
orter, that you can't never get thet gal
agen' eny more. I am the feller that was
with hor when she was stole by the
marshal an' I am tho chap as stole her
back. Sho is In Kanada or Malno or some
whero now. Seo here, I will give you 12
hundred dolors for this gal, you put a bll
of sail for the gal, slned by yoo an' your
Hon Dick all O. K. In tho bank of New
Orleans. I will sen tho money to tho
casheer. You'll bo Just so much In, for
tho gal Is gone from yoo forever an' you'll
never seo her, sell or no sell. P. S. -Krco
papers Just as good. No foolln' I've
got tho property an' yoo can't plav no
pints. LEWIS PIERCE,
Direct as above.
I finished and looked tip.
"Well, Hradley, what do you think of
that?"
"I think If this man Pierce Is fool enough
lo pay you for what Is evidently already
his, you had better take It."
"My opinion coincides with yours," Scl
wyn added.
Coverley was old and obstinate. He took
tho letter from my hands and put it In h's
pocket nnd sat awhllo revolving tho matter
In his mind. Finally, he said to Sclwyn:
"Wrlto this Pierce, tell him $1,500 will
tako her. I lint a to, like Ss I. but all I
want Is tho money. Tell him to deposit It
In tho hank of New Orleans, paynblo lo
my order, when tho cashlor receives tho
papers. You make out a set of free papers,
for I would sooner set her freo than sell
her to an Infernal Y'anTieo nbolltlon'st."
Sclwyn mado his memorandum as Cov
erley directed.
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When I naw Wesner ngaln he handed mo
a letter from Kntwlsslo. I append copy:
NKW YORK, Sept. 0, IS.'it). Ceorno
Wesner, Kffi.: Hear Sir: In relation to
tho shipment of nhlp tlmher now lylnK upon
thn banks of tho Sablno river, you are
hereby Informed thnt I was mistaken re
RardlnR It. I nm fully Informed by tho
owner In noston that tho Sablno Is not
navlfinblo for vcbscIh largo enntiKh for the
cargo, but only for smnll craft. There Is
but from ten to thirteen feet of water upon
tho bar nt tho mouth of tho river, and this
timber must bo floated down nnd shipped
irum Sablno pass, ami the vessel must Ho
off that place.
Tho vessel we had In vlow was of too deep
a draft, and wo havo consequently chartered
tho brig Cyrus Adams. Tho captain fully
understands tho business nnd will tnlte his
crow nnd como prepared to raft the timber
nnd Moat It down to tho brig. Plcaso wrlto
mo and govern yourself accordingly. Yours
truly. U.NTWISSI.B.
T. S. Tho brig Is loading machinery for
Onlvestnn and will call for the- timber on
Its return. Will lot you know when It sails
from here. S. R.
Wesner was a bit discouraged upon receipt
of this, as It would tako until well Into
November to get theso people off our hnnds
nnd wo must get them away from tho
rendezvous before tho swamps filled on ac
count of tho Calcasieu river, which wo wero
obliged to ford. Thero wero other creeks,
bayous and coolies, also, between that river
and tho Sabine. This expedition was vastly
different from our usual routo, as thero wo
wanted water; here, dry land.
I went to Now Orleans, nnd from thero
tolegraphed Rntwltslo that wo must loavo
within ten dnys, If wo used that routo, and
lo -wrlto mo full particulars so thero could
bo no mistake. I would wait In New Orleans
until tho letter nrrlved.
In a few days I received an answer to my
telegram. Mr. Rntwlssle wroto that tho
brig would tako a -lot of machinery to
Galveston, nnd would leave Now York In
about a wook from tho dato of his letter.
To discharge Its cargo It must remain a
week or ten days In Galveston, and It might
ho expected to arrive At Sabine pa?s In nbout
forty or fifty days from Its sailing date.
Tho captain was a Jerseyman by the name
of Hoynold Cheawlck, nnd was thoroughly
reliable. Ills Instructions wero to remain
at Sablno pass until he had opened com
muntcatlon with us. We woro further In
Htructed to remain at the timber camp and
natch the rlvor, In the letter was a piece
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You know very well how you feci when your liver don't act.
IHlc collects In the blood, bowels become constipated and your
whole Hvstcm is poisoned. A lazy liver is an Invitation for a
thousand pains and aches to come and dwell with you. Your
life becomes one lonp measure of irritability and despondency
and bad feeling.
Afm CANDY
Act directly, and in a peculiarly happy manner on the liver and
bowels, cleansing, purifying, revitalizing every portion of the
liver, driving all the bile from the blood, as is soon shown by in
creased appetite for food, power to digest it, and strength to
throw off the waste. Beware of imitationsl 10c, 25c. All
druggists.
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How much would it cost yon lo replnrc your books nnd pnpors If the
shell of it building In which your ofllco Is should burn tonight' How
much Inconvenience nnd annoyance would It cost you? Isn't It worth
while to know that lire cannot reach you? An ollice In
The Bee Building
Is the host insurance policy. The entire llfth floor will bp vacated by the
Army Headquarters and this Is an opixirtunlty which you do not often
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Startling Record
Dluotvei Stricture tike snow beneath the sun, reduces
RNl.AROIJI) PROSTATE, contracts and strengthens tho
Seminal Ducts, forever stopping Drains and Emissions
No Drugs to Ruin the Stomach, but a Direct, Local
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tUr, Honitfr at I'.nturv.
a trie Monnrr or n. i-ninrj.
ail coaipetltort and aeenred exclul control on tlm
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If hood. Under
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Showing Stricture Granules
dittohed on the etglilh ntght.
la the form of Crayoni or renelli. amooth and (legible,
Shon-ine Ike dtameler eif the Sl.Jumet Crayoni,
ARK PRRi'AREI) IN VARIOUS lE.GTHSTO
let ted into the urethral canal upon retiring at nlgAl,
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Wo have prepared a TaluaMe work, profutely lllottrated, ahnwtng
tho rarlout parti of the ayatem Involved In Drathral dlteatet, which we
will tend tecnrely wrapped In plain package, prepaid, to any applicant
Every infferer from Ptrlctnre and Hi orTtprlng Troatatltla and Seminal Weakneai, ahould ra4 thla
vaaderful work. We preserve abtoluta tecrecy and never axpoaa a patient t name,
St. James Association, 62 Vine St., Cincinnati, 0.
of morocco leather nbout two Inches long
by ono and a half wide, with edges notched.
Captain Chrsulck had tho other piece, and,
ns Mr. Kntwlpsle wroto, It must be his letter
of Introduction.
Thla precaution wns as much for the
captain's protection as ours, for If by nny
unforeseen accident wo wero captured or
our plans ascertained, strangers could not
personnto olthor party, unlets they produced
tho counterpart of the piece of leather.
Thero was no further news from Tierce.
His letters to us nil came by way of New
York, as wt hnd business correspondents
there, hut Hoston letters would be strictly
scrutinized In our postollleo, for, viewed with
Attakapas eyes, Hoston wns a modorn edition
of undent Sodom and Oomorrah, without
een tho ono righteous porson to redeem
tho lot.
Wesner was very nnxlotis to learn tho re
sults of I'lerco's negotiations beforo leav
ing, and so wnlted n fow days, but no letters
nrrivlng, I went to Krnnklln to seo If I
could nscertnln the reason why. I met
Solwyn on tho street and ho volunteered tho
Information. Coverley was sick with the
prevalent fever nnd could nnt nltend to
business. I'lerco had accepted his terms, and
"If tho old fool don't bnck out," said Sclwyn,
"ho Is In Just Jl.&OO."
When Wesner heard this ho concluded
that It was useless to wait longer, as tho
negroes would bo as safe on the Sablno ns
nn tho Techo. Thero wero provisions at tho
rendezvous sufficient for ten days.
At daylWht on October tl wo brcko camp
enrouto for tho Sablno, i.nd prepared to
tako what luck was in store for is. Kor
tho llrst ten miles our routo led through a
dense swamp. This we could hive avoided,
but purposely kept It for rafotv. ThU
swamp wo had not explored, but caleuht-d,,
upon general principles, that It would bo
pareablo If wo had daylight to help nt.
Wesner was to meet us at 8 p. m. that
night. Tho place se'.ectcd wns a Btnall holt
of timber about fifteen miles from our
starting point. Ho was to bring a coup'o
of saddlo horses nnd also a pack horH?, a
nulo and somo other articles, Theso ho
had previously deposited near tho timber.
In leaving tho camp I t ok tho lead, O' ed
following. Thoro wero no landmarks, and
through tho gloom no ray of sun ever pone,
tratod. It was a dismal start, and nothing
but an exalted faith In our undertaking
kept our flagging spirits to tho work. Obcd
carried a small nx. and was frequently
obliged to uso it lo cut awny tho tangled
roats nnd vines to onablo tho women anil
children to force their parsago through.
Thero was very littlo water to Incommode
um, but tho heat wuh Intonsi'. Tho cl so
tangled wco.ln foimed a barrier to tho rlr
dilation nf air, and tho hunting sun, nh.nlng
upon tho trees, sent tho moisture from
them In clouds of steam.
Tho ncgroca, after too first tulle, panted
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STRICTURED,
Weak, Wasting, Despondent
CURED LAST YEAR.
of "Gran-Solvent."
IN 15 DAYS
Application to the Entire Urethral Traot.
and Poiltlv Application to the Entire Urethral Traot.
DiicnveroJ l7 thu Crii mlit t'alirlon. It qulfklj intfr-
Mtf.l the rf M ?flnllt inrt l'liTilfUn, Krilmsn. who
i)Melod It anil rroellmil that marfrloiin action In
Ctatliral Allaifntt which deetrinM the world.
A( n01m()u, ,,,. i,r. t- j (;,rtw ouKtrlrnxl
Wftrn Cuntlnsnt for llio fit JaniM AMociatlnn.
virtue In tho tnfthod ot application in Ita ilirect and
ponitlro action. No Tile, .1 rattle unm to ruin ma ininacn anil 'ii
rtlv apti-m Tho I'rayona aro liiertd npou retiring at nleht,
(miring h the heat and pecretlona of the liody In three hoiira,
.lilrli l aulllcient time to peneirme and iliKoIra Stricture, tuor
diilthlr medicating the
Prostate Gland,
redilHnc enlanament and lyintracllns the Femlnal EJacolatnrT
llucli. lurrrri- Hipp'" Dralna nnd i:tnlaalona, riirin "(ill.
you ilrep without pain or Inconvenience. The aliciathe and anil,
.eptle action of "(iran-Soltent" ert It.alf In iteMrnylriK (ionocned
and the ernn that Infe.t the llladder and t'roatato Olniid.
Purine the fvit tear weak, trlcturrd, watting wreck,
hare heen rnred 19.M men hum again to Begin life anew with
,,iri,lll nun nm ,1111.1 i'riuirui.ii-
the Influenco of thla rnrareign aolrent fttietiim la
diilodged in IS doya, so matter how old, tough or
calloused It hat Iiecome.
From lima Imaieniorlal, cutting and dilating hare filled up the
hrntal, f milieu record of treatment In Stricture, and yet there ha.
nevor heen one cure by inch earage method. The eagerne.a with
which medical men are applying for till, tolrent It an open confet-
Ion of their errar In the pait. Hver hOO lenrtlnir pliyelrlana
Id the United fctatei and t'aoada have ahondened tb knife and are
employing Uran-Soltont in their rraetlce aa a hnmaue and onfall,
ing agent.
Varicocele.
Varicocele la an accumulation of tlugjtlOi blood In the v.lne cf
tho Scrotum, due tolelr to Imperfect circulation and hat It. origin
In ft dlieated and torpid Prottate tiland, Operation. In thla dl-eace
are only temporary, avid no mechonlcal device yet ill.covered hat
curad a tingle caia Rettore the l'rotuto, rciloro h'althy circula
tion, Varlcocelo dliappeara and tho ilugsiih accumulation I. ie
placed hy pure, healthy, red blood. '
GltAU'dOItTKnT ! SOT a i.iqriai.- tl It prryarea
and ao narrow at to rait the clotctt
t stricture.
cem taint rthe sf!x ent (. ' -n J nn.
SUIT THE PATIENT'S CqNPntON. art in
ana mp into foiuion vimoui i-r wtii.,i,
FREE!
like tired dogs, while, wilting under the
biiltry heat, I was fast losing my energy.
Wo made but a mile an hour. Thl,i was
slow. Hut worn' to como, for across our
path, ono day, not long before, had trav
eled an ntifjry hurrlrait. Twlste.l nnd
gnarled, the trees were plied up In Irvtsr
mlngled confusion. To go around this blow
down might, ho possible, but 1 would not
undertake it, nnd therefore ordered the
party to rest. Down they sat In truo Rlhl.i
plan style, their hands clapped around their
knees.
I sot tho men nt work cutting a path.
S'ometlmes there would bo n place whero it
was posslblo to travel nnd this helped m
out. About I o'clock lu tho afternoon wo
passed tho last windfall and agnln had plain
swnmp. This was hnd nt best, and It was
sunset when wo nrrlved nt tho edge of thn
timber, whero wo were to meet Wesnor.
From hero tho growth was open, no under
brush to obstruct, and nt 8 o'clock tho whole
party wero within n fow rds of tho ap
pointed place. Directing tho people to lay
low nnd keep quiet, I stolo noiselessly to
ward the edge nf the timber. Wesnor was
thero nnxlotis nnd waiting. Ho had throo
horses with him ns ho hnd proposed.
"How Is It?" ho naked.
I answered him: "AH right."
"Good "
Our next stago would bo throo mllea
across nn open pralrlo to another bolt ol
timber; beyond this timber was u canebraka
that promised concealment. Within Its
friendly shelter wo propesed to rest a day
or two.
At 10 o'clock wo wero again on thn move,
Hiu night, as Obed expressed It, was "dark
as n nest of black cuts," but about midnight
wo reached the timber, crossed It nnd wre
safely hidden 111 the brake. There woro no
Inhabitants In very rloso prrxlmlty to t ha
place, yet I thought best to bo cautious. We
wero now twenty-ftvo miles from our
rendezvous. From hero wo proposed to make
straight ncros-s tho country, on a beollne.
for tho Sabine, Hwervlng from n direct Hun
only as tho conformation of tho country
obliged us, or to nvold tho scattering settle
ments. As beforo montlonod Wrsner and
myself, on our return from thn Sablno, camo
this routo and selected our camping placo.
Wo slopped In this brnko until tho next
night, then moved on, traveling by night,
leaving In this manner somo Hcvtyity-nva
miles behind us. This brought us to the big
pralrlo, which wo wero obliged to crons by
daylight. Hero was tho only chanco for
trnublo on thn routo.
(To bo Continued.)
I'utal mistakes aro mado by thosn who
do not hopil tho earlier symptoms of klduoy
or bladder trouble that often end lu Ilrlnht'a
dlscat.0 or dlahoWn. When Foley's Kidney
Curo mnkes tho kidneys wtdl, how foolish
It Is to delay. Myors-Dlllon Drug Co.,
Omaha; Dillon's Drug Store, South Omaluu
