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"
Well
,
"
exclaimed
Tibeats
,
omitting
his
usual
oaths
in
the
presence
of
Ford
,
"
I
never
saw
such
running
before
.
I
'll
bet
him
against
a
hundred
dollars
,
he
'll
beat
any
nigger
in
Louisiana
.
I
offered
John
David
Cheney
twenty-five
dollars
to
catch
him
,
dead
or
alive
,
but
he
outran
his
dogs
in
a
fair
race
.
Them
Cheney
dogs
ai
n't
much
,
after
all
.
Dunwoodie
's
hounds
would
have
had
him
down
before
he
touched
the
palmettoes
.
Somehow
the
dogs
got
off
the
track
,
and
we
had
to
give
up
the
hunt
.
We
rode
the
horses
as
far
as
we
could
,
and
then
kept
on
foot
till
the
water
was
three
feet
deep
.
The
boys
said
he
was
drowned
,
sure
.
I
allow
I
wanted
a
shot
at
him
mightily
.
Ever
since
,
I
have
been
riding
up
and
down
the
bayou
,
but
had
'n
t
much
hope
of
catching
him
--
thought
he
was
dead
,
sartin
.
Oh
,
he
's
a
cuss
to
run
--
that
nigger
is
!
"
In
this
way
Tibeats
ran
on
,
describing
his
search
in
the
swamp
,
the
wonderful
speed
with
which
I
had
fled
before
the
hounds
,
and
when
he
had
finished
,
Master
Ford
responded
by
saying
,
I
had
always
been
a
willing
and
faithful
boy
with
him
;
that
he
was
sorry
we
had
such
trouble
;
that
,
according
to
Platt
's
story
,
he
had
been
inhumanly
treated
,
and
that
he
,
Tibeats
,
was
himself
in
fault
.
Using
hatchets
and
broad-axes
upon
slaves
was
shameful
,
and
should
not
be
allowed
,
he
remarked
.
"
This
is
no
way
of
dealing
with
them
,
when
first
brought
into
the
country
.
It
will
have
a
pernicious
influence
,
and
set
them
all
running
away
.
The
swamps
will
be
full
of
them
.
A
little
kindness
would
be
far
more
effectual
in
restraining
them
,
and
rendering
them
obedient
,
than
the
use
of
such
deadly
weapons
.
Every
planter
on
the
bayou
should
frown
upon
such
inhumanity
.
It
is
for
the
interest
of
all
to
do
so
.
It
is
evident
enough
,
Mr.
Tibeats
,
that
you
and
Platt
can
not
live
together
.
You
dislike
him
,
and
would
not
hesitate
to
kill
him
,
and
knowing
it
,
he
will
run
from
you
again
through
fear
of
his
life
.
Now
,
Tibeats
,
you
must
sell
him
,
or
hire
him
out
,
at
least
.
Unless
you
do
so
,
I
shall
take
measures
to
get
him
out
of
your
possession
.
"
In
this
spirit
Ford
addressed
him
the
remainder
of
the
distance
.
I
opened
not
my
mouth
.
On
reaching
the
plantation
they
entered
the
great
house
,
while
I
repaired
to
Eliza
's
cabin
.
The
slaves
were
astonished
to
find
me
there
,
on
returning
from
the
field
,
supposing
I
was
drowned
.
That
night
,
again
,
they
gathered
about
the
cabin
to
listen
to
the
story
of
my
adventure
.
They
took
it
for
granted
I
would
be
whipped
,
and
that
it
would
be
severe
,
the
well-known
penalty
of
running
away
being
five
hundred
lashes
.
"
Poor
fellow
,
"
said
Eliza
,
taking
me
by
the
hand
,
"
it
would
have
been
better
for
you
if
you
had
drowned
.
You
have
a
cruel
master
,
and
he
will
kill
you
yet
,
I
am
afraid
.
"
Lawson
suggested
that
it
might
be
,
overseer
Chapin
would
be
appointed
to
inflict
the
punishment
,
in
which
case
it
would
not
be
severe
,
whereupon
Mary
,
Rachel
,
Bristol
,
and
others
hoped
it
would
be
Master
Ford
,
and
then
it
would
be
no
whipping
at
all
.
They
all
pitied
me
and
tried
to
console
me
,
and
were
sad
in
view
of
the
castigation
that
awaited
me
,
except
Kentucky
John
.
There
were
no
bounds
to
his
laughter
;
he
filled
the
cabin
with
cachinnations
,
holding
his
sides
to
prevent
an
explosion
,
and
the
cause
of
his
noisy
mirth
was
the
idea
of
my
outstripping
the
hounds
.
Somehow
,
he
looked
at
the
subject
in
a
comical
light
.
"
I
know
'd
dey
would
'n
t
cotch
him
,
when
he
run
cross
de
plantation
.
O
,
de
lor
'
,
did
'n
t
Platt
pick
his
feet
right
up
,
tho
'
,
hey
?
When
dem
dogs
got
whar
he
was
,
he
was
'n
t
dar
--
haw
,
haw
,
haw
!
O
,
de
lor
'
a
'
mity
!
"
--
and
then
Kentucky
John
relapsed
into
another
of
his
boisterous
fits
.
Early
the
next
morning
,
Tibeats
left
the
plantation
.
In
the
course
of
the
forenoon
,
while
sauntering
about
the
gin-house
,
a
tall
,
good-looking
man
came
to
me
,
and
inquired
if
I
was
Tibeats
'
boy
,
that
youthful
appellation
being
applied
indiscriminately
to
slaves
even
though
they
may
have
passed
the
number
of
three
score
years
and
ten
.
I
took
off
my
hat
,
and
answered
that
I
was
.
"
How
would
you
like
to
work
for
me
?
"
he
inquired
.
"
Oh
,
I
would
like
to
,
very
much
,
"
said
I
,
inspired
with
a
sudden
hope
of
getting
away
from
Tibeats
.
"
You
worked
under
Myers
at
Peter
Tanner
's
,
did
n't
you
?
"
