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A
lonelier
spot
,
or
one
more
disagreeable
,
than
the
centre
of
the
"
Big
Cane
Brake
,
"
it
would
be
difficult
to
conceive
;
yet
to
me
it
was
a
paradise
,
in
comparison
with
any
other
place
in
the
company
of
Master
Tibeats
.
I
labored
hard
,
and
oft-times
was
weary
and
fatigued
,
yet
I
could
lie
down
at
night
in
peace
,
and
arise
in
the
morning
without
fear
.
In
the
course
of
a
fortnight
,
four
black
girls
came
down
from
Eldret
's
plantation
--
Charlotte
,
Fanny
,
Cresia
and
Nelly
.
They
were
all
large
and
stout
.
Axes
were
put
into
their
hands
,
and
they
were
sent
out
with
Sam
and
myself
to
cut
trees
.
They
were
excellent
choppers
,
the
largest
oak
or
sycamore
standing
but
a
brief
season
before
their
heavy
and
well-directed
blows
.
At
piling
logs
,
they
were
equal
to
any
man
.
There
are
lumberwomen
as
well
as
lumbermen
in
the
forests
of
the
South
.
In
fact
,
in
the
region
of
the
Bayou
Bœuf
they
perform
their
share
of
all
the
labor
required
on
the
plantation
.
They
plough
,
drag
,
drive
team
,
clear
wild
lands
,
work
on
the
highway
,
and
so
forth
.
Some
planters
,
owning
large
cotton
and
sugar
plantations
,
have
none
other
than
the
labor
of
slave
women
.
Such
a
one
is
Jim
Burns
,
who
lives
on
the
north
shore
of
the
bayou
,
opposite
the
plantation
of
John
Fogaman
.
On
our
arrival
in
the
brake
,
Eldret
promised
me
,
if
I
worked
well
,
I
might
go
up
to
visit
my
friends
at
Ford
's
in
four
weeks
.
On
Saturday
night
of
the
fifth
week
,
I
reminded
him
of
his
promise
,
when
he
told
me
I
had
done
so
well
,
that
I
might
go
.
I
had
set
my
heart
upon
it
,
and
Eldret
's
announcement
thrilled
me
with
pleasure
.
I
was
to
return
in
time
to
commence
the
labors
of
the
day
on
Tuesday
morning
.
While
indulging
the
pleasant
anticipation
of
so
soon
meeting
my
old
friends
again
,
suddenly
the
hateful
form
of
Tibeats
appeared
among
us
.
He
inquired
how
Myers
and
Platt
got
along
together
,
and
was
told
,
very
well
,
and
that
Platt
was
going
up
to
Ford
's
plantation
in
the
morning
on
a
visit
.
"
Poh
,
poh
!
"
sneered
Tibeats
;
"
it
is
n't
worth
while
--
the
nigger
will
get
unsteady
.
He
ca
n't
go
.
"
But
Eldret
insisted
I
had
worked
faithfully
--
that
he
had
given
me
his
promise
,
and
that
,
under
the
circumstances
,
I
ought
not
to
be
disappointed
.
They
then
,
it
being
about
dark
,
entered
one
cabin
and
I
the
other
.
I
could
not
give
up
the
idea
of
going
;
it
was
a
sore
disappointment
.
Before
morning
I
resolved
,
if
Eldret
made
no
objection
,
to
leave
at
all
hazards
.
At
daylight
I
was
at
his
door
,
with
my
blanket
rolled
up
into
a
bundle
,
and
hanging
on
a
stick
over
my
shoulder
,
waiting
for
a
pass
.
Tibeats
came
out
presently
in
one
of
his
disagreeable
moods
,
washed
his
face
,
and
going
to
a
stump
near
by
,
sat
down
upon
it
,
apparently
busily
thinking
with
himself
.
After
standing
there
a
long
time
,
impelled
by
a
sudden
impulse
of
impatience
,
I
started
off
.
"
Are
you
going
without
a
pass
?
"
he
cried
out
to
me
.
"
Yes
,
master
,
I
thought
I
would
,
"
I
answered
.
"
How
do
you
think
you
'll
get
there
?
"
demanded
he
.
