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Everything
,
apparently
,
was
moving
along
swimmingly
,
until
Sunday
afternoon
,
when
Waddill
called
at
Northup
's
room
to
express
his
apprehension
of
difficulties
they
had
not
expected
to
encounter
.
Bass
had
become
alarmed
,
and
had
placed
his
affairs
in
the
hands
of
a
person
at
the
landing
,
communicating
to
him
his
intention
of
leaving
the
State
.
This
person
had
betrayed
the
confidence
reposed
in
him
to
a
certain
extent
,
and
a
rumor
began
to
float
about
the
town
,
that
the
stranger
at
the
hotel
,
who
had
been
observed
in
the
company
of
lawyer
Waddill
,
was
after
one
of
old
Epps
'
slaves
,
over
on
the
bayou
.
Epps
was
known
at
Marksville
,
having
frequent
occasion
to
visit
that
place
during
the
session
of
the
courts
,
and
the
fear
entertained
by
Mr.
Northup
's
adviser
was
,
that
intelligence
would
be
conveyed
to
him
in
the
night
,
giving
him
an
opportunity
of
secreting
me
before
the
arrival
of
the
sheriff
.
This
apprehension
had
the
effect
of
expediting
matters
considerably
.
The
sheriff
,
who
lived
in
one
direction
from
the
village
,
was
requested
to
hold
himself
in
readiness
immediately
after
midnight
,
while
the
Judge
was
informed
he
would
be
called
upon
at
the
same
time
.
It
is
but
justice
to
say
,
that
the
authorities
at
Marksville
cheerfully
rendered
all
the
assistance
in
their
power
.
As
soon
after
midnight
as
bail
could
be
perfected
,
and
the
Judge
's
signature
obtained
,
a
carriage
,
containing
Mr.
Northup
and
the
sheriff
,
driven
by
the
landlord
's
son
,
rolled
rapidly
out
of
the
village
of
Marksville
,
on
the
road
towards
Bayou
Bœuf
.
It
was
supposed
that
Epps
would
contest
the
issue
involving
my
right
to
liberty
,
and
it
therefore
suggested
itself
to
Mr.
Northup
,
that
the
testimony
of
the
sheriff
,
describing
my
first
meeting
with
the
former
,
might
perhaps
become
material
on
the
trial
.
It
was
accordingly
arranged
during
the
ride
,
that
,
before
I
had
an
opportunity
of
speaking
to
Mr.
Northup
,
the
sheriff
should
propound
to
me
certain
questions
agreed
upon
,
such
as
the
number
and
names
of
my
children
,
the
name
of
my
wife
before
marriage
,
of
places
I
knew
at
the
North
,
and
so
forth
.
If
my
answers
corresponded
with
the
statements
given
him
,
the
evidence
must
necessarily
be
considered
conclusive
.
At
length
,
shortly
after
Epps
had
left
the
field
,
with
the
consoling
assurance
that
he
would
soon
return
and
warm
us
,
as
was
stated
in
the
conclusion
of
the
preceding
chapter
,
they
came
in
sight
of
the
plantation
,
and
discovered
us
at
work
.
Alighting
from
the
carriage
,
and
directing
the
driver
to
proceed
to
the
great
house
,
with
instructions
not
to
mention
to
any
one
the
object
of
their
errand
until
they
met
again
,
Northup
and
the
sheriff
turned
from
the
highway
,
and
came
towards
us
across
the
cotton
field
.
We
observed
them
,
on
looking
up
at
the
carriage
--
one
several
rods
in
advance
of
the
other
.
It
was
a
singular
and
unusual
thing
to
see
white
men
approaching
us
in
that
manner
,
and
especially
at
that
early
hour
in
the
morning
,
and
Uncle
Abram
and
Patsey
made
some
remarks
,
expressive
of
their
astonishment
.
Walking
up
to
Bob
,
the
sheriff
inquired
:
"
Where
's
the
boy
they
call
Platt
?
"
"
Thar
he
is
,
massa
,
"
answered
Bob
,
pointing
to
me
,
and
twitching
off
his
hat
.
I
wondered
to
myself
what
business
he
could
possibly
have
with
me
,
and
turning
round
,
gazed
at
him
until
he
had
approached
within
a
step
.
During
my
long
residence
on
the
bayou
,
I
had
become
familiar
with
the
face
of
every
planter
within
many
miles
;
but
this
man
was
an
utter
stranger
--
certainly
I
had
never
seen
him
before
.
"
Your
name
is
Platt
,
is
it
?
"
he
asked
.
