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UNCLE 1-oii’s cram. (HIAP VI

. n. Elisa’s Escapa.——Three Worthiee.--'l‘roubles in Trade.—IIaley’s Belief in lleligion.—A Game of spcculaticn..—-The Bitter Bit.—The Catch- ing Busin_eee.—-Sam and Andy's return Home. —Sain's Narrative.-Sam's Peculiar Charac- mr.—8am's 0rat:ion.—'l'lie Senator.

Emu made her desperate retrut across the river in the dusk of twilight, The grey mist of evening, rising slowly from the river, snvelo her as she disappeared up the bank, and the swollen current and Icauderin masses of ice Kmscnted a ho less barrier be een her and er pursucr. ale , therefore, slowly and dis- conteatedly return to the little tavern, to pen- der further what was to one. The woman (‘opened to him the door of a little rlour, cover- with e rs car t, where s a table witha very shinin fiilacixliil-cloth, sundry lank, high- but: ed w chairs, with some plaster image in resplendent colours, on the mantle-shelf,

above a veiy dimly-smoking grate; a l hard- wood settle extended its uneasy length the to

chiuiney, and hers Haley sat down to m its on the instability of human hopes and happiness

in general.

“ What did I want with the little cuss, now," he said to himself, “ that I should have got in - self treed ike a ‘coon, as Iani, this yer way ." and Haley relieved -himself by repeating over a not war select litany of lmpreatious on him- self, w ich, though there was the best possible reason to consider them as true, we shall, as a matter of taste, omit.

He was startled by the loud dissonant

win . “ By the land! ifthis er an’t the nearest. now, to what I’ve heard fo I call Provi ,"

said Haley. “ I do b'lieve that ar's Tom In-

Or.

Iialey hastened out. Shading by the lair, in the corner’ of the room, was a bruwny, muscular man, full six feet in hei ht, and broad in ‘re-

rtion. -He was dresses ins coat of bu lo- skiu, made with the hair outward, which gave him a shaggy and res appearance, perfectly in kee ing with the whole air of his physioguo- m . Pin the head and face every organ and linsament expressive of brutal and unliesitafing violence was in a shte of the highest possible developement. Indeed, could our readers fancy a bulldog come into man's estate, and walking about in a hat and coat, the would have no un- apt idea of the general sty e and elbct of his p ysiqus. He was accompanied by a travelling companion, in man respects an exact contrast to himself. He was short and slender, lithe and cat-like in his motions, and had a peering, mousing expression about his keen black eyes, with w ich every feature of his face seemed sharpened into sympathy; his thin, lon nose ran outae if it was cc to bore into t e na- ture of things in genera ; his sleek, thin black hair was stuck eagerly forward, and all his mo- tions and evolutions ex re a dry, cautious acutenese. The great big man poured out a big tumbler half full of raw s irite, and gulphed it down without a word. ‘e little man stood on tiptoe, and, utting head that to one side and than to t eothsr, and snuflng considerate] in the directions of the various bottles, ordered at last a mint juls , in a thin and quivering voice, and with an a r of great circuinspectiou. When poured out, he took and looked at it with a sharp, complacent air, like a man who thinks he has done about the right thing, and hit the nail on the had, and proceeded to dispose of it in short and well-advised sips.

“ Wal,-now, who'd a thought this yer luc Why, Ieker, how are yet" ,coming forward and extending his handtot shigiuan..

“The devil." was the civil reply. “What brought you here, Haley ?"

Mil: iplpusin man, whgiborie the mugs of _ sun stop s s in , an hntbielmd .gewarI.l),°llooked i"ewdly'on ii: I10W_acqusinhnce, as a cat scniedmes looks ate 1:03: ‘dry leaf, or some other possible object of u . » r n “III .'1‘II5~thk r's the luckiest thin in the worlll. I':’a-ytlevil of a bobble, andsyou

p inc “Ugh. aw! like on 5» god“ . plaimnt acquelnmnefi ‘ sh; i,.;',i;'i..., be‘ ;::l, see m

ty ears of that, when :0 ; eomsfiing to he made 0 ea. Wiinfs the lilow said Haley,

nowl” “_You’ve got a friend hsrul” fiohng doubtfully at Marks; “ gnu, peg. Here, Marks! here’t ar

“.Yss,U have. feller tint [was in with in Natchez." “Slmll be-pleased with his acquaintau ”

eaidlntks -dlrls out a Ion thin hand,‘ ,0 - r. Haley, Ibclieve "' "'

aravsnlss w. -00 . “ The same, is," said Haley. " And,_now flip‘ P“ if‘ as we've met so he pily, I in this her?‘ up w . “nIItl)‘Wnl)I:l“:¢r!0(t))l'l"'&;?d' hots fiend etthe be’r," ' tus hot’water, ""l.|lD|'» Inlgei rs, and ptpty of the ma!

'u°'-iiuiia til it uh“. by candles gliilmz elres -

to t grste,and ,°I:”|:II;i ' rounzio a nbigmi ii osss-and rm. ' i ‘M "

u , - ‘ l lay bocplsgaathetls tel ofhis iar 5'0“. I’ J‘ N . ed euasia “M

‘mono an’t everything, ‘cause we’s a l ' I don t care, now, who bears no say t—-and I

who was anxiously and with much iidgeting compounding a tumbler of unch to his own _

culiar taste, occasionally ooked up from is emplo ent, and, poking his sharp nose and china ost into lIaley’s face, ve the most earnest heed to the whole narrat ve. The con- clusion of it a ared to amuse him extremely, for he shook his shoulders and sides in silence, and perked up his thin lips with an air of great

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internal enjoyiuen . “ So, then, ye‘r fairly sewed up. an'ty9}" 11° said ; he ! he ! he ! It's neatly one, .

“ This yer young-un business makes lots of trouble in the trade," said Haley, dolefully.

“ Ifwe could get a breed of gals that idn’t care, now,for their young uns,” said Marks. “ tell ye, I think ’.twould ie ’bout the greatest mod’rn im rovement I knows on ;” and Mulls patronized is joke by a quiet introductory snig-

e. E “ Jest so," said Haley; “ I never could’nt see into it. Young uns is heaps of trouble to ’em—one would think, now, they’d be glad to get clar on ‘em ; but they arn't. And the more trouble a young un is, and the more good . for nothing, as a gen’! thing, the tighter they stick! to ’em ’

“ Wal, Mr. Haley,” said Marks, f‘jest pass the hot water. Yes, sir; you sayjest whatl feel and all’us have. Now, I bou _ t a gal once when I was in the trade, a tight, iksly wench she was, too, and quite considerable smart_—und she had a youn uii that was misjable sickly; it had a crookc back, or something or other, and I jest gin’t awn. to a man tlint_tho_ught he'd take his chance raisin’ on’t, being it didn't cost noth'in’——uever thou lit, er know, of the gal’s takin’ on about it— int. rd, yer ougliter seen how she went on! Why, ro‘ll , she did seem me to valley the child more cause ’twa.r sickly an cross, and pla ued her; and she wari_i’t making b’lievc, noit er- cried about it, shedid, and lopped round, as if she'd lost every friend she be . It re'lly was droll to think on’t. Lord, there an’t no end to women's notions."

“ Wal, ' st so with me," said Haley. “ Inst summer, own on Red River, I got a I traded oil‘ on me, with a likely-lookin’ chil enough,

and his eyes looked as bright as _onr’n; but. come to look, I found him stone-b ind. Fact-— he was stone-blind. Wal, ye see, I _tiiouglit there warn’t no harm in my jest ssing

on ,and not sayin’ nothin’; and ’_d got him ad for a keg 0’ whiskey; but to get ' away from the gal, she was jest like a tiger. So ‘was before wc started, and I hadn’t t my gang chained up ; so whstshould she do, t ups on a cotton-bale, like a cat, ketches a knife fiotn one of the deck hands, and, I'll tell ya, she made all fly for a ininnit, till she saw 'twan‘t no use; and she jest turns round and pitches head first, young an and all, into the river—wont down plump, and never

mdnaii 2" said Tom 1.01:2», who had listened ese stories with ill-repressed disgust.

to tli .“Shii‘less, both on e! My gals don't cut up {yo I)!

no such shines, I 01 . “l eed! how do you help it!" said Marks,

iskl . “ lilalpitl wblly, a galikand ifsh:l3’s got a nu on to so , jeetwa supan puts Jngoiistgte her face, and says, ‘ Look here, now, if you give me one word out of your head, I’ll smash yer face in. I won’t hear one word- not the beginning ofa word.’ I says to ’em, ‘ This yer young un’s mine,and not ourn,and you’vo_no kind 0' business with it. ' ' g to sell it, first chance; mind {on don t cut up none 0’ yer shines about it, or '11 make ye wis ye'd never been born.’ ye,I eky sees it an‘t no la , ts . ma es’em as whist aspfis es; and i one on ’em be 'ns and 'vss a elp, wh ”——-and Mr. Loker rouglit own_his list wi i a thump that fully explained

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“ That ar's what ye may call empAa.ris,” said Marks, pokin Iialey in the side, and going into another smal giggle. “ An’t Tom peculiar ?—

e, he, he ! I say,.Tom, I ’spect you make ’em understand, for all niggers‘ heads is woolly. They don’t never have no doubt 0' your meaning, Tom. If on an‘t the devil, Tom, you‘s his twin brother; I'll say that for ye.”

Tom received the compliment with becoming modesty, and be u to look as afible as was consistent, as ohn Bunyan says, “ with his do ish nature.”

aley, who had been imbibing very freely of the staple of the evening, began to feel a sensi- ble elevation and enlargement of his moral facul- ties-a phenomenon not unusual with gentlemen of a serious and reflective turn, under similar

cireuvipalances. T ” h _d u ‘E ,now, cm, 0 sai , “ypnre’1y is w, cm,

‘too bad, as I al'ays have told ye. Ye to til

you and I used over these yer matters down in Natches; and I ueai to prove in ye,that we made full as much, and was as well cl‘ for this or world, by treatin' on ’em well, besides keep ’ a better chance for comin’ in the king- dom at last, when wust comes to wust, and thar an’t nothin’ else left to get, yc know."

‘ 2" said Tom, “ don’! I know 7-don't’ make me too sick with any yer stul—-my sto- mach is a leetle riled now ;' an em half a glass of raw brandy.

“ I say," said Haley, and loaning back in his clnir and gesturing impressively, “ I’ll say this now: I al‘sys meant to drive my trade so as to make iuone on’t, fast and eresmt, as much as any man ; t then, trade an’t eve thing, and

thlri a cussed sl ht on it, so I may as well come (Slit wit it. Ihhfiielvp in rpligioae; ap_d hqne 0;’

on w ve ma rs I an snug','i ' late to ‘ten to my soul, Dlsld them ar msUrs'l and so what's the use of doin‘ any more _ than’s ro‘ll necensry!—it don't seem to Ide_it’l ’tsll pru ent."

" ‘Tend to soul !” ted’l‘om,ccntup- tuously: H I u“ " r on t score.

in you—nvs. Q‘, _ the devil elite you Ilueaghahsir sieve, hswcn't find ens." * " v v

ky°ou'rs cross." said Haley;

'- Why, ‘Dom, u hi’: ,9 3’ Pl.‘ ‘HM, WIIQ I

oak-out to Ind a. soul.

“ Stop that ar ' w o’ yourn, there,” said Tom, ulily. “ I can land most any talk c’yourn, ut your pious talk—t1iat kills me rig t up. After all, wbat’s the odds between me and you I ’Tan’t that you care one bit more, or have a bit more feelin‘—it s clean, sheer, dog meanness- wantin to cheat the devil, and save your own skin; cn’t I see tbrou h it? And your ‘ get- tin’ religion,‘ as you eat it. H091‘ all. is too 'isin mean for an crittur ; run up a bill with the devil all your lI6,,flIld then sneak out when pay-time comes! Boh !” _ “Come,comc, gentlemen, I say, this isn't business," said Marks. ‘ ‘ Tliere‘s diiferent Wl}{8, ou know, of looking at all sub'ects. Mr. :1- ey is a very nice man no don t, and has his own conscience ; and, Tom, you have your ways, and very good ones too, Tom ; but quurrelling, on know, won’t answer no kin of purpose. I.ct.’s go to business. Now, Mr. Haley, what is it ?— cu want us to undertake to catch this yer gal lg

“ The girl's no matter of mine—slie’s Shelby's; it's only the boy. I was a fool for buying the monks .

“ You’re generally a fool !” said 'l‘om, gruiily. _ _

“ Come, now, Loker,none ofyour hulls,” said Marks, licking his lips ; “ you see Mr. llaley‘s a puttiii us in a way ofa good job, I reckon ; just holcf still—these or arrangements is my forte. This yer gal, r. Ilaley, bow is she 1- what is she! ’

“ Wal! white and hnndsoinc—well brought up. Pd :1 in Shelby oi ht hundred or a thou- sand, and t on made we on her.”

“ White and handsoiue—well brought up !" said Marks, his sharp eyes, nose, and month all alive with enterprise. “ k here, now,Loker, a beautiful opening. Wc’ll do ii. business here on our own account; we does the catchin’ ; the be , of course, votes to Mr. Halcy—wc takes the gal Ito Orleans to speculate on. An’t it beauti-

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Toni, whose great, heavy mouth had stood ujar during this cominuiiication, now suddenly snapped it together, as a big do closes on a

iece of meat, and seemed to be 'gcsting the idea at his leisure. ,

“ Ye see," said Marks to Iliilcy, stirring his punch as he did so, “ ye see, we s 'usticos convenient,at all p’ints alongsliore that oes up any little jobs in our line quite reasonable. Tom, he does the knockin' down, and that ar ; and I come in all dressed up-—-shining boots- everything first chop, when the swearin‘s to be

on ongliter see, nevi," said‘Marks, in - a glow of profusioulgide, “ how I can tone it oil‘. Ouetk , I'll’: .'l.'wiekem, from New Orleans; ano er‘da‘y, Pia teams from my plantation, on Pearl iver, where I works seven undred niggers ; then, again, I come out a dis- tint relation of Henry Clay, or seine old cock in Kentuck. Talents is dillbrent, you know. Now, Tom's n roarcr, when there's any thuiuping or fighting to be done: but at lying he an‘t od, Toin an’t-ye see it don’t come natural to iim ; but, Lord, if thar's a feller in the country that can swar toanytliing and ever thin , and ut in all the circumstances and ouris ies wit a longer face, and carry it tbrou h better ’n I can, why, I'd like to‘see him, t at’s all! I b’lieve, my heart, I could get along, and sneak through, even if justices were more particular than ey is. Sometimes I rather wish they was more rticular; ’twould be a heap more relishin’ inhey vvas-—-more fun, yer know.”

Tom Loker, who, as we have made it appear, was a man of slow thou his and movements, here interrupted Marks y bringing his heavy list down on the table, so as to make all ring again. “ It'll do .”’ he said.

“Lord blcss ye, Tom, ye needn't break all the glasses,” said Marks ; “ save your list for time 0’ need ”

“ But, gentlemen, an’tI to come in for a share of the profits !" said Haley.

“ An‘t it enou h we catch the boy for ye?” said Loker. *0 hat do e want!”

“ Wsl, ’ ssid‘ Hsly “ fl gives you the job, We wcrili something-—ssy ten per cent. on the profits, expenses aid."

" Now,” said nksr, with a tremendous oath, and striking the table with his heavy list, “ don't I know you, Dan slsyi Don't you think to come it over incl Suppose Marks and l have taken up the cslchin’ trade, jest to ’coreinodsts gentleman like you, and get nothic’ for surselvesl Not by a long chalk! We’ll have the gel out and oIit,sud you kwesp’qsiet or, ye see, we'll both--whst’s to hinder! lisn’i you sbow’d us the game? It's as free to us as you, I hope. if you or Shelby wants to chase us, look where the psrtridgss was last year : if you find them or as, you're quite welcome.”

Oh, wsl, certainly, jest let it go at that," said Haley, alarmed : “ you catch the boy for the job; you allsre did trade for with use, Tom, and was up to yer word.”

“ Ye ltncw that,” said Tom , “ l’don’t pretend none of your siilvelling ways, but! won’t lie in my ’connts with the devil himself. What I see I‘ I do, will do; you know that, Dan Haley.”

"Jae so, om," said Haley; “ and if you'd

only promise to have the boy for me in a week, at an point you'll name, ihat‘s all 1 want.“ “ t it an’t all I want, by ailong jump," said Tom. " Ye don’t think I did usiuesswith on down in Natohes for nothing, Haley: ’ve learned to holdanesl when Icatch him. You've got to fork over fifty dollars, list down, or this child don't starts pc . I know yer."

“ Why ‘when you ve a job in hand that may bri a clean proiit of somewhere about u thou- ean or sixteen hundred? Why, Tom, you're onreasonable," said Hal .

“ Yes, and hasn't we business booked for five weeks to come—all we can do‘ And suppose we leaves all,snd goes to bushwhackin round srter you in, an llnally doesn t catch the d gs allers is the devil to cstrh- what's then afwould you pot as a cent—would you! I think I see on a oin’ it-—ngh! No, no; flap down your fty. Ifwo git thejob,snd it pays, I‘1l bandit back; if we don't, it‘: for our ble—that'.efer, s;p’tri_t, Mar sl”

yer know. ’.l.bm’ll have the boy for yer any- where e'll name ; wont'tye,'I‘om?"

“ If find the oung nu, I'll bring him on to Cincinnati, and cave him at Granny Belcher’s, on fire landin ," said Loker.

arks ha t from his ket s s

et-book, an , taking a liiii); paper-8rf?oni thence, he sat down and fixing his keen bleek es on it, began mumbling over its contents: rnes-Shellfiy Coun -—boy Jim, three hun- dred dollars or him, or alive. Edwards 'ck and Lucy—man and wife, six hundred dollars ; wench Polly and two children——six hundred for her or her head'—I’m jest a runnin over our business, to see if we can take up th' yer handily. Loker,” he said, after a pause, “ we must set Adams and ringer on the track of these yer ; they’ve been ked some time.”

“ They'll char too much,” said Tom.

I'll mono t at ar; they's young in the business, an must ’spect to work cheap,” said Marks, as he continued to read. Th ree on em easy cases, ’cause all ou’ve got to do is shoot ’em, or swear they is s ot; the could’nt, of course, charge much for that. hem other casos," he said, folding the paper, “ will bear puttin’ otla s ell. So now let’s come to’ the particulars. how, Mr. Haley, you saw this yet gal, when she landed 1"

“ To be sure—plain as I see you.”

“ And a man belpin’ on her up the bank 1” said Loker. ~

“ To be sure, I did."

“Most likely,” said Mark, “she's took in souiewherc; but wber’s, a question. Tom, what 0 you so 1"

“ We must cross the river to-night, no mis- take,” said om.

“ But ther’s no boat about,” said Marks. “ The ice is running awfully, Tom ; an’t it dan- gerous 1"

“ Don’no nothing ’bout tluit, only it's got to be done,” said Tom, decided] .

“ Dear me," said Marks fidgeting, “it'll be—I so ,” he said walking to the window, “ it’s dark as a wolf’s mouth, and Tom"-

“ The ion and short is, you’rc scared, Marks ; but I can't help that,you’ve got to go ; suppose you want to he by is day or two, till the l‘s