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Show tt III HIS CWOIDKKATi: RUIRflTIM i ivri. Aflrttifl OotiiVderat rank wr I bin mil It llir drprrate flrflitlnir uf I SOS the 11dm i' I tha UHK-r.rr fell In hanl placr. The Hlchmonii ROTcm nient ttt eorrsttf ctlly to werk to brlnic rfcry llt1 tnn to the front, l'mldrftt Da., ly proclaratUoii. uracil evtr mii to liBittu u till rounlr' deff-ne. anl promlii jut Uoii fur all Ml tlHItwiueuejr, prutM! tha oUVnilar now Imten ti do hi duty, HtrliiKut orJfri atiil ihreata of wiulihnifiit lufum. fiitTKjr Into the inUfriufthe llotnn Uuard. Detach lnthUofConMeratetroui vliltbd tha titljcbborhvod at iliort and Irrt-ftular Interval, while Mitt hmura of tha dvtertan wcrv watched mid riattdljr tcarchod. Than It waUliat Ihedfaerlor. a w cillrdall who ibltUJ military duty, whether Ihrjr hid vver actually Uvti Id the army or not, had recourse to a inodfl of liMtnte which thejr had learned from runaway law. The fujtltlre In this region having neither thoiwaroirtof theewl nor the tnouu Uloi of the wi-at fur refuge, like all the hardriiii creature, naturally took tooarth. He tllher rn Urged or con cealed tome natural cavity or Uuk a rate, In which he till hy day. to ntly out under rover of ilaikiiM In quent tf poultry, lg. itiuajt, fruit, routine-rata, routine-rata, waUrrnrloui and other icowl tulugi In ""ou. If he fird jr-ault jr-ault by .log herubbfdlheaott of lit ft with ouIjdh or odoroui herb In order to oonfuie thtt etnt. It nioder ately wary or akllnil he found little diniculty lu irmtluluK out till the rrupa wrrr "laid by" and all the heavy work waa over, or till roll weather drove him btcktoa mugger berth hitheiiuarter. The ili-wrWf mnu a vat Improve lucnt on lhi burrow of the runaway In tiro. Ilia cave wai lurtfcr, better cnnitnictinl and totter pminM than lrolotyn,liutuot IvtterconctftN-d. The latidlciE together In )Uft(.uflwi or thrir, tomuuurreUvntel place woult ! rlioaeii, Kvnerally im a hlllald. to avoid niuUlure, and a near a tfram as I ract liable, fur the t atient an 1 pafrtt way of dlipofdoiof the earth thrown upludlffitluK Ilia (.Itwa to dump It In ruuttlutc watur. 'I ho alle lull. ran fully eelrcted and recounolureil from every oilblo way of Bppnmoh, a watch wu irt an J work w a bouii and frvitd with theutniwt diiputrh. KIM the Itavraof pine tieedlr went raketl bark and a apace "Until vlV,' nullity U by uh(ht feel, but often t-onilderably taricer. Then the ublql tout UiI,ulU wa iirrad to catch eveiy L article of the tell ule clay, and iimb It) lioca, pad el, a lit I all available Jmplemeiita wire put In rapid motion. Aa any prolunnatlon of the work In-created In-created the dan nrr of discovery, the ot Jett waa to get It uu an I oonentled at the earliest iolht mtiint. lWery haul that coull be truitml oM men, women and children at rolled In to tuilit. lo thee auilllarlvi frll the hardeat part of thu tank, that of dla polna ol the dirt, which of coum could not be left near the cute. Thl waa Renerally 'lotei" away In buck eti and pUlnt, ant dumped In the a Ijaraut atreAin, uu 1 a the dtreutlon fin which the tavo w'ai npproachel had totio CAiutarilly change I lent the fatntut Vftfn of n path ahould betray be-tray the epot, Hi ' labor of trauiiortlu licht or ten cu do jarJi of vartli lu thli primitive laohlou waa no light uiidertablug, Thu i roir dej tin, commonly ateut aU feet, Udntf attulned, a flro plare wat cut lu the cartbm aldi-a of the rite and roiiuicled with a llue tut through the adacint earth. Acroaa tliojlt, and (lightly Ulow the aur face, wcru then placed atout xn, and outhet-elheiroiiforplue buirJi, while overall theerlh and leavt-a were carefully care-fully n placed ao ft to com eal all ilgui of having Uea dUturUiI. I'inc nreJlei made a very goodnarjet. A bnl waacuiifttructcdby driving forked itahe lulo the giouud, and upon theae wete laid aniall plecea topd vUh plllfl iKJUglll. What K" loo cave dweller the uioit coiuvrn ai thu dNiwaal of the oioke from hU chimney. JWeu under tbo beet of clriUDiitauca, lu the falreat, Harmvit weather, aud luthe drleet wll, ii inteWBJA dUmalaUixle. There wai a iiarkneen, a cIiIIIIumi, a ftrange aud gravedlke illunce down there which made lire, the only light obtainable In thoo hard tlmea, an In deewnilble comiauluu. Wtin rutny weather cauie and the wall ooifd uatvr. onlr lint maJe It hnMlalil. Carewai Wken lo ure the drleit and mwt ruokelen fuel, but aa even that, though burnfl over ie iarlugly In the dy time, would cauieaumeamokv, varloui plana were hit upon to mint mlxe the dauger of betrayal from thU koune. When practicable thu cavu wouldbeduguearaduad tree, which wm flnt blackened by file, urilveioue could be foil nd already partially burnrd by the chance llrenf koineroon or oiy 4iiui hanltr. Falling thli' ao oil ireeiturup, after being charred, wai lugentuuily planted ovir the chimney mouth, an that the itnoke might rle through or around It. The oljvct of lluie devUa wa of courie, that hould any uufrleudly eye Uncover the moke, It would Imi nttrlbuteil to one of the accidental Urea which loniu-tlima loniu-tlima imoulJired In dead timber for ut-cki at a lime. Hut ai anile the nccupanU puttlug their dejendenco on good eyeilght and Jrgs, would, hen uo ipeclal dauger wai apprehended, apprehen-ded, Latake tbeuuelvek lu the uoodi durloK the day aud uie the cavea only ai ilveptng placea. hotrauce to Iho cavu wai umally Itad by meani of a trapdoor In the rjof, In the ctmitnlueut of whkli much care aud lugenulty were alio ei Piiidr-I, lu addition to the leaden aiwaya Lept on It, a tree would oflcu be felled ovtr the ipot, the bough ier vlng not only to acrton the eutranie from view, uutllkawUe lo leMu the danger of any one walking directly over the cave, Aa It wai all Import Untthat nu trace of a path ahould be leeu thereabout, the trunk oftbetruu iidrdeda af walkway, care being Uktn alwaya to approach Itfromdlf fernut dlroctloua. Hie nrtsfuce of a liewjy fulled tree, llko a burning one, tttnu led little implcloii, Mug charged to the negro op)oRU m bunUr, |
