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Chapter 1

           "Where?Iseenosmoke!"

           "No,sirno,"stammeredtheoverseer,becomingconsciousthathehadcausedunnecessaryalarm;"Ididn’tsayitairafirenow:onlythetithezbeen,anthehulgroundairasblackastheteno’spades."

           "Tatat!whatofthat?Isupposewecantraveloverablackprairie,assafelyasagreenone?

           "Whatnonsenseofyou,JoshSansom,toraisesucharowaboutnothingfrighteningpeopleoutoftheirsenses!Ho!there,youniggers!Laytheleathertoyourteams,andletthetrainproceed.Whipup!whipup!"

           "But,CaptainCalhoun,"protestedtheoverseer,inresponsetothegentlemanwhohadreproachedhiminsuchchasteterms;"howairwetofindtheway?"

           "Findtheway!Whatareyouravingabout?Wehaven’tlostithavewe?"

           "I’mafeerdwehev,though.Thewheel-tracksain’tnolongertobeseen.They’reburntout,alongwi’thegrass."

           "Whatmattersthat?Ireckonwecancrossapieceofscorchedprairie,withoutwheel-markstoguideus?We’llfindthemagainontheotherside."

           "Ye-es,"naïvelyrespondedtheoverseer,who,althougha"down-easter,"hadbeenfarenoughwesttohavelearntsomethingoffrontierlife;"iftheerairanyotherside.Ikedn’tseeitouto’theseddlene’erasigno’it."

           "Whipup,niggers!whipup!"shoutedCalhoun,withoutheedingtheremark;andspurringonwards,asasignthattheorderwastobeobeyed.

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