CHAPTER XXXI

. Mutinous Language.--The Dead-house.--Cast-iron German and

Flexible English.--A Dying Man's Confession.--I am Bound and Gagged. --I get Myself Free.--I Begin my Search.--The Man with one Thumb. --Red Paint and White Paper.--He Dropped on his Knees.--Fright and Gratitude.--I Fled through the Woods.--A Grisly Spectacle.--Shout, Man, Shout.--A look of Surprise and Triumph.--The Muffled Gurgle of a Mocking Laugh.--How strangely Things happen.--The Hidden Money.

## CHAPTER XXXII . Ritter's Narrative.--A Question of

Money.--Napoleon.--Somebody is Serious.--Where the Prettiest Girl used to Live.

## CHAPTER XXXIII . A Question of Division.--A Place where there was

no License.--The Calhoun Land Company.--A Cotton-planter's Estimate.--Halifax and Watermelons.--Jewelled-up Bar-keepers.

## CHAPTER XXXIV . An Austere Man.--A Mosquito Policy.--Facts dressed in

Tights.--A  swelled Left Ear.

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