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The North Carolinian and THE ALAMAXCB Glbakkr will be sent for one year for Two Dollars. Cadi in advance. Apply at THE Gleaxek office. Graham, N. C. I «V^^A,VWVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVI aIII I I | K 1 Ml II I 1 A gjTaaJß , W" v ' •>" - jig* ■ ,^ *' .-tr .rt i ' .> ' . - : . ."* * •«' >2£*r - -■• ' Hif A STORY unarrßH vitt. DC CAUSE OB VREDUM. ON the morning after Jakey'a Interview with the colored woman through the crack In tbe Jaliyard fence Sonrl Black was washing dishes by on open win dow in tbe kitchen, an addition built of pine boards to one of tbe nnlted booses which formed tbe Slack dwell ing. The BUD waa shining brightly, and a morning glory she bad trained tip to grow about the window was fresh with dew. Soorl's heart felt unusually light The air was so fresh; the sun waa so bright; the morning glory flowers had such a companionable look In them that Sonrl was very happy. Suddenly there came to ber a quick sinking away from the pleastarable sen sation. A sense of danger rushed in to take Its placst Surety something hor rible was about to happen. In a moment sbe beard tbe clatter of horse's hoofs coming at a gallop. Look ing np the road, of which sbe bed • view from die window, sbe saw a horse covered with foam tearing to ward her. with a negro boy on bis TBI SO* POKED THB HAKOUBOHIXT AS ■ aa*. •** x * 1 bare back. In a moment tbe rider was at tbe fence and bad reined In his Korea. Wild with baste and excite meut, seeing Sourl at the window, he called: "Am dis Slack's place?" "Yas." "Whar Sourl Stock?" "Hyar." "Your "Yas." The boy held up a red handkerchief, and then jumping off bla horse threw tbe reins oeer a picket In tbe fence, which ha faulted, tod ni&Bifif up to tbe window poked the handkerchief at ber, Sourl atjonc* recognized tbe band ■ kerchief she had given Mark. Sewed on to a corner she noticed a piece of dirty cotton cloth on which some one had written with a pen: A' Coju/JL fWltisHj) I Wr— "Wbar'd y* git thlsr asked Soul, ber face white as ashes. "Donna Left wld de niggers at Mr. Torbofs plantation. l** Mr. Tsrtfctt nigger." "Who tole y' ter tots hit hyarr "Oie nigger what lea be bit." "What'd be say?" "Nutfen." And tbe boy pointed to ' tbe corner aa if that waa euffldant e» ; pia nation for any on*. Sourl could not read what waa writ ten there, but sbe knew Mark bad been • captured, and It jaaa Mr ,to aopMif . that he waa at of near Cbstfraooga. - I "Waal?, abe ieid. "T plgsm bet paased thla ter me; reckon fliajmai me back; I'U go th y*. Air f hnnftyr ' Tie rid aince one o'clock die ma wa in." "Waal, laka yer bone round ter tbe bam far a feed, and the* eome to - brer." -__ • Tbe darky abowed his white teeth ' and did as be was bidden. Whan ha cams to Sourl placed something to eat before Mm, and tbeo want In to W form ber mother of what had hsppsa ad. t -Maw," abe aaM. "laker's tuk." t -La aakeal* exclaimed tbe motfett wttb a acream. "Air tbey foeo M> • bang bimf* I "Don't Imow. The sojet'a tulb.Mk Beckon they'll bang Mm. mrtm." "How*d t kaowf* Soul told ber aboot giving Maxtftba [ handkerchief aad Ua return la * eaaae eb fredum." "What shall we «oT moasat tbe mother, rocklag to eoMert wltb baa [ feelings. -rm goes ter Cbattanoogy tag W [ eat" "Tbejrn bang f , tm" whine* MM | l 1 *** I "Beckon not I mought lad a W • ter git Jakey oaten JaU." "H tb* sojer !»•»" I •Mebbe" > -Air f goen Jaefe y* alrr Sourl tboogbt awhile witboot reply lac. Sbe would a» with tbe enionM W"| S ■ ■ •* £ tML . \,r\i GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1911. uoj or coarse, ne couid snow ber the way, and abe might pasj for some relative. But that would not do. She was white, nnd the boy was black. Why not darken ber face? The idea was a good one. "Maw," sbe snld, "I'm a-goen out ter find some berries to make me a mar latter," nnd before ber mother could reply she was off. When she returned tbe negro boy hnd finished his break fast She told him that she would be rendy to go back with him in half an hour. While she waa talking to him he fell asleep. It was nboot four o'clock in tbeaftar noon when Sourl awakened the boy. Seeing a mulatto girl standing by him In an old calico dress and a sunbonnet. on her bead be was astonished. "Who yo'?' be aeked. "Don't y' know ma?" "Sho nuff!" "Wbafa yor name?" "Julius." "Wbst'e yer fother name?" "Ain't got none!" "I'm goen frith y' f where f started from; then 1 reckon Til have ter go aa alone." "Ole man dar; be tote y* furder." "Waal, come along Bat a snack "n then we'll go." When Julius bad eaten hie fill they mounted tbe borne, tbe girl sitting straddled behind him. Sourl, to a com mon calico dress and a very large autt bonnet looked for all tbe world like a negro girL Julius took ber over hilla Innumerable, and at midnight drew rein near a large plantation. There tbey both got down, and Jnlluai who bad surreptitiously taken one of bla ■taster's horses, returned It to the sta ble. Then be led tbe way to a row of negro cabins. Going to one of them be knocked on the door. It was opened by the negro wttb whom Mark and Jakey bad staid on tbe creek between tbe Feins' and Chattanooga. "Dis de gal," said Julius. "Goen to Cbattanoogy}" aeked tbe old man. "Beckon." "I show yo" de way. Go rlgh' off?" "Yas." "Hab f foot bit Ain't got no horse." "I can do hit" Tbe negro wee evidently ready and expecting them, for without going back into tbe cabin he led tbe way eastward. Sourl tramped to his company tbe rest of tbe night, and at daybreak they were at. bis cabin on tbe creek. There abe took a flaw hours' rest, and after tbe sun was up ate a breakfast which tbe old man prepared for ber. After this he set out to show ber the way to Chattanooga. Be aaked no Que* I lions. All be knew waa that hie efforts were in "de canoe ob fredum," and that was quite enough. Tbe old wo man who had brought him tbe hand kerchief bad told him where ber caMs was In Chattanooga, and be seemed to understand that he wee to guide Sourl there. Tbey craesed tbe river by tbe regno lor terry, having no trouble to doing so, for cltlsens and negroes were pass lag all the while. Aboot ten o'clock to the morning they reached tbe cabin of tbe old negreae who had started the handkerchief. "FV de Lo'dt" exclaimed the woman "How'd yo" git hyar so qulck?" Trabel all night," said "the pilot "Who dat yaller gal?" "I'm Sourl Slack. What's tb' jalir The woman led'Sourl out to show ber the way, and tbe man left tbe cab to on bla way homeward. Sourl waa taken to a place where abe could eee the jail, and tbe woman told her where t»find tbe crack through which Jakey had convened with ber. Sourl went to the place alone, and going to tbe fence bunted till ebe found tbe crack. She peeped to, hoping to eee her brother, bat Jakey waa Ml there. Sbe waited an bear or am* bat be did not appear. "Beckon Tm wastln' time bjrar," aba aaM «* Mat "I'm goen right In tar git round fb* ole woman, ef there to one." And eb« want to tbe gat* and preaented herself before the senttoaL - -What T y want?" be asked, a soon durtkaoir whether tbo Jaflai bad « wtfa «r noi bat aba baaardad the reply: "De jaller'a wife toto me to come la tote 4e traeben.'* Tbe ertdMr leoked at ber doobtMly *£££?£££ t*t*d ebe ■ui DBU ■cafCMi/ eniOTea iwioro ■oc aaw a party of eoUßers conducting • man from tbe JalL Tbey passed aeet ber, end ebe recognised Mark. He was Stg to his trial. Jakey followed bis id and waa going to paaa oat wttb him. bat waa stopped by tbe guard Sourl aaw team trickling down tbe cbooks aa be west back and aticlled about In ibe yard. She lodged to take hits to bar ansa but did not dan to oven make herself known to blm. Sbe did not know when Mart waa being token, eo going back to tbe guard sbe aaked wltb apparent Idle "Wbar day goon wld dat manr -Beckon tbar goen tor try Mas." Sourl determined to attempt to «M. service with tb* Muse's wMa Sbe: want Into tbe Jail and found a woman,' { wboae hair waa atnaked wltb gray, sweltering over a cooking stove. | "*• ato*t got no waeben ner sofla , far me, nab y"T eald Soari, anddawly appearing before bar. "Not Olt oat tf hyar." 1 "Anycookenr , ' "Cooken? Oan yor cook? 1 Soot wast no nigger to cook t& me, bat there's niggers to tbe t)U«k bote' I wish I bad aome an ter cook tiuJ* "Ml cook tcf—L" "Who own* yr "|'*e a free nigger." "Waal, I ain't got so money ter pay ; fo' a cook, and I reckon l'U ber to sweat it out. Olt long." "I don't want nuflln but eump*n ter eat I can sloep at my aunt's, ober da MIL" "Waal, take bold hyar fur a spell; I'm bollen." And sbe draw away from tbe stove and mopped ber face- Sourl took bold and showed a pleas ing aptitude at baking corn bread and boiling some coarse meat which sim mered in a pot on the stove. Presently the Jailer came in, aad tak ing some food lifted a trap door and lowered a meal to those below to tbo black bola "Hyar*s a gal," said bis wife, "ea bankers ter do eome cooken fo* me." "Ain't got notben tor pay with." "Don't want no pay," said Sourl, -I'se starven. Want sutnp'u ter eat" "Waal, y won't git much byar," eald the Jailer, "but I reckon It'e good nuff fo" niggers." So Sourl was allowed to help, but there was no understanding that her services abould extend beyond tbe pres ent moment She waa leaning over the stove when Mark waa brought back. He had Just been sentenced, and there was a hag gard, hopeless look on his face as be paased tbe girl without noticing her. In the afternoon Sourl saw that sbe must make work for herself or then would be no excuse tor ber to stay about tbe place. So, without saying a word, sbe took a pall of water and a scrubbing brush and began to scrub tbe floor. Then sho suggested to Mrs. Triggs that abe sweep her bedroom. Tbe woman concluded that, aa It had not been swept for mora than a month, Bouri "mougbfs well" do It, especially as tbe girl seemed to be willing to do all this work for a little boiled meat rod corn bread. "Ye* don't-look right smart, Misa Triggs," said Sourl, after cooking tbo supper and eating her aha re, " *n I don' know whar I gwtoe f git any bnab fast lees I come 'n cook fur y'." Mrs. Triggs succeeded to getting ber bos band's consent to Sourl coming back to tbe morning, and the man went out to tbe gate with her and told ber If tbe guard did not pass her . to to send for him. Sbe was at the Jail bright and early and got lb on telling tbe sentinel that she waa Mrs. Triggs* servant Sbe cooked the breakfast, and when she saw Triggs about to carry Mark's meat and corn-bread into blm sbe offered to do It. bat Trigg* paid no attention to tbe offer and carried It to himself. Then sbe asked Mrs. Triggs when sbe did ber waabing, and as the old woman bnd no regular time and not many clothes Sourl offered to do what there was. Wben sbe went out to bang up tbo clotbes to dry Jakey was In tbe yard Sbe called him to her and in a whisper made herself known. Jakey, who waa wondering what bad become of the message be bad sent was both overjoyed and astonished. He turned two or three somersaults on the ground and otherwise demonstrat ed his childishness to Mrs. Triggs, who at that moment appeared at a window, but not before Sourl had told Jakey to Inform Mark of ber preaenc*. Again at soon abe offered to take In bla dinner, but without aucceee. She waa at her wita' end for an excuse to stay about till supper tithe, but think ing that Mrs. Triggs' wardrobe might need mending she offered to undertake the task, and spent tbe afternoon over the old woman's threadbare garments. All this while Sonrl was thinking of a plan for Mark's escape. Sbe learned tbst he was to be hanged to a few days and knew then was little time. Tbe most natural plan under the cir cumstances occurred to ber—a plan by wblcb mora prisoner* have made their escape than any other one method walking out before tbe guard to wo men'* clothes. Sourl determined. If sbe could secure an entrance Into Mark's room at any time after dark, sbe would give blm ber drees and sun bonnet and leave him to make an at tempt Then abe began to think over a plan to gain an entrance at a speci fied time. In the evening ber patience wss re warded. Mark's sapper was standing en the stove. Triggs was sot to tbe Jail, and Mn. Triggs went down tb* stain outside to get something aba wanted to tbe yard. Sourl caught up tbe supper and walk ed straight past the guard Into Mark's room with It Mark, who had been Informed of her coming by Jakey, waa expecting her. Wbon be eaw tbe mu latto girl he grasped ber hand "Sourl! God bless your be said In a low tone. "I ain't got bo time tar talk. Vm watchla fur a chance tar glv* Y my clothe* tor go out wltb." "But what would yea and Jakey do?" be asked hurriedly. "Th' Ato't goen ter bang a boy os a gal Portend ter be sick termomr 1B ask fur eome medicine Mebbe they'll send me ter git it" With that sbe went oat Wbsn Mm, Triggs csaw la abe waa baadtogONd tbe Yaak*a supper ?« aba aaked "Oh. 'twar gttteo cold, *a f toted bit to ter blm." Soari made benelf eo useful that aba waa permitted to stay about tbo Jaß tbe next day. Sbe managed to ksep aa indifferent mien to all aboot bar, bat within then waa a tempest Tbe next | morning Mark was to awing, and prep arations wen being med* for tb* pas -1 poo*. If then war only time," thought Soari. "I moagbt help blm away, bat tomormrl" end no one being near to aee ber abe wrung ber bands. There aeemed bat tittle cbanco that having only one evening to effect ber plana, all* weald succeed It eoaid only b* , by good lack. In the afiemoaa Mai£ began tomoaa. I Triggs went In to en him end aaked I what was tbe nutter. Mark told him tbst be was iiL As tbe afternoon wen away tbe prisooer groaned and lanaasl till Trigg* went back to blm, and Mark told Mm that be thought be waa going | to die. Mn. Trigg* carried la hie eop- I per. bat bo refused to eat "What y got r ebe eaked "Cholera. 1 reckon." "Good l-ord.~ "I want mine medicine," said Merit "If you'll «end the black girl for It 111 |iay you and iwr well."" "V fllti'i cot i»> money." •r. - i h. re. bin y' don't know whar • . >ei-.rted Ihe matter to ber iiuabano. wUo. tearing that tbe prisoner would not be In condition for tbo banging wblcb was to occur tbe next morning, consented. Mark waa furnished with a scrap of paper end a pen, and wrote tbo name of a mix ture he remembered for cholera mos bus. Sourl was furnished with money extracted from Jakey'e boot and hur ried to town. When nbe came hack It waa quite dork. Ooly a faint line of light was left in the west As sbe entered she met Triggs going out of the gate. Sbe went aa quickly as she could go'with out being heard to tbe prisoners room. "Medicine," she said to tbe guardand passed in without waiting permission, leaving tbe door partly cloeed behind her. "Here, quick! A burnt cork. Bab t on yer face." she whispered Mark seized tbe cork snd applied It Sourl stood In Ihe corner with ber back to him, and taking off ber dress tbnw it to. blm. Mark took off his outer clothes and threw them to ber. Each fBROUABD WOSOXBKD W±t SOttK MOOD ao tall AxiMffßArrara. put on the other's garments, Mark la closing his bead in tbe eunbonnet Looking tbe gratitude he did not dan to speak; pressing her band and carrying It to hie ilpe, Mark passed out Tbe guard wondered why Bouri looked so toll and strapping Going out of tbe door and down tbe stain, Mark went to tbe gate and walked by the sentinel posted there, as Sourl bad often done. The guard also noticed bow tall sbe looked and called to her; but by this time Mark was well out ot bis reach and pretended not to bear. Tbe senti nel, not thinking It worth while to fol low and leave bla poet unprotected, let him go and tboogbt ao mots aboot the matter. CHAPTEB IX. rLOATDM SOB XJFK. MABK bad very little Idea how long a time would elapse ba ton It would be discovered that Sourl waa In bla place and be bad eecaped It might b* a few minutes, It might be half an boar. It might poaeibly be not till morning; though of thla be bad little bops He believed that within half an boot bo would be puraued by blood ho un da. He had been about tbe town enough to know the direction ot tbe river and started towsrd It Bo was at bom* la the" water, and determined that be would not attempt to find a beat, bat would plunge to and swim for bla Ufa The wldlb of tbe riter at Chattanooga waa only about three-quarter* of a mile, and Mark did not regard this a groat distance for a good swimmer. Ones across tbs dogs.would hare to pick up the eceut on tbe other eide, i end If be should psrmlt the current to carry blm far down tbe stream tbe , difficulty In doing eo would he greatly Increased. It waa a eoft summer evening and tbe larger atan bad already began to shine. Coating a glance to the right > he aaw a streak of light over Mlaaion ary ridge and knew tIW before long be would be at a dleiAvantage from ; tbe rising of a full moon. He walked briskly whenever say perron waa to , eight, and wben be thought that be > was unobserved be ran. No one of tbo few people wbo paaoad i the stnpplng negro girl, whose face was hidden within tbs blue check sun bonnet, dreamsd that a Union soldier ! waa passing; tbst tbs scaffold was bs- I tog cheated; that a meeeeager wttb tb* secret of one of the moot Impor tant morss any Confederate general | had made or jraa destined to make daring tbe war waa an bis way aartk , to tbo pores* ef tbe negro womaa harrying oo toward tb* river. Ho oped onward, running and walk -1 tog briskly altenatsly. till he came to a place wben a board fence wss np ! pad by a narrow atrip. H* moostod 1 It and walked a* far as the tones a» ) tended, perbape a hundred yards, hep ; tog by this meane to tbnw tbe dogs 1 off tbe eceut for a few mtootoa, aad thus gain a little time. Tbeabejamp ' ed down and harried forward. A maa ' paaeed and called to bba, bat ha paid 1 no attention to tbo call, and tbo man ' stood looking after bba, doubtless saa ' peering that tbe girl waa a runaway 1 slave At last tbe grateful sight ml tbs rivsr ant Ms gasa. it cheated Mm aad oooood to beckon him oa to net open i Its towoot or. aa aa alter aaM»e W*tb tbe dreadful tragedy of tbe tog, ' to find oblivion beneath Its eorface. He stood for a moment beneath a | low clamp of tnea eo tb* bank Baton ; tog and looking up and down th* riv ' sr. A boat was peering, aad b* felt tt aecesoaiy to watt for tt to go by. Ha •ost five minutes, bat It BSSCBId ball en hour. Tbeo taking off Ma dnaa aad shoes and bonnet be pat tb* dnaa and tbe sboee to the bonnet aad Had tbe strings eronnd bla sack, ieating tbe boodle on hie back. Going dawn to the margin, aad sgato »— ~>«"g a moment to make son be waa not ob served. he waded oat aa far aa h* could touch bottom, and tbaa began to 1 •W'M- . . I, >5 Vi-. .c.. .'.'"i".... L-wJ . ' Aa It waa midsummer he bad ex pected to Hod the water warm. Hie expoctationa wero realized to a rea sonable degree, and he felt that be could remain in It a long while with out being chilled. His plan waa to drift down a considerable distance. He might be expected to swim acroea a« rapidly ss he could, and tbe cur rent to this case would land him per bape a mile below the town. Those who would follow, blm wltb doga would doabtlesa track blm to tbe riv er margin, tben take tbe doga, acroea and endeavor to pick up the acent aome distance below on the other aide. Mark had weighed all theee circum stancee, and determined to drift down aa far aa poerible. land at the mouth of a creek if he could find one, enter It and ewlm or walk op tt In the wa ter, thua rendering It difficult for tb* doga to track him. He awam slowly till be reached the middle of tbe river; tben, floating with scarcely any motion of hla handa and feet be permitted himself to drift down with tbe current. A favorite way with him, when s boy, of resting In tbe water, bad been to float on hla back. Unmindful of the wetting be would give tbe clothee tied around hla neck, be turned over and drifted wltb bla arm* spread beside him; bis eyea turned directly to tbo aky. In tbe position on bis back ha could only look upward at tbe stars. Tben was the great dome above blm apan gled wltb myriads of bright points and apanned by the "milky way." H* had always boon fond of tbe atars, and In order to divert bis mind picked out some of hla favorite* and traced a few conatellatlona with which be waa familiar. In thla way be diverted bis mind until hla nerveo became qui to ateady. Hla obaervatlon* wen auddenly checked by a sound. It waa very faint but enough to freeze tbo mar row to hla bones. It waa tbe dlatant bark of a dog. He listened and pres ently could hear more. Bvidently then waa a pack. They draw nearer. Tben tbey ceaaed for awhile Per bape they bad come to tbe place wben he bad walked on the fenca. Tben the barka began again, growing ooly slightly louder as tbey came, for Mark waa floating rapidly from the point wben he had entered tbe river. He Involuntarily turned over oa bis cheat and etruck out luatily. The cur rent waa ewift; swimming would not add to hla safety—lt would only tax hla strength and nnder blm more llabls to recapture on tbe otber shore. But swim be must. Wltb tbe terrible sound of tbo** dogs in bis oan be could not He idly on tbe water and leave the current to bear bim onward. Soon there came another ceeaatlon of aound from the dogs far above on tbo abora, and Mark Judged that tbey had loat th* ocent at the piaco when be had entered tbe water. Then he began to think of Sourl and Jakey. "What had tbey done to Sourl when tbey bad discovered ber trickf Would tbey pusiab bar? Would tbey treat the boy banhly? Be waa com forted with tbe tboogbt that tben would be nothing gained by thla—lt would not bring tbe prisoner back— but be muttered e prayer for the girl wbo bad placed herself behind those prison bars, wbo bad incurred tbe rage of bl* Jailer* to save blm. He beard no more of tbe doga and floated on, swimming and resting al ternately. Tbe high, bluffs of Mocca sin point wen before blm on his right An owl on their summit, watching the rising moon, occasionally gave a dis mal hoot the Intervals being supplied by tbe melancholy wblppoorwlU. The current bore blm on around tbe point, carrying blm to near tbe ebon wben b* bad imiriil th* plckat wttb tb* sleeping Jakey In his arms a few nights before. So close waa be thai be could an a man walking back and forth oo tbe very beat of the one be bad paaeed Aa be drifted away he eaw tbe relief approach and tbe picket changed. He waa borne directly under Look out mountain, and on down for a mile to a point where tbe river makee an other bend. Bore Ihe bank waa low, and as Mark wss getting chilled be swam to tbe aoutbern bonk for net He laid blmeelf down for a few mo ment* on tbe dry ground end tben getting up walked back and forth rap idly, * winging his arms at tbe samo time to restore circulation and fit bim to ondon a longer atay to tbe water. He looked about for some piece of wood on wblcb be mlgbt float farther. Then ware logs of vsrious sizes scat tered around but moot of them wen rotten. He waa ao much at home In tbe water that ha waa not disappoint ed on falling to flnd one aoltabla to hla porpoae. Plunging In agala be moved on down peat the bluffs at the foot of tbs Bao coou mountains, swimming on bis cbsst most of lbs time and keeping a lookout befen bim. H* had not pass ed any boats, at teeat none near bim. aad dM not tear thla danger, bat bs waated to keep hi* aorroondiaga watt la view to order to know his location. Tb* moon waa now watt up. and bs could aee quite distinctly. Below aad to bla right a boat waa potting oat from tbe eeot shore, it ma larger than aa ordinary skiff, bat aa it was to a abadow be could not toll what kind of a craft It waa. Aa It came over tbe river at right angiee wltb tb* •bore, and Mark waa drifting toward it ha aooo foand that be waa to dan ger of meeting It to tbe middle of the (tnam. Tbo current waa quite npid and before be waa' aware of It be waa cloee to the boat It waa evi dently a ferryboat, aad Mark, wbo knew tbe location of Brown** ferry from tbe ma pa, Judgsd that tt was tbe boat belonging there. Bit Mark was eoanrnod wttb otb*r consideration* baoiiee bla location Jaat tbeo. He waa too lata to got oat of tb* way nnoboerved by awlmming aadde. He made up hla mind to a twinkling what to do. Dnwtog sev eral long breaths be filled hla tonga with air. and then patting hla bead down and bla feet up he tbnw bim aelf under water. He bad often bean beneath tb* surfen for a considerable time, but never aa long aa now. He remained under aa long aa be thought be poeatbly could and tben atald awhCe longer. Wben be cam* to light again tbe boat waa a hundred yarda above Mm and to tbe went of blm. 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Striking out be directed hla course to the eaat ward of tba laland and awam r*rj oear to the eaet bank of tba river. Along tbla ba floated with ecarcely a atroke, except to keep in cloae to the ahore. watching eagerly for tba mouth of the creek. Fortunate ly when be reached It be dlacovered It, and where ho bad auppoeed be would find It. With a few luaty stroke* ba waa In It and noon at a place wbara ba cotild rent In tbe water with bla feat on terra flrma. . [TO aa ooimiMJW*! Antiquity «f tteeklnga. Stocking* ware known among the Bomana mora than 1,800 year* ago, aa la proved by painting* found In the rulna of Pompeii. They were coneid ert-d more ornamental thin uaefnl. In tbe colder climate of northern Europe I bey became a neceeelty. and tbe man afactnre of them became a recognized employment In tba twelfth century, when tbey were faahlooed chiefly of Clolb. In tbe reign of Edward 11. they a*xilined a resemblance to tboae now worn. 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