heyear1850，downowhichimeihavenowarrived，omiingmanyoccurrencesunineresingohereader，wasanunluckyyearformycompanionwiley，hehusbandofphebe，whoseaciurnandreiringnaurehashusfarkephiminhebackgroundnowihsandingwileyseldomopenedhismouh，andrevolvedinhisobscureandunpreendingorbiwihouagrumble，neverhelesshewarmelemensofsocialiyweresronginhebosomofhasilen“nigger”inheexuberanceofhisselfreliance，disregardinghephilosophyofuncleabram，andseinghecounselsofaunphebeuerlyanaugh，hehadhefoolhardinessoessayanocurnalvisioaneighboringcabinwihouapass

soaracivewashesocieyinwhichhefoundhimself，hawileyooklilenoeofhepassinghours，andhelighbeganobreakinheeasbeforehewasawarespeedinghomewardasfasashecouldrun，hehopedoreachhequarersbeforehehornwouldsound；bu，unhappily，hewasspiedonhewaybyacompanyofparollers

howiisinoherdarkpcesofsvery，idonoknow，buonbayouboeufhereisanorganizaionofparollers，asheyaresyled，whosebusinessiisoseizeandwhipanysveheymayfindwanderingfromhepnaion

heyrideonhorseback，headedbyacapain，armed，andaccompaniedbydogsheyhaveherigh，eiherbyw，orbygeneralconsen，oinflicdiscreionarychasisemenuponabckmancaughbeyondheboundariesofhismaser’sesaewihouapass，andevenoshoohim，ifheaempsoescapeeachcompanyhasaceraindisanceorideupanddownhebayou

heyarecompensaedbyhepners，whoconribueinproporionohenumberofsvesheyownhecerofheirhorses’hoofsdashingbycanbeheardaallhoursofhenigh，andfrequenlyheymaybeseendrivingasvebeforehem，orleadinghimbyaropefasenedaroundhisneck，ohisowner’spnaion

wileyfledbeforeoneofhesecompanies，hinkinghecouldreachhiscabinbeforeheycouldoverakehim；buoneofheirdogs，agrearavenoushound，gripedhimbyheleg，andheldhimfasheparollerswhippedhimseverely，andbroughhim，aprisoner，oeppsfromhimhereceivedanoherfgelionsillmoresevere，sohahecusofheshandhebiesofhedogrenderedhimsore，siff，andmiserable，insomuchhewasscarcelyableomoveiwasimpossibleinsuchasaeokeepuphisrow，andconsequenlyherewasnoanhourinhedaybuwileyfelhesingofhismaser’srawhideonhisrawandbleedingbackhissufferingsbecameinolerable，andfinallyheresolvedorunawaywihoudisclosinghisinenionsorunawayevenohiswifephebe，heproceededomakearrangemensforcarryinghispninoexecuionhavingcookedhiswholeweek’sallowance，hecauiouslylefhecabinonasundaynigh，aferheinmaesofhequarerswereasleepwhenhehornsoundedinhemorning，wileydidnomakehisappearancesearchwasmadeforhiminhecabins，inhecorncrib，inhecoonhouse，andineverynookandcornerofhepremiseseachofuswasexamined，ouchinganyknowledgewemighhavehacouldhrowlighuponhissuddendisappearanceorpresenwhereabouseppsravedandsormed，andmouninghishorse，gallopedoneighboringpnaions，makingininquiriesinalldirecionshesearchwasfruiless

nohingwhaeverwaselicied，goingoshowwhahadbecomeofhemissingmanhedogswereledoheswamp，buwereunableosrikehisrailheywouldcircleawayhroughhefores，heirnosesoheground，buinvariablyreurnedinashorimeohespofromwhenceheysared

wileyhadescaped，andsosecrelyandcauiouslyasoeludeandbaffleallpursuidaysandevenweekspassedaway，andnohingcouldbeheardofhimeppsdidnohingbucurseandsweariwasheonlyopicofconversaionamonguswhenaloneweindulgedinagreadealofspecuioninregardohim，onesuggesinghemighhavebeendrownedinsomebayou，inasmuchashewasapoorswimmer；anoher，haperhapshemighhavebeendevouredbyalligaors，orsungbyhevenomousmoccasin，whosebieiscerainandsuddendeahhewarmandhearysympahiesofusall，however，werewihpoorwiley，whereverhemighbe

manyanearnesprayerascendedfromhelipsofuncleabram，beseechingsafeyforhewanderer

inabouhreeweeks，whenallhopeofeverseeinghimagainwasdismissed，ooursurprise，heonedayappearedamongusonleavinghepnaion，heinformedus，iwashisinenionomakehiswaybackosouhcarolina—oheoldquarersofmaserbufordduringhedayheremainedsecreed，someimesinhebranchesofaree，andanighpressedforwardhroughheswampsfinally，onemorning，jusadawn，hereachedheshoreofredriverwhilesandingonhebank，consideringhowhecouldcrossi，awhiemanaccosedhim，anddemandedapasswihouone，andevidenlyarunaway，hewasakenoalexandria，heshireownofheparishofrapides，andconfinedinprisonihappenedseveraldaysaferhajosephbrobers，uncleofmisressepps，wasinalexandria，andgoinginohejail，recognizedhimwileyhadworkedonhispnaion，wheneppsresidedahuffpowerpayinghejailfee，andwriinghimapass，underneahwhichwasanoeoepps，requesinghimnoowhiphimonhisreurn，wileywassenbackobayouboeufiwashehopehahunguponhisreques，andwhichrobersassuredhimwouldberespecedbyhismaser，hasusainedhimasheapproachedhehousehereques，however，asmaybereadilysupposed，wasenirelydisregardedaferbeingkepinsuspensehreedays，wileywassripped，andcompelledoendureoneofhoseinhumanfloggingsowhichhepoorsveissoofensubjecediwashefirsandsaempofwileyorunawayhelongscarsuponhisback，whichhewillcarrywihhimohegrave，perpeuallyremindhimofhedangersofsuchasep