midnight
It ai n't nateral ; its unnateral . D -- n ye , Yankee , do n't ye know no better ? '' With many more denunciations , the two now staggered to their feet , and clutching hold of Israel , escorted him down stairs , and through a long , narrow , dark entry ; rearward , till they came to a door . No sooner was this unbolted by the foremost guard , than , quick as a flash , manacled Israel , shaking off the grasp of the one behind him , butts him sprawling back into the entry ; when , dashing in the opposite direction , he bounces the other head over heels into the garden , never using a hand ; and then , leaping over the latter 's head , darts blindly out into the midnight . Next moment he was at the garden wall . No outlet was discoverable in the gloom . But a fruit-tree grew close to the wall .