"  Well,"  said  he,  chuckling  brutally ;  "  at  any  rate,  they  've
got  themselves  into  a  trap  now  —  the  baggages !  They  're  safe
enough.     They  shall  sweat  for  it !  "

"  Hulloa,  there !  Sambo !  Quimbo !  All  hands !  "  called
Legree,  coming  to  the  quarters,  when  the  men  and  women
were  just  returning  from  work.  "  There 's  two  runaways  in
the  swamps.     I  'U  give  five  doUars  to  any  nigger  as  catches


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em.     Turn  out  the  dogs !     Turn  out  Tiger,  and  Fury,  and  tke
fast ! "

The  sensation  produced  by  this  news  was  immediate.  Many
of  the  men  sprang  forward,  officiously,  to  offer  their  services,
either  from  the  hope  of  the  reward,  or  from  that  cringing  sub-
Berviency  which  is  one  of  the  most  baleful  effects  of  slavery.
Some  ran  one  way,  and  some  another.  Some  were  for  getting
flambeaux  of  pine-knots.  Some  were  uncoupling  the  dogs,
whose  hoarse,  savage  bay  added  not  a  little  to  the  animation  of
the  scene.
"  Mas'r,  shall  we  shoot  'em,  if  we  can't  cotch  'em  ? "  said
Sambo,  to  whom  his  master  brought  out  a  rifle.
"  You  may  fire  on  Cass,  if  you  like ;  it 's  time  she  was  gone
to  the  devil,  where  she  belongs ;  but  the  gal,  not,"  said  Legree.
