A  cold  soft  hand  fell  on  Legree's,  at  this  moment.  He  turned,
—  it  was  Cassy's;  but  the  cold  soft  touch  recalled  his  dream
of  the  night  before,  and,  flashing  through  the  chambers  of  his
brain,  came  all  the  fearful  images  of  the  night-watches,  with  a
portion  of  the  horror  that  accompanied  them.
"  Will  you  be  a  fool  ?  "  said  Gassy,  in  French.  "  Let  him  go  \
Let  me  alone  to  get  him  fit  to  be  in  the  field  again.  Is  n't  it
just  as  I  told  you  ?  "

They  say  the  alligator,  the  rhinoceros,  though  inclosed  in
bullet-proof  mail,  have  each  a  spot  where  they  are  vulnerable ;
and  fierce,  reckless,  unbelieving  reprobates  have  commonly  this
point  in  superstitious  dread.
Legree  turned  away,  determined  to  let  the  point  go  for  the
time.
"  Well,  have  it  your  own  way,"  he  said,  doggedly,  to  Gassy.
"  Hark,  ye !  "  he  said  to  Tom ;  "  I  won't  deal  with  ye  now,
6ecause  the  business  is  pressing,  and  I  want  all  my  hands  ;  but
I  never  forget.    I  '11  score  it  against  ye,  and  some  time  I  '11  hav«
my  pay  out  o'  yer  old  black  hide,  —  mind  ye ! "
Legree  turned,  and  went  out.
"There  you  go,"  said  Gassy,  looking  darkly  after  Yam;
"your  reckoning's  to  come,  yet! — My  poor  fellow,  how  ars
rou?"


gffl6  UNCLE  TOM'S  CABIN;  OB,

"  The  Lord  God  hath  sent  his  angel,  and  shut  the  lion's  month,
for  this  time,"  said  Tom.
