They called him Scipio.

Nobody could do anything with him; and he was sold round from overseer to overseer, till at last Alfred bought him, because he thought he could manage him.

Well, one day he knocked down the overseer, and was fairly off into the swamps.

I was on a visit to Alf's plantation, for it was after we had dissolved partnership.

Alfred was greatly exasperated; but I told him that it was his own fault, and laid him any wager that I could break the man; and finally it was agreed that, if I caught him, I should have him to experiment on.