The man with the gun followed, and called to the two colored drivers who were on horseback, to ride after me and stop me.

I saw a large piece of woodland at some distance ahead, and directed my course towards it.

Just as I reached it, I looked back, and saw my pursuer far behind me; and found, to my great joy, that the two drivers had not followed me.

I got behind a tree, and soon heard the man enter the woods and pass me.

After all had been still for more than an hour, I crept into a low place in the depth of the woods and laid down amidst a bed of reeds, where I again fell asleep.