"Her former guardian has turned her over to me.
She does not leave the boat till I do, at Cairo, where I change for up-river; and when I go, she goes.

Don't pay any attention to any outcry she may make.

She's my--property." Captain Rogers pondered for a time, but at length his face broke out into a sort of smile.

"There may be trouble ahead for you," he began.

"It is like my old friend Bill Jones in there.