10/12 Then the question came up, What kind of a raft shall it be? When the raft was completed I was ordered to take my place on it, after they had painted the letter R.on my forehead with black paint. This letter stood for _Rogue_. I had in my pocket a purse of gold, which I proffered to a merchant of the place, an upright business man, with the request that he would send it to my wife; but he declined to take it. He afterwards explained to me that he himself was afraid of the mob. |