Dey hunted all 'round fer ter git hol' her, cussin' an' threatenin', an' a haulin' me round; but 'twan't no sorter use.

So finally dey took me 'long ter a boat in de crick--a keel-boat, run by steam.

Most de odder men disappeared; Ah never did know whar dey went, but dis yere Kurby, an' de man wif de chin-whiskers, dey done shut me up in de cabin.

Ah don't know much whut did happen after dat, till 'bout de time de steamboat done hit us; an' 'bout de next thing Ah wus yanked up yere on deck." "But there was another woman on the keel-boat when it was sunk--a prisoner also.

Surely you must have seen her," I insisted.
"Ah saw her--yas," eagerly.