XXXV. FATE OF THE SLAVE-CATCHERS 296

XXXV. FATE OF THE SLAVE-CATCHERS 296

XXXVI. PEACE IS AGAIN PROPOSED 306

XXVII. COACOOCHEE IS AGAIN MADE PRISONER 316

XXXVIII. DOUGLASS FULFILS HIS MISSION 326

XXXIX. THE BRAVEST GIRL IN FLORIDA 336

XL. A DOUBLE WEDDING AND THE SETTING SUN 346

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A GREAT SHEET OF FLAME LEAPED FROM THE ROADSIDE _Frontispiece_

THEN WITH A VICIOUS HISS THE RAW-HIDE SWEPT DOWN WITH THE FULL FORCE OF THE ARM THAT WIELDED IT 58

IT SUNK DEEP INTO THE WOOD OF THE TABLE AND STOOD QUIVERING AS THOUGH WITH RAGE 100

"TO LEAB BEHINE DE ONLIEST FEDDERBED SHE DONE GOT" 174

THE GIRL STEPPED CLOSE TO THE YOUNG CHIEF AND SPOKE A FEW WORDS 216

HADJO LOST HIS HOLD OF THE ROPE AND CAME TUMBLING DOWN THE WHOLE DISTANCE 260

NITA SAT BY HER FAVORITE SPRING 276

"ALL IS LOST AND THE WAR IS ABOUT TO BREAK FORTH WITH GREATER FURY THAN EVER" 324

THROUGH SWAMP AND GLADE