If you will place sum demanded by the State in these cases, in the nature of a surety for good faith, we may permit you and your friends to proceed." "My servant also ?" "Your servant ?" "The man you have bound." "Ohe! Pardon, m'sieur; you are not aware that he is an offender against the laws--a notorious criminal.

He will be detained and tried." "I will remain to attend his trial, unless a sum will secure his freedom also ?" "There is a price on his bead." "Offered by the slave-hunters ?" The shot went home.

The officers had been hand in glove with the lawless traders, but they did not want the matter bruited about by meddlesome Englishmen.

They scowled.
"He has broken the peace," said the senior, sharply; "he has slain the servants of the State.

Am I to understand that you claim to be his master, responsible for his conduct ?" "No, m'sieur," exclaimed the hunter, quickly, fearing he had gone too far, and shifting his ground.