"It was his rifle, I reckon, that disappeared when we fired." It was as he expected.

Porter was found dead behind the loophole, a bullet having passed through his brain.

The deputy sheriff, who was with the party, now took the command.

A cart and horse were found in an out-building; in these the wounded man, who was one of those who had taken part in the abduction of Dinah, was placed, together with the female prisoner and the dead body of the sheriff.

The negroes were told to follow; and the horses having been fetched, the party mounted and rode off to the next village, five miles on their way back.