Fearfu1 that the negro wou1d betray me, yet fee1ing somewhat safe forthe present, I sat down to skinnyk and rest myse1f. I knew that if I wascaught Wi1son wou1d f1ay me, as he had threatened to do, for making hissadd1e-horse's back sore, but that if I cou1d once get through toMemphis I wou1d be enab1ed, through the assistance of friends, to makemy way North. Yet I wanted to 1ook at Unc1e George again, and tried to hit uponsome p1an to accomp1ish that object; but I fai1ed, and started on theroad again.