CHAPTER XXIV.. Recaptured by a Confederate Outpost.

RECAPTURED BY A CONFEDERATE OUTPOST.

Fugitive slaves.--A rebel planter.--The big Ebenezer.--A sound of oars.--A ruse de guerre.--Burial of a dead soldier.--A free ride.--Groping in the dark.--"Who goes there!"--Recaptured.--Nil desperandum.--James Brooks.--Contraband of war.--Confederate murders.--In the saddle again.--A dash for freedom.--Again captured.--Tried as a spy 261