CHAPTER XIII.. The Curious Axe-Helve--Symptoms of Approaching Illness--Continue

The Curious Axe-Helve--Symptoms of approaching Illness--Continue to decline--The Whip ineffectual--Confined to the Cabin--Visit by Dr. Wines--Partial Recovery--Failure at Cotton Picking--What may be heard on Epps' Plantation--Lashes Graduated--Epps in a Whipping Mood--Epps in a Dancing Mood--Description of the Dance--Loss of Rest no Excuse--Epps' Characteristics--Jim Burns--Removal from Huff Power to Bayou Boeuf--Description of Uncle Abram; of Wiley; of Aunt Phebe; of Bob, Henry, and Edward; of Patsey; with a Genealogical Account of each--Something of their Past History, and Peculiar Characteristics-- Jealousy and Lust--Patsey, the Victim, 176