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KATE'S ADVENTURE. way. Hope yon will be less ryled next time I see you, Miss,”’ : And the rutfiun, somewhat puz- zled at what Kate could possibly wantin that direction, turned his back on her, as if thoroughly dis- gusted with her short and angry manner, Kate, who knew the man well, had affected with hima confidence. she little felt, and was therefore company. true that she had, never pe further than, and wot ve been all the better for a guide; still, the track was tolerabiy clear, and she knew that. Scowl I was not situated atany, ace m the rejoiced, moreover, at the news that Barton was absent. _. This gave her, she imagined, the opportunity of makiug the search she. des search which, if successful, promised to be of great value to persons in whom she al- my took an interest. Kate had lived so 1 amid the bad and the ao L ao gst aking of relief e associat- ing herself ah t good and the pure. Not that Kate lad been tainted in any material way by ihe com- thee IE A St other evil habits which were so common 127 in her position in the woods was of considerable use to her, and without which she would never have undertaken the present jour- ney to Scow! Hail. in a few minutes the usual signs of the approach to a plantation were seen. Fields of corn, open meadows, a few hats, were visible, Still, on the side toward the river, me ee was nat on a on the verge o n sight rate trail; for she had no w to.be seen by any of the overseers, - white laborers, or roes of the _ plantation. om ' She saw several working in the fields, but they were too busy to notice her. _ Presently the sound of the watch-dogs’ barking came upon her ears, and she moved more cautiously and slowly. She was in quite a thick and led wood. Suddenly she sta Voices were heard near her, and one voice she knew too well, that of him she believed absent. A moment she hesitated, and then, remembering the object of her coming, she erept forward, and in another moment saw James Barton seated on a bench, smok- while Phebe poured out his ee for him. Kate te felt burning sense of shame aud t as she recollected that even in her orance and weak- ness she could have loved that man. Conquering all other sentiments in one of earnest desire to fathom the tery of that man’s she gilded’ a stap or two pratine on “Phase,” said Barton, ‘no more whimpering end. grombling, or Pll sell you away th—you co id replied Phase, “Say no more,’ . ey . “ef aa: T have arranged with Girty and and others, to snatch Amy that r, connicloookks.conn