for the oppressed and enslaved, it will have
more than answered the purpose for which it was intended, and the writer
will be all the more thankful for this happy influence.

As a story of exciting adventure, the writer hopes it will satisfy all
his young readers; that they will love the gentle Lily, respect the
manly independence of Dan, and smile at the oddities of Cyd; and that
the book will confirm and increase their love of liberty and their
hatred of tyranny. If the young fugitives were resolute, even to
shedding the blood of the slave-hunter, they had forgiving and Christian
hearts, in which there was neither malice nor revenge; and in this
respect, if in no other, they are worthy exemplars for the young and the
old.

With this explanation, I give the third volume of the Woodville Stories
into the hands of my young friends, bespeaking for it the same favor
which has been bestowed upon its predecessors.

WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

DORCHESTER, August 15, 1864.

CONTENTS.
PAGE

CHAP. I.--The Plantation of Redlawn 11

CHAP. II.--The Edith goes down to Green Point 21

CHAP. III.--Master Archy receives an Unlucky Blow 31

CHAP. IV.--Dandy determines to "watch and wait." 41

CHAP. V.--The Tragedy at the "Dead Oak." 51

CHAP. VI.--A Vision of the Promised Land 62

CHAP. VII.--The Isabel is prepared for a Cruise 73

CHAP. VIII.--The Departure of the Young Fugitives 84

CHAP. IX.--The Fugitives reach Lake Chicot 95

CHAP. X.--Breakfast on board the Isabel 107

CHAP. XI.--The Bay of the Bloodhounds 117

CHAP. XII.--Quin, the Runaway 128

CHAP. XIII.--The Night Chase on the Lake 139

CHAP. XIV.--The Battle for Freedom 152

CHAP. XV.--The Fate of the Slave-Hunters 164

CHAP. XVI.--In the Swamp 176

CHAP. XVII.--Cyd has a Bad Fit 187

CHAP. XVIII.--The Affray on the Lake 199

CHAP. XIX.--Lily on the Watch 211

CHAP. XX.--Preparing for the Voyage 220

CHAP. XXI.--Down the Lake 229

CHAP. XXII.--The Isabel runs the Gantlet 241

CHAP. XXIII.--Colonel Raybone chang