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160 key in her pocket; then taking a clothes line that hung in the room, she said, “you must stay here until my man comes home, and to make a sure thing of it, I must tie your feet and hands.” She was a great, coarse creature, and the child knew that resistance would avail nothing, while her voice and manner gave no encouragement to appeal for pity, but she thought of Prince and began calling him, screaming as loud as she could. Prince howled and scratched at the door, to which the woman paid no attention, but took hold of her and began arranging the cords. Oneda resisted with what strength she had, and they both fell upon the floor, when, with an awful yell, Prince came crashing through a window, breaking glass and sash, and seized the woman by the throat. The contest had been unequal before Prince took part in it, and it was no less so now. Prince had the advantage, and would have made an end of it at once, but Oneda said, “Easy, Prince, hold on there;” she then said to the woman, “Don’t resist, if you do he will kill you.” She had her enemy somewhat as Grant had Buckner at Donelson, terms “unconditional surrender.” “Now,” said she to the woman, “you must submit to me. If you are quiet while I use these cords it will be well for you, but if you stir up strife here Prince will interfere, and if he gets hold of you again I may not be able to restrain him. You must lie still while I say to you a few words, and first of all, let me tell you that the grip of Prince’s jaws on your neck is a pleasant pastime for you, compared with the suffering you propose to inflict on vie ; and the bondage that you must submit to will be but for a day, whereas you would bind me in slavery for life.” She then tied her hands behind her back and her feet together, and filled her mouth with an apron to prevent her from calling for help. “Now,” said she, “you are in bondage; I won’t ask you how you like it, but I