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Chapter 14

           AboutthetimeofwhichIamnowwriting,aneventoccurredinourimmediateneighborhood,whichmadeadeepimpressionuponme,andwhichshowsthestateofsocietyexistingthere,andthemannerinwhichaffrontsareoftentimesavenged. Directlyoppositeourquarters,ontheothersideofthebayou,wassituatedtheplantationofMr.Marshall. Hebelongedtoafamilyamongthemostwealthyandaristocraticinthecountry. AgentlemanfromthevicinityofNatchezhadbeennegotiatingwithhimforthepurchaseoftheestate. Onedayamessengercameingreathastetoourplantation,sayingthatabloodyandfearfulbattlewasgoingonatMarshall’sthatbloodhadbeenspilledandunlessthecombatantswereforthwithseparated,theresultwouldbedisastrous. 

           OnrepairingtoMarshall’shouse,ascenepresenteditselfthatbeggarsdescription. OnthefloorofoneoftheroomslaytheghastlycorpseofthemanfromNatchez,whileMarshall,enragedandcoveredwithwoundsandblood,wasstalkingbackandforth,"breathingoutthreateningsandslaughter." Adifficultyhadariseninthecourseoftheirnegotiation,highwordsensued,whendrawingtheirweapons,thedeadlystrifebeganthatendedsounfortunately. Marshallwasneverplacedinconfinement. AsortoftrialorinvestigationwashadatMarksville,whenhewasacquitted,andreturnedtohisplantation,rathermorerespected,asIthought,thanever,fromthefactthatthebloodofafellowbeingwasonhissoul. 

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