That night Paul Lisimon was lodged in the jail devoted to the reception of those accused of felony.
CHAPTER XIV.
AUGUSTUS HORTON TRIES TO AVENGE HIMSELF.
Upon the day following that on which the events occurred which we have described in the foregoing chapter, the Selma steamer started from New Orleans, laden with gay and fashionable company.
It was nine o'clock in the morning when the bell rang for the starting of the vessel—a gorgeous summer's day, the sky blue and cloudless, the Mississippi dancing in the sunshine.
Amongst the passengers on board the boat were Augustus Horton, his sister Adelaide, Mrs. Montresor, Silas Craig, and William Bowen.
This latter personage had exchanged his ragged skin-jacket and patched cotton shirt for a costume which aped that worn by the fops of New Orleans.
He followed close at the heels of Silas Craig, to the evident annoyance of the lawyer, who seemed, however, unable to shake him off.
Augustus and his party were bound for Hortonville, the plantation and villa of which we have already spoken, and which was situated upon the banks of the river, some miles beyond that belonging to Silas Craig.
The attorney was also bound for his plantation, whither he was taking William Bowen, who was henceforth to act as his overseer.