CHAPTER XXXIII.

Negroes: Superstition--Trials by ordeal--Flower-fence--Bible and key--A way to recover stolen property--Charm to prevent a scolding tongue--Jumbies--A night's adventure--The soldier's last jump--Jumbies calls--Betsey, the nurse--The haunted house --A cure--The drowning boys--The murdered woman--The jumby's revenge