Lights And Shadows Of The South Author:Charles M. Skinner After a little he slackened pace, and a farmer, who was standing at the roadside, asked, in astonishment, "How did you get across? There is a freshet, and the ferryman was drowned last night." With a new thrill he spurred his horse forward, and made no other halt until he reached the tavern, where he fell in a faint on the steps, for the strain ... more »was no longer to be endured. A crowd gathered, but he did not see it when he awoke -- he saw only one pair of eyes, that seemed to be looking into his inmost soul -- the eyes of the man he had slain.« less