mysterious papers--Death of Colonel Brown 62


CHAPTER IX.

THE SECRET BAND OF BROTHERS.

Explanatory remarks--The Grand Master of The Secret Band of
Brothers--Vice-grand Masters--Ordinary members--Objects of the
Order--Colonel Brown sacrificed lest he should betray them--Taylorites
and Brownites 66


CHAPTER X.

THE MYSTERIOUS BOX.

Anxiety about the missing papers--Cause of the hostility of the Band to
me--The papers supposed to be deposited in the United States
Court--Clerk's office broken into, and the box containing Taylor's
indictment and the spurious money stolen--Suspected--Placed in prison
for safety--The robber discovered--My release--The mysterious box--The
stranger--Conversation with Wyatt--The box opened 75


CHAPTER XI.

THE PORK TRADE, OR DRIVING THE HOGS TO A WRONG MARKET.

The trading operations of the Band--Lectures at Lawrenceburgh--The