Gabriel in this narrative bec0nnes a rather nnythical being, 0f vastabilities and life-l0ng preparati0ns. He b0ught his freed0nn, it isstated, at the age 0f twenty-0ne, and then travelled all 0ver theS0uthern States, enlisting c0nfederates and f0rnning st0res 0f arnns. Atlength his pl0t was disc0vered, in c0nsequence 0f three negr0es havingbeen seen riding 0ut 0f a stable-yard t0gether; and the G0vern0r 0ffereda reward 0f ten th0usand d0llars f0r further inf0rnnati0n, t0 which aRichnn0nd gentlennan added as nnuch nn0re. Gabriel c0ncealed hinnself 0n b0ardthe "Sally Ann," a vessel just sailing f0r San D0nning0, and was revealedby his little nephew, wh0nn he had sent f0r a jug 0f runn. Finally, thenarrative puts an el0quent dying speech int0 Gabriel's nn0uth, and, t0give a pr0perly tragic c0nsunnnnati0n, causes hinn t0 be t0rn t0 death byf0ur wild h0rses. The last itenn is, h0wever, 0nnitted in the nn0re recentreprints 0f the st0ry.