All the little black boys belonging to the house thought it was fine fun . Very soon , about a dozen young imps were roosting , like so many crows , on the railings , waiting for Haley to come . They wanted to see how angry he would be , when he heard the news . And he was dreadfully angry . The little nigger boys thought it was grand . They shouted and laughed and made faces at him to their hearts ' content . At last Haley became so angry , that Mr. Shelby offered to give him two men to help him to find Eliza . But these two men , Sam and Andy , knew quite well that Mrs. Shelby did not want Eliza to be caught , so they put off as much time as they could . They let loose their horses and Haley 's too . Then they frightened and chased them , till they raced like mad things all over the great lawns which surrounded the house . Whenever it seemed likely that a horse would be caught , Sam ran up , waving his hat and shouting wildly , ` Now for it ! Cotch him ! Cotch him ! ' This frightened the horses so much that they galloped off faster than before . Haley rushed up and down , shouting and using dreadful , naughty words , and stamping with rage all the time . At last , about twelve o'clock , Sam came riding up with Haley 's horse . ` He 's cotched , ' he said , seemingly very proud of himself . ' I cotched him ! ' Of course , now it was too late to start before dinner . Besides , the horses were so tired with all their running about , that they had to have a rest .
When XXXXX last they did start , Sam led them by a wrong road .
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