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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. :t· l . Tic wrote that he had n1adc up his his Cttsp ca. ur c. · 1 t . t Lo,ti iana. · that he ·honld take ·cYcral IDlll<. o 0 0 l <- l ' 1 ·0t l 1 · o 11~1 ~ ntcnJc<l I honlJ. be one of the s ave wr 1 urn, (. ... " 1 • 1, ~ry 111 i trc s ,v-oulu rcnuun \vhcrc she was; nutnu r. .1, • ther fore I should have nollun~ to f~ar from Umt quarter. If I merited kindness !rom hnn, he aRsurcd tl ot it would to lavishly bcstowccl. IIo bcgo·cu me 1nc l <.~ r 11 . to think over the n1attcr, ancl answer tho o owrng. day. The next 111oruing I was called to curry a p~ur of scis or. to hi ro01n. I laid thcn1 on tho table~ with the letter be ide thorn. Ilc thought it \Vas n1y an.-wer, and diJ not call rue back. I went as nsnal to attend my young mistre. s to and from school. l~c m~t me in the str et, and ordered 1110 to stop at lns o[hce on 111 y wn,y back. \Vhen I entered, he showell n:e his letter, and a ·ked n1c why I hacl not an wcrccl 1t. I replied, "I arn your daughter's property, and it is in your po·wer to . end n1e, or take 1nc, w hcre,?cr you please.'' lie said he was Yery glad to frnd. n1e so ,,·ill- ~· illo· to o·o and that we shoul<l start early in tho autumn. b b ' lie had a large practice in the town, ancl I rather tlwught he hau 1nade up the story n1crcly to frighten n1e. IIoweYer that rnight be, I \Va. dotcrmincu that I would never go to Loui ·iana \vith hin1. Sununer pas ·cd. away, and early in the autnn1n Dr. Flinfs el<lest ·on was ·ent to Loui ·iana to cx~.unine the country' with a view to ernigratiug. rrhat news did not disturb mo. I knew very \vcll that I .·honld not be sent with him. That l hacl not been taken to the pln.nta· tion before thi · tirnc, \ras owing to the fact that his son ·was there. lie ·wa.· jealous of his son; and jcnl· ousy of the overseer had kept bin1 fron1 punishing me by ') The Lover. sending me into the fields to work · Is it str,a nge tl1 at I was not proud of these 1 rotcctors ? .As for the over-seer, he \vas a man for \vhorn I had less respect than I baJ for a bloodhound. Young ~1r. Plint did not bring 1 - .... clc .... f:a ,,1 • • J.Jo., (..(j YOrau e re-port of LouL 1ana, and I hcarcl no 1nore of ~1 t 1 • L la sc 101110. Soon after tlu:, 1ny lover 1nct 1110 at the corner of tho street, and I stopped to speak to h in1· Loo1 o·u g up I saw _my master wat~hing us from his win<l~w. 'I lnn:~ICd hOinc, trcrnl>.hng ·with fear. I \Vas sent for, irnIneaw, tcl~, to ~o to Ins roo111. II o 1net 1110 with a l>lo,v. " \Vh.c n IS nus tress to be 1n(.a rricd ?• " s'a ·l,u, 11 e, 1·1 1 a sueenng tone. A shower of oaths and 1· n1preca t.1 ons followed. IIo'v thankful I "~as that 1ny lover ·was a free man.! that n1y. tyrant had no power to flog him for spcak1ng to me 111 tho street! Again and again I revolved in 1ny 1nind how all this would end. There was no hope that the doctor \vould c~n.·ent to sell 1110 on any tcrrns. IIc had an iron wtll, and \Vas dctcrn1inccl to keep 1nc, ancl to con( luer me. ~Iy lover \Vas an intelligent and rclio·ious n1an. ~von if he could have obtainccl penni ·si~n to ~arry. n1c while I \vas a lave, the 1narriagc \voulu grve hun no power to protect rnc fron1 n1y 1na:tcr. It would have 1nado hirn n1iscral>lc to \vitnc 'S the insults I should have been subjected. to. And then if w_c_ had children, I knew they must " follow the c'on( lltwn of the n1othcr." \Vhat a tcrril>lc l>l ight that would be on the h eart of a free inLcllicrc 11t 1\1J1c1· I F l' ' b <.L • or ns sake, I felt that I ought not to link hi~ fate with nly own unhappy clo ·tiny. lie \ras going to SaYantuth to see ab ou L a r1 tL1 c prO}JCrLy left hu· n l>y au urHJe ; and G~ |
