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Show 162 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. wrong for hin1 to take granchnothcr's children. I \vant to go to n1y rnoih r." lt1y oTaiHhnothcr ·was told that the chihlrcn \vould be rc torcd to her, but .·he was r que. ted to act a · if they \YOre rc~lly to be sent a\vay. Accordingly, ·he n1adc up a bundle of clothe' and \rent to the jail. ''hen ·he arriYcd, she fonn<l \Villian1 hanclcu{Tc<l an1ong the gang an<.l the chil<.lrcn in the trader', cart. 'J.:'hc .cone sccinc<l too n1nch like reality. She was afraid there 1nigh L l1aYC been on1c deception or 1ni ·take. She fainted, and ·wa carri c1 hon1c. \Ybcn ihc wagon 'topped at the hotel, JCYcral gcntlcn1cn can1c ont and propo ·cd to pn rcha:c \Villiarn, hut the tracler r cfn.·cd thoir offer , ·without staiin o· that he was alr acly ~old. And no\v catno th trying hour for that clroYc of lnunan beings, dri-rcn U\\-ay like cattle, to bo solc1 they knc\Y not \vhcro. IIusbanlls w·erc torn fro1n ·wiYes, parcn ts fr01n children, noY r to look 11 pon each otl10r again thi.· Rid tho gra-rc. Thoro \ras ·wringing of hand · and eric. f clc~pair. Dr. Flint lwcl the uprcrnc satisfaction of seeing tho wagon lcaYc to\n1, and l\fr . Flint had tho gratifLCai ion of supposing that n1y children ·wore going "as far as wind auc1 \raLcr \Yonlcl carry thctn." J\..ccording to agr cn1ont, tny uncle follo,voc.l tho \Ya o·on orne n1ilos b ' until th y ·mno to an old fann hon. ·o. Thoro 1hc trader took tho jrons frotn \Yillian1, and as be dicl f-;0, he said, "You arc a cla1nned cloYcr fellow. I hould like to o\Yn yon 1nysclf. Th01n gcntlotn rn that wanted to buy yon f'aicl you \Vas a bright, hono.t chap, ancll ron t o·it you a good hotn c. l guess your old n1n.~t (' r 'vill swe .. u· to-lllOITow, au<.l c~tlt h i1J1~ ·lf' n11 oll l(JlJ1 1-Jr • • The Children Sold. 163 selling the chilc.l~on. I reckon he'll noYor git their m~unn1y lJack agu1. I expect she's 1nadc tracks for tho north. Good by, old boy. l{CJnmnbcr, I have dono you a good turn. Yon n1n.t thank 1110 by coaxing all tho pretty gals to go with 1110 next fall. That's going to be n1y la.t trip. This trading jn niggors is a bad 1Jusinof5s for a ft~ llow that'!) got auy heart. ~love on, you fellow· ! " ..A .. n d the gang \rent on, C ocl alone knows whore. ~fuch a · I dcspi. ·c and dote t the ela ·s of f.;laYo-trador · whotn I regard as the vilest \vrotehos on earth I n1us~ do thi. 1ntu1 tho ju~ticc to ·ay that he . ·cent eel' to have some feeling. IIo to~k a fancy to \Villi ~un in tho jail, and wanted to buy huu. \Vh ... n l10 hcarcl tho ·tory of my children, he \Va · \rilling tv aid th01n in getting out of Dr. Plint' pO\\rcr, even \Vithont eharging the cu~tonwry fcc. :.My u1 H.:lu proc n reel n \Yngon an <1 carri cd \Yillimn a11d the ehild ron baelc to town . (~rc at \nL the joy in my gr:tndnH>tlJcr's l1ou:e! The <.;urtain· were clo~cd, :.lll<l the <:clll(l lc.· lightetl. The happy grandmother cuddled tho little ones to her ho~om . 'rhoy h n go· v ( 1 h or, an d k i . , ~ ~' <.l b c r, a 1 H 1 ·l a p p c d t h c i r 1 w.n d s, anu .-honto<l. ~ ~h o kn lt down flll(l potll'l'(l forth 0110 of her hcartl'elt prn.yer: of thank~gi,· ing to Go(l. The fath er wal) prc~c nt for a \rhil e ; an<.l thoul..!.h :uch a ,, <~ pare11lal r ··lation" a.· existed b ·tween hin1 and n1y children tnkes .·ljght hold of the hearts or consciences of ~laYohold~r ·, it n1n,'L be that he experienced son1c mo1ncnL~ of' JHLro joy i11 \\'jtnesf'jng t he lwppjncs · he had impa! tv( !. J k.td uo .'ltare in the njoit.;iu~~-1 of UwL eruHwg. |