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Show ) 2.32 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. in lcs. than t\vcnty-four hour.·. lie advised getting 1nc on h u.nl the Lout, if po:~iLlc; if n ot, I haJ Letter keep very till in n1y den, \vherc they coulll not fin<l n1c \Vithout tearing the h on,'C clown. lie saic1 it \vouhl not do for bin1 to 1novc in the 1nattcr, Lccau e 'ttspicion ·would Lc in11ncdiatcly excited ; Lut he pro1ni~ecl to conununicatc \vith Peter. I felt reluctant to apply to hin1 ngain, hnsing in1plicatcJ hin1 too 1nuch already; but there . · Clncd Lo Lc no aHcrnati vc. \ r cxcd as Peter had been by 1uy indcci .. :ion, he \\ra . · tnte io hi.· generous nature. and ~aid at once that he ·would do hi · bc~t to I help 1nc, tnt. ting I hould ·how 1uy ·elf a ~trongcr \Yornan th i. · ti1nc. lie inln1cJiaLely proceeded to the wharf, and found that the wincl haJ shifted, and the YC~fSc l was slowly beating down 'Lrean1. On :o1ne pretext of urgent ncce.· ·ity, he offer eel t\YO boahncn a dollar a piece to catch up with hen·. IIe wa: of light r con1plcxjon than the l>oatn1cn llC hire<l, and \vhcn the captain ·aw th01u cmning o rapil1ly, he thought ofEcer · \vcrc pnr,·uing hi· vcs cl in ·carch of the rnna\vay Rlavc he had on board. 'l'llcy hoistctl sail ·, out the Loat gained upon tbc1n, anc1 the indefatigable Peter sprang on Loar<l. The captain at once recognized hin1. Peter a~kcd hin1 to go belo\v, to peak a Lout a ba<l bill he had gi von hitn. \Vhcn he told hi· errand, the captain r plied, "'Vhy, the \VOlnan' · here all'cally; and l'Yc put her where you or the dcYil ·woulc1 have a tough job to find her." " But it is another \von1an I \Ya 11 t to brin o·," said Peter. " She js in great distrc,·s, t.oo, and you ~hnll be paid any thi11g within reason, if you'll stop and take her." Preparations for Efcape. "What's her name ? " inquired the captain. " Linda," he replied. 233 " That's the na1ne of the woman already here,'' rejoined the captain. " By George! I believe you mean to betray me." " 0!" cxclain1ed Peter, " God knows I wouldn't hann a hair of your head. I a1n too grateful to you. But there really is another \VOinan in great danger. Do have the humanity to stop u.n<l take her! " After a while they ca1nc to an under ·tanding. Fanny, not drca1ning I \Vas any \vherc about in that rco·ion '-' b ' had assu1nc<l 1ny ntunc, though she called her elf John-son. " Linda is a com1non name," saicl Peter, " and the· woman I want to Lring is Linda Brent." Tho captain agreed to \vait at a certain place till evening, being handso1ncly paiu for his detention. Of course, the day \Vas au anxious one for us all. But wo concluded that if J cuny had seen me, ·he would be too wise to let her 1nistro. s know of it; and that she probably would not got a chance to sec Dr. Flint's fa1nily till evening, for I knew very well what were the rules in that hou ·chold. I afterwards believed that she diu not co 1nc ; for nothing ever can1c of it, and ~he ·was one of tho o ba.·e character· that woul<l have jtnnped to betray a snffuring fellow being for the sake of thirty pieces of sil Yer. I 1nalle all my arrango1nent, to go on board a soon as it \vas dusk. The intervening tin1e I r c. ol vcd. to spend with my son. I had not spoken to hin1 for . even years, though I had been under the sa1no roof, ancl seen hi1n every clay, \V hen I wa · \VOll cnou o·h to sit at tho loophole. I tlid uut dn re tu venLure beyond tl1e 20 t |
