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Show ) 242 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. X r rr ../. ..L ...L.. • INCIDENTS IN PIIIL1\.DBLPIII1\. I IIA n hcanl that the poor ~lave had n1any friends at the north. I trn ted \VC should find on1c of thCJn. l\leantin1e, we would take it for granted that all were frieuds, till they }H'OYCd to the contrary. I ·ought out the kind eaptnin, thankud hin1 for hi: attcution., and tolu l1i1n 1 f'hould never cease to be grateful for the scrricc he ha<l renuere<l us. I gaxc hi1n a. 1nc 'f'age to the fri nus I had left a.t ltOlne, a.ncl he prolniscd. to deli Yer it. \V c were placed in a rO\\r-boat, and in about fifteen 1ninutcs \Verc lauded on a. wood \Vharf in PhilaclcliJhia. 1\..s I ·toocl looking ronnel, the friendly captain touched n1c on the shoulder, and said, " There is a re pectn,l)le-lookiuo· colored n1a.n behind you. I will speak Lo hin1 about the X cw York trains, and tell him yon ·wi~h to go directly on.'' I thanked hi1n, and asked hin1 to direet 1nc to son1c shops ·where I could bny gloYcs anJ. Ycil . lie did so, ancl said he would talk \vith the colored. n1an till I returned. I made what haste 1 could. Con taut exerci ·e on board the Ycssel, and frequent rubbing ·with salt \Yater, had nearly restored the u c of 1ny li1nbs. r_rhe noise of the great city confused 1nc, but I found the shops, and bought sotnc donulc veils and gloves for Fanny and n1ysclf. r~rhe shopn1an tolJ. ll1C they ·were so ll1any levies. I had never heard the word before, but I did not tell hin1 so. I thought if he kuew 1 \Vas a stranger he Incidents in Philadelphia. might ask 1ne \vherc I ca1nc fron1. I gave hitn a gold piece, aud \rhen he returned the change, I counted it, and found. nt how 1nnch a levy 'vas. I 1nadc 1ny way back to the 'v-harf, \vhere the captain jnLrodnccd 1nc to the colored n1an, as the Rev. J erctniah Durhmn, 1ninistcr of Bethel church. lie took n1e by the hand, as if I hall been an old friend. lie told us we wore too late for the 1noruing cars to New York, and n1u ·t ·wait until the evening, or the next 1nornino·. ITo invited n1e to go hon1e \vith hin1, as. tuing n1c that hi· wife wonld giYc 1110 a cordial welcmnc; antl for n1r friend he would proYiuc a ho1ne \ViLh one of hi· nci o·hbors. I thank eel hi rn for so 1nueh kinune · to strangers, and told hin1 if I nutst be detained, I .·hould like Lo lumt up son1e people \vho fonncrly went fr01n our part of the conn try. :l)lr. D nrhan1 in~i . tc<l that I 1:ihould diuc with hitn, and then he would as~i ·t 1110 in Guding my friends. The . ailor · can1e to l>iJ. n. good by. I :hook their hardy hands, ·with tear.· in Jny eye . They had all been kind to us, and. they hatlrcnucrcd us a greater service than they could po:.·ilJ1y conceive of. I had never seen so htro-e a city, or been in contact with so n1any people in the streets. It sccn1cd a. if those who passed loo]~ed at u with an cxprc .-ion of curio ity. :l)fy face \vas so Llistcred antl peeled, by sitting on deck, in \Yind auu ·un'.Jhinc, that I thought they could not ea ·ily decide to what nation I uclougcd. 1Ir ·. Durhan1 1uet me ·with a kindly wclcon1c, wil hout a ·kiug uny questio11s. I was tired, aud her friendly manner \vas a sweet refrcshtncnt. God Lie ·· her! I was sure that he had cOinfortcd other 'veary ]warts, before 1 rceci vcd her syn1pathy. Rho was surrounded |