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Show ) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. her good hy. he said, ' 0 Ben, I \vi. h I \Yas goj ng too.' I thought he'd know· ev r '"'o Jnuch; but ·he don't know· ,'O n1uch a 1 do ; for I can read, and. ·he can t. ..And, 1nothcr, I lost all my clothes con1ing. \Yhat can I tlo to get ·o1ne 1nore ? I 'sposc free boys can get along here at tho north a.· \V ll as ·whiLe boy·." 1 did not like to toll the ·auguino, happy li Ltle fello- w ho\v 1nuch he \vas n1i .. takon. I took h in1 to a tailor, and procured a chaun·c of elothc . Tho re ·t . of tho Jay ·was , pent in Jnutual a~kino· and an~rworiuo· of questions, \vith tho \YLtih Qon.'tantly repeated. that tho good ol<l graudn1othcr ·wa · \vith u. , and frequent injunctions frmn Bonny to ·wri to to her i1nn1ediatcly, and 1J sure to toll her every thing al>out his voyage, and his journey to Boston. })r. :Flint n1acle his vLit to Nc\v York, and n1ade ercry exertion to call upon 1nc, and invito 1110 to return with hitu; Lut not being al.Jlo to a.·cortain \Vhcro 1 wa , . hi,. hospitable intentions \\'Ore fru tratcd, and the affec1 tionate fan1ily, who \vcre ·waiting for 1110 ·with " opon ann ·," were doon1ccl to di~appointn1cnt. A oon as 1 knew- he \Vas safely at hon1e, I placed Bcnja1nin in tho care of n1y brother \\rillia1n, and returned to l'\Irs. Druce. rrhcro I rc1naincd through the winter and. spring, cnclcavorino· to porforn1 1ny duties faithfully and finding a good <..1 -.<rroc of happinesf) in the attractions of b·1hy ~Iary, tho con.-iucratc kind11 e~s of her excellent n1other, and occa ·ional iuten ·iews with n1y darling daughter. But \vhen suiDJncr crnno, tho old feeling of in.-c- '[ curity hanut 'd n1c. It was necc ·sary for n1e to take little 1\Iu.ry out daily, for exercise and fresh air, and J The Old Ene1ny Again. the city \Va · svvannjng with HouthernerR < f . . ' ' 0111e 0 whom 1n1ght rccogn1zc n1e. lfot weather brino·. out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one cla ·s of tho venomous creature: as little a · l do the other. 'Vhat a c01nfort it is, to be free to say so! |