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Show 20G UNCLE TOM'S CABIN : OR, the light of n. living Gospel, breathed in living faces, prcachctl by a thousand unconscious acts of love and good will, which, like the cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple, shall never lose their reward. "]father, whn.t if thee should get found out again 1" said Simeon second, as he buttered his cake. "I should P"Y my tine," said Simeon, quietly. "But what if they put thee in prison?" 11 Couldn't thea and mother manage the farm?" said Simeon, smiling. "Mother can do almost everything," said the boy. " But isn't it n. shame to make such ]a,ws?" '' rrhcc mustn't speak evil of thy rulers, Simeon," said his father, gravely. "'l'hc Lord only gives us our worldly goods that we may do justice and mercy; if our rulers require a price of us for it, we must deliver it up.n "Well, I lmtc those old slaveholders! " said the boy, who felt as unchristian ns became nny modern reformer. "I am surprised at thee, son," s::tid Simeon; " thy mother never taught thee so. I woulLl do even the same for tho slaveholder as for the slave, if the Lord brought him to my door in aflliction.n Simeon second blushed scarlet; but his mother only smiled, and said, n Simeon is my good boy; he will grow older, by and by, and then he will be like his father." " I hope, my good sir, that you arc not exposed to aJJY difficulty on our account," said George, anxiously. ' 1 Fear nothing, George, for therefore arc we sent into the world. If we would not meet trouble for a good cause, wo were not worthy of our name." "But, for 'Inc," said G-eorge, u I could not bear it." "Fear not, then, friend George; it is not for thee, hut for LIFE Ai\IOXO '£HE LOWLY. 207 God nnd ma.n, we do it," said Simeon. "And now thou must 1io by quietly this cby, and to-night, at ten o'clock, l)hincas Fletcher will carry thea onward to the next stand,theo and the rest of thy company. 'l'hc pursuers aro hard after thee; we must not delay." " If that is the case, why wait ti11 evening? " said George. "Thou art sa.fo here by da.ylight, for every one in the settlement is a. Friend, and all arc watching. It has been found safer to travel by night." CHAPTER XIV. EVANGELINE. "A young stnr! which shone O'er lifo- too sweet nn int:lge for such glass ! A lovely being, scnrccly formed or moulded ; A rose with o.ll its sweetest leM•es yet folded." TilE Mia•issippi ! IIow, as by an enchanted wand, havo it.s scenes been changed, since Cha.tca.ubriand wrote his prose· poetic description of it, as a river of mighty, unbroken soli. tudes, rolling amid undreamed wonders of vegetable and animal existence. But, as in an hour, this river of dreams and wild romance has emerged to a reality scarcely less visionary and splendid. What other ri vcr of the world boars on its bosom to the ocean the wealth and enterprise of such another country?- a country whoso products embrace all between the tropics and the poles ! Those turbid waters, hurrying, foaming, tearing along, an apt resemblance of that headlong tide of business which is poured along its wavo by a race more vehement and |