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Show 26 TilE I,IIJ}:HTY Btl.!" '4 JJrcc;e from £al;c ®nhnio. CAROLIXE llEALEY DALL , "With t1. noblo aim, To dare as nobly, is there ho.rm In that~" l'R0:11£TUEUS DousD. " Ob , holy knowledge, holy liberty, 0 holy rights of nations! U 1 spca.k. These bitter things against the jugglery Or dnys, that In your m:une t>ronld blind and l'l·eak, It is that te!U'Ii are bitter." "Ditter thlngslwrito Jlccan!l<l my !!Oul ls bitter Cor your sake, Oh Freedom!" C.AS.\ GUIDI W!SDOWS. b wns a gusty aftcmoon. A cold heavy wind from tho Lako lifted the dry snow, and hurled it like small pebbles in one's face. Not many things would have tempted me, weak and shh·cring, from my fireside; but because I was an American, and A DliKEZt: THOM LAKt: OSTAHIO. 27 had a freeman's work to do, I wrapt myself up and went out. The door bell bad been ringing incessantly all the morning. A full score of colored fugitives had presented their claims, for food, money, or clothing, as th eir necessities dictated. I did not dare to send them away, as I do the white beggars that swarm to my gate on the least encouragement, neither could I relieve them on the instant. They were a motley crew ; some of suspiciously unsteady gait or odoriferous breath, some of indolent make and lazier habits. One woman, I felt quite sure, had borrowed the baby which she dandled in a manner so mysteriously uncomfortable. I listened to tho stories of all, took down their names, residences, and occupations, and promised to seck them out. One or two cases seemed urgent, so as soon as an early dinner would permit , I was on my way to the quarter designated. All the afternoon I wandered back and forth , within these limits, without being able to identify ono of my applicants. Many a happy family I saw, many |