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Show 28 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. TilE SLA ·vB 'VIJO D.AUED TO FEEL LI1{E 1\._ I\IA.N. Two years hacl pas ·eel since I entered Dr. Flint's flunily, and those years bad brought 1nuch of tho knowledcre that con1es fr01n expericnc , though they had afforded little opportunity for any other kinds of knowleugc. ~ly grancltnothor hacl, as tnnch as pos ·iblo, Loon a 1nothor to her orphan grandchildren. By per. evcrance ancl unwearied industry, she \Vas no "'IV 1uistre.:s of a _.:nug little hon1e, surronnclecl with the necessaries of life. She \vould. haYc been happy could h er ch ildren haYc shared thmn with her. TllCre rctnained l>ut three children and two grandchilclrcu, all slases. ~lost carne 'Lly did ~he striYc to make u. feel that it \Vas the "\Yill of God : that lie had seen fit to ] )lace us under such circtU11stancos; and though it sccn1ed hard, we ought to pray for contcnt1nont. It wa: a beautiful faith, con1ing fro1n a n1othcr who conlc1 not cr..ll her chilc1r n ber own. But J, and Donjanrin, her youn~est boy, condcn1nod it. \Ve r easoned that it \vas n1uch 1nore the will of God that "\VC should be situated as she was. 'V c longed for a hon1e like hers. rrherc we always found sweet balsaln for our troubles. She was so loYing, o syn1paLhizing ! She always 1nct us with a .·1uilo, and. listened \\'ith patience to all our sorrows. Blle ~pok so hopefully, that un- The Slave who Dared to Feel like a Man. 29 consciously the cloud. gave place to sunshine. There was a gra.ncl big oven there, too, that baked. brcacl and nice thing. for the town, an<l ·we knc\v there \vas always a choice biL in store for u . But, ala. ! even the chann.· of the oltl oven failed to reconcile us to our harcl lot. Beujl11nin was now a tall, }HL1Hl~Ol11C lad, stron gly and grac fnlly lnall e, and with a .·pirit too l>ohl an(l daring for a :-;lnsc. l\ly ln·oLhcr 'Yilliatn, 110\Y twc] ve year~ old, had Ute san1c aversjon to the "\vonl nuvLer that he had wl1on he \vas an urchin of seYcu years. I \Vas hi.· con G. dan L. lie cmue to 1uc \Vi Lh all his Lrouul<'~. I ren1e1ubcr one instance in parLiGular. 1 L \Yas on a love] y spring n1orning, an<l ·when l 1narkod the sunli ght dancing hero and there, its beauty f'eon1cd to n1ock 1ny sac1ness. For 1ny ma.tor, ·who ·c ro~tlo~~s, craving, vicious nature roved n,bout day and nigh l, socking "\vhcnn to do\·our, had ju. L left 1nc, \\ri Lh :-:linging, scorching \Von ls ; wonh~ that scathecl oar atHl brain like Gro. 0, how I def'pi ~o<..l hin1! I Lll011ght how gla<l l shoulcl 1Jo, if t)OJllC clay "\vhon he walked the C8,l th, j L V<>ulcl open and swallo-vv hin1 up, an<l <li~oncu1nher the \vorld of a plague. \Vbcn he tolu n1c that I \\Ta. n18,C1c for hi.~ n . c, 1nadc to obey hi· con1n1a1Hl in Cl'fr.tJ thing; that 1 "'Iva: nothing but a lave, \vho.·c \v·iU 1nust an<.l bhould surrender to hi , never before had n1y puny ann felt half so strm1g. So <lceply "\VUfJ I ahsorho<.l in p:tinfnl r flcc·tions a[krwarcls, that I neither ~::t\\r nor hoar<l tl10 entrance of auy one, till the voice of \Yillian1 f'ounc1cc1 'lose be ·ide me. " Linua," said he, " \Yhnt 1nakes you look so sad? |