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Show 100 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. haYC the o·ooc1 l lCf'S i 0 con1c in an(l . Lay. till tho sea. rch ns over.b If e r..c...a cl I' lv com}>lied. II1 · c11trancc 1nto J • "r th<e • hou . c 1H . ong. 11 t ·u 1 the ca]J ta1n of tho · con1 pan y, whose UH~ll•H .!, S.S• • L 'ntf-; to o·uanl the out~Hlo of the 1 l . b ' . rl, . " 1 . Ll . t none of tho itnnate.· leJt 1t. lns lto1L c, atH sec l<l • \ l· l ... . ·1 I off.t ccr wns '..., f .t • I. Jl. Lc. 1 t , the \\·cnlLh.y sla\ e. ho uc1. " 10•1 11 . l . tl , , 'OHll t of 1101 o·hl>onng pla.n tCl , as lllClltlOll C( , 111 ' lC <tcc 0 ,. · • hem. o· noton. on.. !r0 1. lti . cruelty. 11e felt aboYo sothng ln0 hb anll · 'n'"jl tl c 'C'll't;h ITo lllCl'Oly o·avo onlcrs; l 1 • < • • • an d 1' f a lu.i· t of \vritinoo· was discoYcred, It \Ya. earned 1 • to h'u. n 1JY 1u ·s I· g.n 01·(a. ut follower· ' who \Voro unaulc to read. 1 f b lu· d ~Iy gra.nchnothcr had a largo trnn c o . c~ .~~1~,. ~n ta.1 .1 ·l t1 . \Vhcn that was opened, thol o "''as a, t-- t cat JJ c c 0 1 ° ' l l 1 0 lt Of ·nrrlrisc . and one cxclainlecl, " \Vhero <. tIe Sll • ' f?" dainncd Hi~)'gcr. git all <.lis ·hcct an' table clar . ~Iy grandn10thcr, Clnboldonccl by tho presence o~ Ot~r white protector, said, "You lna.y be ·nrc we cllcln t l)ilfcr 'Olll fr0111 !JO u1· l lOUSCS. '' " Look hero, nuu11n1y, " saH'1. withont any coat, "you so01n a grin1-looki ng fellow to feel 1n igh ty grn,n' 'cause yon got all thcn1 'ere fixons. \Vhito folks ouo·ht r ha.Yo 'on1 all." IIi· r01na.rk were interrupted by a chorus of voices shouting," \Yc'. rrot 'cn1! \Vc' . got 'eln! Dis 'ere yallor gal's got leiter.· ! " There was a general rn~h for tho supposed lcLicr, which, upon exatnination, proved. to "be so1no vor ·os wTittcn to n1e by a fri end. In packing away n~y thinn·s I had oYcrlookccl thc1n. \Yhcn their capimn c ' . ·1 inforn1c(l thctn of their contents, they socrncd n1uc .. l disappointed. lie inr1ui red of 1110 ·who \Yrote tlwm. Fear of Infurrcction. 101 1 told hin1 it ·wa. one of rny friend~. " Can you road thcn1?" ho a ·keu. "\Vhcn I tolJ. hin1 1 could, ho swore, anu ravcJ, and tore tho paper into l>its. " Bring 1110 all your 1 'lLL'l'. · ! " said he, in a conl- 111andiug tone. I told hin1 1 hau llono. "Don't be afrajd, ' he coutinued, iu an insinuating \vay. "Bring thmn all to 1110. N ol>od y shall do yon any hanu." Seeing I <liu uot 1nove to ol.)l~y l1 i In, hi.- plua~mn t to no changed. to oaths anu throats. " 'v ho \n·i tcs to you ? half free niggors? " in<1uir d he. 1 replied, ' 0, no; most of 1ny letters arc fro1n \vhito people. ~o1nc request 1no to Lurn thon1 after they arc r oau, auu sotne I destroy without readi11g." An exclan1ation of surpri ·o fron1 so1no of tho company put a stop to our convor.:;atiou. So1uo ·il vor spoons which orna1nontotl an old.-fa ·hionccl Luffct had just been discovered. ~1y granchnothor \Ya · in tho hauit of pro ·erving fruit for 1nany latlio · in tho town, and of preparing suppers for parties ; con ·cqnontly she hacllnany jars of pro ·orvo ', rrbo closet that contained these \Vas next i1rvadecl, anu tho COlltOlltS tasted. One of th01n, \vho \vas helping hj1nsolf freely, tapped his neighbor on tho shoulder, anu sa id, ' '' al done! Don't wonder do niggors 1vant to kill all do white folks, when dey live on ' arves '' [ 1noaning pro crve J. I stretched out n1y hand to take tho jar, Raying, "You were not ont hero to search for S\\·oct1ncats." "And what 'were \VC sent for ? " said the captain, bristling up to 1nc. I evaded tho que ·Lion. The search of tho hou 'C \Vas conlplctocl, and nothing found to condemn us. They next proceeded to the ganlc11, and. knocked about every Lush and vine, 9* |