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Show Incidents in the Life of a S1a vc Gi r1. ·wa: nuH1c ,vithin n1y hcarin~, and it \Yonl<l hnsc been quite ns 11utn1y to hn.Yc n1a<.~c it t? n1y face .. lie had sai(1 things to n1y face \vlnch 1n 1gh t, or n11ght not, haYc -urpri~cd hi: ncighl>or if he had kno\vn of thetn. lie was " a chip of the olJ tlock." I resolved to give hin1 no cause to accuse me of being too n1uch of a lady, so far as work was con~ corned. I worked day and night, ·with "\Vrctchcdness before n1e. "'\Vhcn 1 lay down be ·i lc 1ny child, I felt how 1nuch easier j t ·would be to sec her die than to sec her n1astcr beat her al>ont, as I daily sa\v him beat other little ones. rrhc ·pirit Of tho Inot ltcrs was so crushc<l ty the la ·h, that they stood by, "\vithout courage to rmnon 'Lratc. llo\Y nrnch n1ore 1nust I suffer, before I should be ""broke in" to that degree? I wi ·hod to appear as contcntc<l as pos ·ihlc. Son1e-time I had an opportunity to send a few lines hmne ; and this brought up recollections that 1naclc it difficult, for a tin1e, to sccn1 cahn and inu i !fercn t to rny lot. K oL' vithstanding n1y effort, I saw that J\f r . .b'lin t r eo·n.n1ec1 llle with a sn ·picious eye. Ellen l>roke uown unuer the trial · of her nc\v lifo. Separated fron1 n1c, wiLh no one to look after her, she vvanclcrcd about, uu<l in a few days cried her ... elf sick. One day, he sat under the window where I was at \fork, crying that weary cry which Inakcs a n1othcr's heart l>lccd. 1 'vas olJligcd to steel myself to bear it. AfLcr a \vhile i t ceased. 1 looked out, and she "\Vas gone. A~ it \vas ncar noon, I ventured to go down in search of her. The great house was raised two feet aboYe the ground. I looke<l under it, and saw her about 1nid way, fast asleep. I Scenes at the Plantation. 133 crept under and drcvv her out. As I h eld her j 11 111y anus, I th ught how vvcll it vvould be for her if she novcr \\Takc<l up ; and I uttered n1y Lhonght aloud. 1 was startled to hear so1nc one say, ' Did you speak to me? " I looked up, and saw :1lr. l.nint .·Lan<lillg Lesidc Inc. lie sai<l n othing further, l>u t tnrncJ. frowning, a·way. That JrighL he sent l~llcn a bi ·cuit and a cup of ·wccLcncd 1nilk. This gcncro. ·ity surprised 1110. I learned aJtcr\vards, that in the afternoon he had killed a large : nakc, ·which crept fro1n under the bon c ; and 1 supposed that incident had pron1ptcd his unu. ual kin lnc s. The next n1orning the old cart \vas load ell with shingles for to\Vll. I put Ellen into it, and ont her to her grandtnothcr. 11r. Flint said I ought to have asked his penni : ion. I told hitn the child wa sick, and rcq nircd attention which I hau no titnc to gi \~c . He let it pas ; for he vvas a"\varc that I had accon1pli ·heel much work in a li ttle tin1o. I had been three "\vccks on the plantation, when I planned a vi:it ho1nc. It 1nu t be at night, artcr every body was in l>ecl. I ·was six miles fron1 to,vn and the ' road "\vas very dreary. I was to go with a young 1nan, who, I knew, often stole to town to sec his n1oihcr. One night, "\vhen all was quiet, we started. Fear gaYc spcc<l to our steps, and we wore not l ong in porfonnin cr the • b JOUrney. I arrived at my granchnothcr's. Ilcr bed roorn was on the first floor, and the \vindo\v wa open, the weather being w·arm. I spoke to h er and 'he a"'lrokc. She let 1110 in and closed the windo·w, lost so1nc late passer-by should see n1e. A lio·ht \Vas l>rouo·ht au<l b b ' the whole household g·athered round n1e son1e srnilin o- ' b 12 |