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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. liar emphasis when he said "your 1nist1·ess." I was drilled like a di graced soldier. "'\Vhen all \Ya. oYer, and the la t key turned, I sought n1y pillo\v, th ankful that God had appointed a sea ·on of re t for tho weary. The next day 1ny new n1istre s began her housekeep-ing. I was not exactly appointed nuti<l of all ·work ; but I \va to do whate-rer l \va told. ~londay evening came. It wa. always a bu y ti1uc. On that night tho slaves received their \veckly allowance of food. Three pound of n1cat, a peck of corn, and perhap · a dozen herring were allowed. to each 1nan. "'\Vo1nen r eceived a pound and a half of 1ncat, a peck of corn, and. the sarnc ntunbcr of herring. Children over t\velvc years old had half the allowance of the ·wo1nen. 'rho n1cat was cnt and \vcighcu by the forenuu1 of the field hands, and piled on plank, before the 1neat house. Then tho second forcnutn went behind the building, and when the first forCinan called out, " 'Vho take· thi. piece of n1cat?" he answered Ly calling son1ebody' · nan1e. This n1ethod ·wa ro orted to as a n1cans of preventing partiality in distributing the n1eat. The young lnistrcss ca1nc out to sec ho\Y thing were dono on her plantation, and she soon gave a , pccj1ncn of her character. 1\..mong those in waiting for their allowance was a very old slave, w.ho had faithfully scr,cd the Flint fan1ily throuo·h three generations. \Vhcu he holJbled np to o·ct his bit of n1eat, the 1nistress said he ·wa · too old to hnxe any allowance ; that ·when niggers \\Tcre too old to work, they ought to be feu on gra ·s. Poor olu nu:tn ! lie suffered n1uch before he found rest in the gra YC. .. I Scenes at the Plantation. }fy 1ni.tros and I got along very ·well too·cthcr. At the end of a \YC k, old :i)lr.·. l~lint nuulc 11.· another vi ·it, und was closctc<.l a long ti1no with her d:nto·h ter-i11- law. l ha(l n1y .·uspicions what \'r·a · the f'ttlJj"e' ct f the coufcrcuce. The oltl doctor's wife had he ·n infunned that I couhl leave the plantation on one condition, and she \Vas very desirous to keep n1c th ere. If she had trusted n1e, as I de.·ervcJ. to Lc tru.·ted by her~ she \Vonlll have had no fears of my accepting that condition. \Vhcn she entere<.l her carriage to return ho1nc, . he saiJ. .to young ~fr ·. Flint, "Don't neglect Lo send for thc1n as quick as po · iblo." ~[y heart was on the ·watch all the tin1c, and I at once concluded that she spoke of lllJ chilclrcn. rrhe doctor CUll10 the next day, and as I entered the roo1n to spread the tea taLlo, I heard hin1 say," Don t \\rait any lono·cr. • 1Cnd for th01n to-1norrow." I sa\v through the plan. They thought 1ny chil<lrcn's being there woul<.l fetter 1110 to the spot, and that it \vas a good place to break us all in to abject suln11is ·ion to our lot as ·laves. After the doctor left, a gontlcn1an called, \Vho had ah vay · Inanifcstcd friendly feelings towards 1ny grand1nothcr and her fatnily. ~fr. :B.,lint carried him over tho plantation to show hi1n the results of labor pcrforn1cd by men and won1en who \vore unpaid, miseral>ly clothed, and half famished. Tho cotton crop was all they thought of. It was duly adn1ircd, and tho gcntlcn1an rcturnccl with specin1ons to sh o\v his friends. I ·was ordered to carry water to wash his hancls. A · I did so, he sai<J, "Linda, how do you like your ne\v home ? " I told hin1llikcd it. as well as I expected. lie replied, " They don't th1nk yon arc contented, and to-n1orro-vv they arc going |