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Show Incidents in the Life of a S1ave Girl. • 111other's inquiring for 1110. ~he tohl hin1 she ha.d not seen 111c, and ~n pposed I wa · at the plantation. IIe ·watchcJ. her fa c:c lH'trro\dy, and. f.la id, " J)on't you know any thing ahont her rnnnH. lg 01c r· '.( " .~.._ 1 1e assurc,u, hi1u that J10 <1i<l not. Ilc \Y nt on lo say," Last 11ight ~he ran orf wiLhout the least provo ·ation. '\V e ha<l trcatecl her Yery kindly. ~Iy wife liked her. She ·will soon he round anu IJronght hack. A l'C her chil<lren wiLh you'{' \\'"hen told that they were, he said, "1 an1 very glad to hear that. 11' they nrc here, she cannot be i~tr off. lf I find out that auy of IllY nigo·er have had any thi ng to do with this danu1e<l hnsine.· ·,I'll give '01n fiYe hundred lashes." A.· he -tnrtccl to go to his father' s, he turned round and adJe<l, per suasively," Let her be ln·ou~h t Lack, ancl she shall have her children to liYc with her." The t idings 1naJc the old doctor raYe and sionn at a furious rate. It ·was a buRy day for thcn1. ~Iy grandn1oLher's house was searched frotn top to l>0tton1 . . As n1y trnnk wa cn1pty, they concluded 1 had taken 1ny clothes ·with 1110. Defore ten o'clock eYory Yc.,·el northward bound \nt · thoroughly exarnincd, and tho law again t harl>oring fugitives W"nY read to aU on board. A.t night a \vatch \vas . ·ot over the town. l{no\ving how c1istre.-sec1 n1y granl1n1other \Yould lJe, I \Yanteu to Re n<1 her a n1e~ · age; Ltti it could not be done. E,·c ry one who went in or out of her house \Vas cl o~cly waiuhotl. 'l'he doctor said he ·would take 1ny children, unless ~he l)ccan1e rc~pon sil>lo for thCln; \Yhic:h of course t>hc ·willingly <.lid. The next day ·was spent in f;ca rcl1ing. Bcfu rc ni ght, ihe followi11u· ~t<lYertisenlent ·wa.· po ~te d at cYcry corner, and in C\'ory public place for 1nilct) rou tHl: - \ I 1,: The Flight. 149 "$300 REvVARD! Ran a·way front the Rnhscribcr, an intelligent, bright, 1uulatto girl, n~:uncd Lin<la, 21 years of age. ] ive feet four inch es high. Dark eyes, and black hair in clined to curl; bnt it can be 111adc traight. IIa , a decayed spot on a front tooth. he can read and \vri te, and in all proLahility will try to get to the Free State.·. All per ons arc foroid. dcn, uncler penalty of tho la\Y, to harLor or cn1ploy said slave. $150 1vill be giYcn to whoe\·cr takes her in the state, and $300 if taken out of the state and delivered to me, or lodged in jail. DR. FLINT.'' 13 * |