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Show Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl. "nice hot f'nppcr," and the 1ni trc. s hastened down stairs to kc p things straight till he returned. IIo\v 111y heart oYcrfiowc<.l with gratitude ! "\Vorcl · choked in 111y throat; but I could have kissed the feet of n1y bcncfnctrcs . For that deed of Christian \VOlnanhoocl, n1ay God forever bless her ! I \Vent to sleep that night ·with tho feeling that I was for the pre cnt the 1110 't fortunate slave in town. ~Iorning catnc and filled 1ny little cell with light. I thanked the hcaYcnly Father for this safe retreat. Opposite tny window was a pile of feather beds. On the top of tho. c I could lie perfectly concealed, and cotnn1and a vlc\v of the street thron()'h \vhich Dr. ]lint passed to hi.· office. Anxious as I was, I felt a gleam of f'ati~·JacLion \VllCn I saw hi1n. Thus far I haJ ontwitte( l hin1, and l tritnnphc<l over it. \Vho can l1l ~nnc shwcs for being cunning? They arc constantly colnpellccl to rc ·ort to it. It is the only \vcapon of the \vcak and. opprc ·sed against tho strength of their tyran L . I \Vn..· daily hoping to hear that n1y rna tor had rsoltl n1y children; for I knew who was on the \Vatch to buy thcnL But Dr. Flint cared eYcn 1noro for rcYcngc than he did for n1on ey. ~fy brother \Villia1n, and the goocl aunt who hau SCl'\~Cd in hi' f~unily tw-enty years, and n1y litLlc Denny, and Bllcn, who ,,~as a little orcr two years olJ, were thrnst in to jail, a .. a Jncan · of eoJnpclling 1ny rolati vcs to giYo son1c in f'onnat.ion abou L n1c. IIc swore 1ny grnn c.hnothor 1ShoulJ. no\· r ~co one of thcn1 again till 1 w·a. 1H·ough t hack. They kept tl wsc facts fro1n 1110 for se\'eral days. \\'"hen l hoard tl1aL 1ny li ttlc ones \Vcrc in a luatllson1o j ail, n1y first i1npnlse \ Months of Peril. 155 was to go to thcn1. I \Vas en conn Loring dangers for the ake of frccin rr thctn, and 111 u~L l be the catt. ·c of their J cath? T'he thou<rh t was agonizi ng. ~fy benefactress triccl to soothe 1110 Ly tel ling 1ne that n1y aunt would take good care of the cl1 ildrcn wl1ile they rc1naincd in jail. But it adele d. to n1y pain Lo think that tho good old aunt, who had always been so kincl to her r;isLe r's orphan chil<lrcn, shoul<l be t>h u L up in lHi ·on for no other crin1c than loving then1. l suppo.-c 1ny friends feared a rccklc ·s 1110\rCnlont on 1ny part, knowjng~ a· they did, that n1y lifo \Va' bound 11p in 1ny cJ1ildren . I received a note fron1 n1y brother \rilli:un. ] t wa: scarcely legible, and ran tlnt.· : " \\rhurc\·er you at'e, dear sister, I beg of you not to eo1ne here. \\' e nt·o all n1nch boLter off than you arc. If you con1c, you will ruin US all. rrhcy WOUl<l force )'O ll to tl'll wllerc you had been, or they \vouhl kill you. Take the :v.lvice of your friend. ; if not for the f-;n,kc of nw H.II(l your children, at least for the ·akc of t lw:c you woul(l ruin." Poor \Villia1n! lie al~o nntst snrf8l' for being n1y brother. I took his advice ancl kept qui et. nly aunt was taken on t of jail at tho end of a n1onth, becatt. ·e Mrs. Flint could not spare her any longer. She W<t: tired of being her own hou.·ckccpcr. It wa.· quite too fatiguing to or<lcr her dinner and cat j t too. ·My chjlclrcn rmnainccl in j ail, \vh rc brother \Villimn did all he could for their co1nfort. HoLLy \VClit to ·co Lllmn somctiincs, and brought 1110 tidings. ~b e was not permitted to enter tho jail ; but \Vill ian1 wou1 c1 holJ. thCin up to the grated \vindow ,,~hil c ·he ehattcu wi th thcn1. When she repeated their prattle, and told n1c how they |