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Show ) 188 Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl. The dogs ,vill grab lwr yeL." \Vi th these Christian words h '\ and her hu.·lJand dcparlc<l, and, to 111y great sati faction relurnedno 1uore. 1 heard fron1 uncle Phillip, \YiLh feelings of unspeak-able joy and graLiLndc, that the cri.-is \vas pa. sed and grandtnother would liYc. l coulll no\v . ay fron1 n1y heart " God is 1nerciful. Ilc ha spared 1nc the an-gui ·h' of fceli11g that I caused her d catl L " l, The Candidate for Congrefs. 189 XXIV. TIIID CANDID.ATE FOR CO~GRE . ~ . 'raE sun11n r hau nearly cnclecl, ·when Dr. Flint n1ade a third visit to New York, in .·carch of 1ne. Two canclidalcs \Yore running for Congrc ·.-, and he returned in .-ca.-on to vote. 'rho falher of 1ny children wa the vYhio· candidate. The do 'Lor had hitherto been a stanch \Vhig; Lnt 110\Y he exerted all his cncro·ies b for the defeat of ~Ir. Sand ·. Jfc invited large parlies of 1nen to cline in the ·haclc of his tree~, and suppljed th01n with plenty of run1 and brandy. If any voor fellow drowned his wits in the bowl, and, in Lhe openness of hi. conYi vial heart, pro ·laitned thal he did not mean to vote the Dctnocratic ticket, he was shoved into the :street without ceremony. The doctor expended h · · liquor in vain. :Thfr. 8an<ls was elected; an cYcnt which occa.:ioncd n1e f'Olnc anxious thought·. IIc had not ctnancipatcd 1ny children, and if he shoulu die they \Yonld he at the n1crcy of his heirs. '1\vo litLlc Yoicc ·, that fr e11ncntly 1nct my car, scctnccl to plead with 1110 not to 1 ct their father depart without striving to make their frccuon1 ·ccure. Years had passed ·incc I had :::;pokcn to hin1. I had not even seen hin1 since the night I pa · ·cd hi1n, unrecognized, in ll1Y diNgui 0 of a flailor. I surposcd he would. call bc:C rc he left, to .-ay on1c Lh ing to 1ny grandInother concerning the chilurcn, an<l I rc olvcd what course to take. |