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Show 194- Incidents in the Life of a S1a ve Girl. our brief interview ·was over. Early the next n1orn .. ing, I seated n1ys lf ncar the liLtlc aperture to exrunine the ncwf'papcr. It was a piece of the N C\V York llcrald; and, for once, the paper that y:tcn1ati "'ally ahu:cs the colored people, wac.; rnadc to render thc1n a serYicc. Havino· obtained what iufcnnation I wanted concerninn · street· and numbers, I ·wrote two l etters, one to n1~ oTanchnoiher, the other to D1·. 1~1 i nt. I rmnindcd hin1 how he, a gray-headed1nan, ha<l treated a hclple s child, ·who hatl been placed in his po·wer~ and ·what years of llliscry he had brought upon h er. rro my grandn1other, l cxprc .. eel a wi:h to have 1ny children sent to 1ne at the north, ·where 1 coulu teach then1 to respect thcn1selves, and set then1 a virtuous exarnplc; which a slnsc 1nothor ·was not allo·wcd to clo at the south. I asked her to direct her ans\YOr to a certain street in Bo ·ton, as I did not live in N(nv York, thou<rh I ~vent thoro so1nctilncs. I dated th . e letter· ahead, to allow for the ti1ne it would take to carry thmn, and sent a 1ne1norandtun of tho elate to the 1ncsscn o·cr. When 1ny friend can1c for the l etter. , I said, '' God bless anclre\vard you, Peter, for thi.., eli ·interested kindness. Pray be careful. If you arc <1otectcd, both yon and I ·will hav-e to suffer dreadfully. I ha-re not a relatiYe \vho \Voulcl <la.rc to do it for 1nc." lie rcplit d, "Yon 1nay tru t to 1nc, Linda. I don't forgot that your father was n1y be t friend, an<1 I ·will be a friend to his children so long as God lot· 1110 live." It was necos. ary to tell 1ny g ra11dJnothcr \Yhat I had done, in order that ~he 1nip;ht he ready for the letter, and prepared to hear what Dr. Flint 1night f:ny about n1y being at the n orlh. She \\'as saclly trouulu<l. ( Com pcti tion j n Cunning. She felt sure 1nischicf \Voulcl co1no of i.t. I also told my plan to aunt Taney, in order that . he 1nio·ht report to us -what was aid at Dr. ·Flint's honsc. I whi. pored it to her through a crack:, ancl ·he ·whispered back, "I hope jt \vill sncccccl. I shan't n1incl h ing a slave all1ny life, if I can only sec you and the chilclrcn free." I hrrcl dirrctcu that my l etter. ~houl <1 he puL into 1he N cw york po. t 0 rltcc on th 20th of tho 11l0 1l t lL On the cveuiug of the 2-t th n1y aunt cmnc to say thai Or. Flint and his wife had been talking jn a low "Voice about a leiter he had r ecci \·eel, and that \rhcn he went to hi· office he prornisecl to l)ring- jt \r1 1Cn he cmno to tea. So I conc1 n<lcc1I sh ouhl h ar 1ny letter read ihc next morning . I tol<l n1y g rmH1nloLhcr Dr. ~"'lint would be snrc to con1e, ancl a~kc(l hC'r to haYc l1inl ~.; it ncar a certain door, an<l leave it open, that l nlight bear what he ._aid. The ur'x.L n1orning l took n1y station within .·ouiH.l of that door, anc1 r01nainrcl motionlo~s as a statue. l t was not 1011 0' he fore I hen nl the gate slam, and the \\Tell-known foot~tcps en tor the hou se. IIc ,·eatecl hi1nsclf jn the chair tb[Lt was placccl for hi1n, and .·aid," \\re1l, l\Iartha, 1\·e hro11ght yon a letter fron1 Linlht. She has .·cnL 1nc a letter, also. I know exactly \rhcrc to ftn<l her; hut I (lon't rhoo:e to go to Boston for h er. l hacl rather .·he would co1nc baek of her own a ·cord, in a rcspeetalJlc manner. ITer uncle Phillip js the hc~t pcr~on to go for her.. \Yith him., she wonld feel pcrfcetly free to act. I an1 \villing to pay hi .· expcnf:e.· ~oin~)· and returning. She sh all be sol<l to her fricncl. ·. IIcr children arc free; at lc~1st l .·nppose they are; and. |