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Show ) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. b (=~ Ao·o·1 • or, JUunc ,t b 0 • This poor creature had w. itncs. .. cd the ·n1e of her children, and con th 111 carrteu o{f to parts unknown, without any hope of ever hearing fro1u thcnl again. She sa\V that n1y grau<.hn thor had l)ccn wccpin~, and she ·aid, i.n a syn1pa.thizing tone, "\Vhat's the nutttcr, aunt ~1arLhy? '' " 0 A.ggic," she rcplicJ, " it .. cc1n.s as if I shouh1n't have any of n1y chilJrcn or grandch tldrcn left to luu~J me a clt·ink when I'm dying, anJ lay 1ny olJ body 111 the ground. ~fy uoy didn't COlUC oack \Vith ~Ir. 1auJs. lie staid at the north." Poor ol<l A.crgi.c cla1 pod her hands for joy. " Is dat ·what you7s crying fur?" ·he cxclain1cd. " Git down on your knee.· and brcss de Lor<l! I don't know whar my poor chillern i.', and 1 ncl>ucr 'spcct to know. You don't know ·whar poor Lin(la's gone to; out you do kno·w ·whar her Lruddcr is. lie's in free parts; and dat's de right place. Don't nnlnnur at de Lord'.· do· ings, lJnt git clown Oll your knees anJ. tank hinl for 1u .s gooc1 n o~ . " ~fy ·clft ·hncss \vas rebuked 1)y \Ylw.t poor Aggie . aiel. She rejoiced oYer the escape of one who wa.· 1ncrcly her fcllow-bondn1an, while his 0\Vn.·ir:-;tcr "'va.· only thinking what hi· o·ood fortune 1night cost her chih1ren. l knelt and prayecl God to forgive 1110; and I thankcc.l hitn fr01n roy heart, that one of n1y f~unily \vas ·avccl fro1n tho gra 'P of 'lavery. It \va not long before \VC received a letter frotn \Vil-lianl. lie wrote that l\Ir. San us had al w8ys troaLccl hin1 kinclly, and tl1at he had trieJ to uo his duLy to him faithfully. But eYer since he \Vas a boy, he hau longed to be free ; and he hau already gone through l \ Irnportant Era jn n1y Brother's Life. 205 enough to convince hi1n he ha<l bcLLcr not lose the chance that offered. IIc concluded by saying, '' Don't worry about Jnc, dear grandn1other. l .'hall tl1ink of yon alway ; and it \vill ·pur 1110 on to ·work hanl and try to do right. 'Vhcn I have earned 1nonoy enough to crivc you a ho1nc, perhaps yon \rill con1c to the north b ' and we can all live happy together." Mr. anc1s told. n1y uncle Phillip tho particulars about \Villiatn' · lcavino· hin1. lie ·aid, "I trn.·tcd him as if he \Vcrc n1y O\Vn brother, and treated hin1 as kindly. The auolitioni 'Ls talked to hin1 jn everal places; but I had no idea they conlcl te1npt hin1. However, I don't l>latnc \Villimn. lie'· youug and jnconsidcratc, and tho c N orLhcrn rascah; decoye<l hi1n. I must confe the scatnp \va very hold auout it. I n1ct hin1 co1ning do\vn the steps of tho Astor IIonse with his trunk on hi shoulder, and I a.·ked hin1 where 1tc was going. lie ai<l he \Va going to chango hi old trunk. I told hi1n it was rather shabby, and a ·ked if he didn't need 01nc 1noncy. Jic aid, No, thanked me, and went off. Ilc did not return so soon a· I expected; but I waited patiently. At la t I wont to sec if our trunks \YOre packcJ, ready for our journey. I found thc1n locked, an l a ·calc<l noLo on the tahlc informed me \Vhcrc I could find the key·. The fellow even tried. to be religious. lie ·wrote ihat he hoped God would always Llcss me, and rcwanl n1c for 1ny kindness ; that he \Vas not unwilling to serve 1nc; bnt he wanted to be a free 1nan ; and that if l thought he did wrong, he hoped I woulJ forgive l1in1. l intended to give hitn hi frccdo1n in fiyc year.. Ifc 1night have trustccl 1110. lie has . ·hown hin1self ungrateful; Lui I 18 |