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Show 228 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. only for your sake, but for hers also. You cannot be blind to tho fact that she is sinking un<ler her Lurdons.'' I ·was not blind to it. I know that 1ny conceahuont ,vas an over-pro ont source of alL-icty, and that tho lder she grow tho n1ore norYon. ly fearful she wa of discovery. ~Iy uncle talked \vith her, and. finally succoodo<l in persuading her that it \vas ab ·olutcly noco sary for me to seize tho chance so unex-pectedly offered. Tho anticipation of being a free \Von1an proved al-mo t too n1nch for 1ny \Yoak fra1ne. The exciton1ont sti1nulatc<l 1no, and at the , ~nne tin1e bewilderou 1no. I n1ac1e busy preparations for n1y j ourney, and for 1ny son to follow 1110. I r esol vocl to ha ,-o an interview with hin1 before I ·went, that l1night give hin1 cautions and advice, ancl loll hin1 ho\v anxiously 1 should be waiting for hin1 at tho north. Gra.JHhnothor tole up to 1110 as often a.· po.: iblo to whi ·per \rords of coun ·ol. 1he iusi ted upon n1y ·writing to Dr. J.nint, as soon as I arriYod in tho Free ~tate:) , and asking hin1 to scll1no to her. Hllo said c·ho \VOnlcl ·acri(ice bcr hou e, anu all she had in the ·world, for tho sake of haYing 1ne safe with 1ny chiluren in any part of the \Yorlcl. If she could only live to know that she could die in peace. I pro1ni eel the <lear old faithful friend that I would ·write to her as soon as I arri ,·eel, and pnt the letter in a safe way to reach her ; but in 1ny O\Vll 1nind I rcsol ved that not another cent of her hard earnings should be spent to pay rapacious slaveholders for what they called their property. And even if I had uot been unwilling to buy what I had alreauy a right to possess, co1n1non ln1n1anity \Youlcl have preventoJ. 1110 Preparations for Efcape. from accepting tho generous offer, at the ox pen ·e of turnillg 1ny aged relative out of hou o and ho1no, when she was tre1nbling on the brink of tho graYo. I wa: to escape in avos ·ol; hut I forbear to 1nention any further I aticular ·. I ·was in roadino · ·, hn L tho vessel wa. unexpectod.ly d.otainocl several days. nfeantiine, news ca1ne to to\vn of a 1nost horrilJlo n1unlor comn1ittod on a fngiLi\·e f'laYo, JHtnl d Jan1o.·. Charity, the n1othor of thi. · unfortunate young 1nan, had been an old acC]_uainLance of our . I hn:re Lold tho :-~hocking particulars of hi death, in n1y de:cripLion of ·on1e of tho neighboring lavcholclor . nfy grandinothcr, always norvouJy sen itive about runaways, wa.· terribly frightened. She felt sure that a similar fate awaited me, if I did not do ·i t fro1n my ontorpri.·e. She sobbed, and groaned, and entreated 1ne not to go. Tier execssire fear \vas so1nowhat contagious, and my heart was not proof again.t her oxtron1o agony. I \Yas grioYously di appointed, but I pron1i ·ed to relinquish 1ny project. When n1y friend Peter was appri ·eel of thi ·, he was both disappointed and vexed. lie said, that judging fron1 our past experience, it \Vould be a lollg tiu1o before I had such another chance Lo throw away. I told hin1 it need n ot be thrown away; that 1 had a friend concealed ncar by, who \roulcl be glacl enough to take the place that had been proYiuod for me. I told hin1 about poor Fanny, and tho kind-hearted, noble fcllo\V, who never turned his back upon any body in eli tress, ·white or Llack, expressed his readiness to help her. .Aggie ·was 1nuch surprised \Yhon she found that \VC knew her secret. She \Yas r ejoiccLl to hear of such a chance for :F'anny, 20 |