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Show 230 Incidents in the l.ife of a Slave Girl. and arrang-en1cnts ·were 1nadc for h r to g:n on hon.rd the Yes~;cl the 11cxt llight. Th 'Y hoth snppo,·ed LbaL I hrul long been at the north , therefore 1ny nau1c \nts not n1cntioued in the trausa ·tion. .Fanny ·wa.· arried on board at the appointed. tin1c, atHl stowed. away in a v ry ·n1all cabin. Thi' acconunodation had been pnrdw,sed at a price that ·would pay for a voyage to ~nglaucl. 13ut ·when one propose.· to go to fine old · hngland, they stop to calculate ·whether they can ai1(wd the co 't of the plea:ure ; \Vhile in tnaking a Largain to e cape fro1n slavery, the tre1ubling Yieti1n i. ready to say,' Tal~e all I have, only don,t l>ctray 1ne! ' The ne~r t n1orning I poel)CU through n1y loophole, and aw that it \va.· dark and cloudy. 1\.t night 1 received news that the wind \vas aheau, and the ves ·el ha<l not sailed. I ·wa · oxcoeuiugly anxiou. about Fanny, and Peter too, ·who wa · running a tre1nen<lons ri~k at 1ny in stigation. Next <lay tho \vind and. \veathcr re1nained the sc:une. Poor Fanny hau been half dead ·with fright when they carrieu her 011 boaru, anul could reauily in1agine hO\V she ll1U t be sufferi11g 110\V. Granchnoihcr catno often to n1y den, to say ho"Yv thankful she \Va I did not go. On the third 1norning she rapped for me to co1ne do\vn to the storeroom. 1.,he poor old sufferer was breaking down under her ·weight of trouble. She was ea ily flurried no\v. I found her in a ncrYous, excited state, but I \vas not aware that she had forgotten to lock the door behind her, as u ual. She \Yas excce lingly ·v~rorriod about the detention of the ves. ·el. She was afraid all would be discoYerecl, and then Fanny, and Peter, and I, \vonld all be tortured to death, and Phillip would be utterly ruined, Preparations for Efcape. and her house would he torn clown. Poor Peter ! If he ·hould tlic ·uch a horrible t1eath as the poor ·lave J an1cs had lately done, and all for hi.· kin dues. in trying to help 1ne, ho\v <lreadful it \vould be fur u. all! Ala. , the thought was ftuniliar to 1nc, and had , . 11 t many a sharp pang _through 1ny heart. 1 tried. lo suppress 1ny own anxiety, and peak ·oothingly to her. he brought in so1nc allur:;ion to aunt Nancy, the dear <laughter . he hal recently buried, and. Lhen sl 1e lof't all control of her:clf. 1\. · she stood. there, trClul)J ing an cl sobbing, a voice from the piazza called. out, " \\",.har is you, aunt 1Iarthy?" Gran<ln1other was startle<], and iu her agi Lation opened the cloor, wi thont think in o· of me. ln stepped. J"cnny, the 1nischicvou hou ·en~aiL1, who had tri d to enter 1ny roo1n, when 1 \\ ... as concealed in the house of n1y \vhitc bencfacLref:s. "l's bin huntin cbery \vhar for you, aunt J\farthy,'' ·aid she. "~Iy 1ni.· ·i::; \vants you to ·end her so1ne cracker·." I ha(l slunk do"Yvn behind a barrel, \Vhich entirely . crcened nw, but I i1nagined that Jenny wa looking directly a1 the spot, and 1ny heart beat violently. :Thfy grand. nother iin1necliatoly thought \vhat she had done, and went out quickly ·with Jenny to count the crackers locking the <loor after her. 1he returned to 1ne, in a few 1ninute ·, the perfect picture of de ·pair. "Poor child! " she exclain1ed, " n1y carole.:. ness has ruined you. The boat ain't gone yet. Get ready inunecli utcly, anu go with Fanny. I ain't got another word to say against it now; for there's no tolling what 1uay happen thi. day." Uncle Phillip was sent for, and he agreed with his mother in thinking that J onny would inforn1 Dr. Flint |