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Show Incidents in the Life of a Sla vc GirL hon1e for her, and I afterwards heard of her in prosperous circumstances. I sent for an old friend from my part of the country, who had for son1c tin1o Leon doing bu incss in Ne\v York. lie ca1nc in11nctliatcly. I told hi1n I wanted to go to n1y daughter, anu a~ko<l hin1 to aicl1nc in procuring an intcrYiu\v. I cautioned him not to let it be known to the fa1nily that I had just arrived fro1n the ·onth, because they suppo cd I had Leon at the north seven years. He told n1e there \Va a colored \YOin an in Brooklyn who can1c fro1n the an1e to\vn I did, and I had better go to her ho1rc, and haYc 1ny clau<)'hter meet 1110 thoro. I accepted the propo ... itiou thankfully, and he agreed to c cort n1e to Brooklyn. \V c crossed Fulton ferry, went up l\fyrtlc 1\ venue, and stopped at the h ou~e lw dcsignatc<l. I \Ya · just about to cuter, -when t\vo girls pa sed. 1\Iy frienu called n1y attention to th01n. I turned, and rccognizcu in the clue t, Sarah, tho daughter of a won1an \vho used to live with n1y grandlnothcr, Lut \vho had left the south years ago. .:-;nrpri u<l and r ejoiced at this unexpcctc<l n1eeting, I thre·w n1y ar1ns round her, and inquired concerning her n1other. " Yon take no notice of the other girl," said n1y fl'iencl. I turned, and there . tool n1y Ellen! I pre. sod her to n1y heart, then held h er a\vay fro1n n1c to take a look at her. She had chanrrccl a o·ood deal in tho b b two year· since I ]Jarted fro1n h er. Signs of neglect could be di~·c ... rncu by eyes los ob.·erving than a n1othcr's. ~fy friend invited us all to go into the h ou~c ; Lut Bllen said she had been sent of an errand, which ·he \Youl<l clo as q uiekly as possible, and go The Meeting of Mother and Daughter. home and ask 1\frs. Ilobbs to let ]10 , l COlllO and soc n1c. It \vas agreed that I should so11cl r . • 10r 11 or tho next day. l[cr co:npa1non, Sarah, lla~tcuo<l Lo tell her mother of u1y aiTl val. \ Vhen 1 entered the 1 . I 1 . . . , . wu:-;o, foun<l t 10 1111. trc. s of 1t alL·cn t, and I waited. for her return. Defore 1 sa\v h er, l heard her , aying, "\\hero is Linda Brent? I usecl to know her father aud mother." oon Sarah ca1ue with her Inotllo. ' . l. 1.. 0 there was ~1ute a company of u ·, all fron1 111y grand-mother's nc1gl~borhood . '~rhese friend:; gathered round me and que t1onccl 1uc eagerly. They lau o·hed they cried, and they shouted. 'l"'hey thanked God tllat 1 had got a\vay fro1n my per. ecutors and was ·afc 011 Long Island. It was a day of great cxcitCinont. IIow different fron1 the silent days I hau passed in 1ny dreary den! The next 1norning was Sunday. ~Iy first wakinrr thoughts \Vcre occupied with the note I was to end t~ :Mrs. Hobbs, the lady \vith whon1 Ellen lived. 'rhat I had recently con1c into that vicinity was evident. otherwise I should have sooner inquired for m; daughter. It ·would not do to let then1 know I had just arrived fro1n the south, for that would invol vc the suspicion of n1y haYing been harbored there and m1.g 11 t bring trouble, if not ruin, on several peopl'e . I like a straightfor\vard course, and am always ro· luctant to resort to subterfuges. So far as my ways have been crooked, I charge th01u all upon slavery. It was that systc1n of violence and wrong which now left me no alternative but to enact a falsehood. I began n1y note by stating that I had recently arriYed fr01n Canada, and was -rcry desirous to have 1117 ' |