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Show 26o Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. thought the satnc heartfelt tic existed bot-ween a nutster and his or,rant, as bct\vcen a 1nothcr and her child. But thi · ulJjcct i · too painful to <.hvellupon. l1nn t bring 1ny letter Lo a clo c. If you arc con tcntoJ to f'tay away from your ol(l granutuothcr, your child, anu tho fricuJ ·who loYe you, stay ·where yon arc. \V e ·hall never trouble ourselves to apprchcnJ. you. But should. you prefer to co1nc ho1ne, \Ve ·will do all that vvc can to make you happy. If you do not ·wish to rotnain in the fatnily, I know· that father, by our per nasion, \vill be induced to let you be purcha ·oJ by any per ·on you n1ay choo e in our con1n1unity. You will plea e answer this as soon as pos ·iblo, and. lot us know your decision. istor sends n1uch love to you. In the ) moan ti1nc believe n1e your sincere friend and well ·wisher." This letter ·was signed by Etuily's brother, \vho was as yet a more lad. I know, by the tyle, that it was not written by a per on of his age, and though the writing \Vas disguised, I had lJecn 1nade too unhappy by it, in forn1or years, not to recognize at once tho hand of Dr. Flint. 0, the hypocrisy of slaveholders! Did tho old fox upposc I \vas goose enough to go into such a trap ? V erlly, he relied too n1uch on " the tnpiuity of the AJrican race." I did not return the fa1nily of Flints any thanks for their cordial invitation- a remissno. s for ·which I was, no doubt, charged \Yith base ingratitude. Not long afterwards I received a letter fro1n one of my friends at tho south, infonning n1c that Dr. Plint vvas about to Yisi.t tho north. The letter had been delayed, a11d I ~u pf;o'·ecl he 1night be alrea ly ou the The Old Ene1ny Again. way. Mrs. Bruce did not kno\v I was a fno·itivo. I told her that i1nportant lrusinc -.· called 1ne to Bo ton where n1y brother then \Vas, and a ·ked penni. ·ion t~ bring a friend. to npply n1y place a· nur. c, for a fortnight. l started on n1y joun1 y inuncdiatcly; and as soon as I arrived, I \Vrotc to n1y granchnothcr that if Bonny ca1no, he n1ust be sent to Do ·ton. 1 know ·he was only ·waiting for a good chance to send him north and, fortunately, she had tho legal power to do o, with-' out a king leave of any body. • he wa a free won1a11 ; and when n1y children ·wore purcha eel, ~Ir. Saud preferred to haYo the bill of ·ale drawn up in her ua1uc. It was conjectured that he advanced tho n1oncy, but it was not knO\Vll. At tho . onth, a gcntlcn1an 1nay hasc a shoal of colored chihlrcn without any disgrace ; hut if be is kHOWll to purchase thon1, with tho Yicw of ·ctting thc1n free, the oxatnplc i · thought to be clangorous to their "peculiar institution," aud he bcc01ucs unpopular. There \Vas a good opportunity to send Benny in a vc sol co1ning directly to Now York. lie wa · put on board v\rith a letter to a friend, who was requested Lo soc hin1 off to Do 'ton. Early one 1uorning, thoro was a loud rap at my door, and in ruflhcd Bonjmnin, all ont of breath. " 0 n1oLhcr! " he cxcla.ilncd, ~'h e ro I mn ! I run all tho 'vay; and I con1c all alone. IIow d'you clo ? " 0 reader, can you itnnginc 1ny joy? No, you cannot, unless you have been a slave n1othcr. Bcnj;:nni.n rattled. a·way as fa 't as his tongue could go. "~Iothcr, why don't you bring Ellen hero? I wont orcr to Brooklyn to soc her, and she felt Ycry bad when I Lid |