Wdliom Still is mn� and by 1M "* lhai might be
� today �, at � privatey, if not gub-
razt � risk, � kept /idy, of just such facts as
m:ords of tlto.w usaI (J NlIIUaily be embrrlc-
1M U�ro Railroad. ed in - tMiT . brief namltiws,
His for doing so, in mmions might laU p/Qa."
is 0 words, Jollo : The subject of this s etch
"Tbe risk of aiding fugi- young man about
ti lost sight oj, twenty-two years of , of
and tM $DJety oj all con- dar color, bright in
cern d called for still telJectuaDy. Alfred fOWld no
ton . HI sad and f: the ordinary treat-
IhriJlin 'Slorit!s listm«! men! . received at the hands
to, and � d«p impres- of his master; be bad evi-
. but as a uniw!rstIJ daUly been OIl unusually in-
"., Jrit!nd and jug� � timate terms him.
parted . 'h only vivid m:oI- any f: found with his
ion of 1 S«rrt inte"- mistress, so far treat-
and ·th muIUIII sym- of him concerned;
pathy; for a th of time thus, comparatively, be
no I'tIII'1"aIivG writtm. "happy COI'U ed,"'-
1M ritlr, in common ·th tie dreaming of trader or a
otlwrs, took no a. But of owners. One �y,
after 1M restOtVlion of Pfte" to his utter surprise,
Still, his 0 brol (I . a trader with a constat*
kidNlpp«J and t proachina. him. As they
�, q/le" JOI1Y dreW and nearer
'crwI $l!p(II"tlIioI from his beprt to. &rOW . nervous.
mot , t � dis- further too will
co� and joyful mmion, be gMn, · nearly
tM" Jon:«! iJseIf upon in Alfred's own
his mind t all OWl' lhis �1UaaJ'_;:!Io.,
and i!xtmd«J country "William (a con-
tltouslmds oj motMt's ant! ) and the trader
chitdren, uparat�d by riIht up to me
S/�, in a SUft OIl my heels, and
ay living without th« pbbed they were so
ighl5 IcnO of tDCh near. I , I too off my
oth 's � pn;I)'- and run, took off my
in aNi.",.,,;ng withOut· et and nut harder, too
C«JSing, as did this mol off my and dou my
and SOlI. U"., I"'" �fl«- J*Z, the and the
tions it � 10 trader both OIl the hot
ho� that by canju/I foot. The trader fired two
gatMring 1M 1IIlI7tlIha oj of revolver
U"."round RJziJroIId JXI$- me, and Cried out loud
Qllltl�, in JiOI1W way or could caD, Q..d d-n. etc.,
DIM J1OI'IW of 1M bleIding 1 stopped ,
and � "� nUl for my . Comina
fftI/I;t«i tind comfort«i; up to him, I �
master, have you d me?
'Yes,' his answer. 'To
the trader,' I said. 'Yes,' he
answ�. 'Why couldn't
)Ql sold me to some of the
ighbors?' I said. 'I don't
kno , ' he said, in a dry
way" With my arms around
my master's nee , I beged
and prayed him to tell me
hy he had sold me. The
trad.:r and constable was
again pretty near. I let go
my master and too to my
heels to save me. I nm about
a mile off and nm into a
mill dam up to my head in
water. I kept my head just
abo e and hid the rest pan
of my body for more than
o hours. I had ftOt made
up my mind to escape until I
had lot into the water. I run
DIlly to have a' more
time to breathe before going
to <Jeoraia or QrIeans;
but I pretty soon made up
my mind in the water to try
and get to a free e, and
go to Canada and make the
trial anyhow, bUt I didn't
know hic:h y to travel."
� . in
Alfred's prospects havina
been in so short a
while, toaether' 'th such a
fearful 100' -for of a f: e
in the far South more horrid
than , suddenly, if
by rDirade, he turns his face
in the direction of the
North. . the North star,
hid' face from inl. His master and mistr
him. For he try- ere said to be members 0,
ing to readt free , the the "South Baptist uit,
rain scarcely for an Church U and" both had large 0
hour. TIle journey borne good characters until domestic
extIaneiy discouragins, within a year or so previous Alfred's oouuon
and many steps had to be to Alfred's departure. Since dered his UlQISPI�LbIe
taken in vain, hungry and then a very serious tii'r'!ll�_
eary. But having the faith ment had taken place be
of spo en of in the
Scriptures, who wandeied
abo in dens and caves of �: .. "
me earth,· beina destitute,
afflicted and tormented, he
endured to the end and ar
ri ed safely to Commit
tee.
He le his father and
mother, both ves, livin8
near Middlebmy in Vir
ginia. not far from where he
said his master lived, who
ent by the 1WJle of C.S.
Shinn, and followed farm-
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