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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