The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-02
NO. 80

turnci, bearing u large bucket of bot
! milk, with bread, meat and warm pota.
/ toes. His wife came with warm water
in which to wash the childrcns feet. which
she knew by former experience would he
found torn and tli,tered by hard travel.
aud oihtmrnt in which to wrap them I'd
for the night. These furnished creatures
deVoured the providential supply of food
! with eager thankfnlness. How little can
We who hear this narrative realize their
true condition--two days without eating!
The grateful meal over. they threw them
selves down to slcep-tired, sore aud ema-
ciatea-anG, for the first t;ue in many
nights, were able to dismiss al! fear of
| either bloodhoun or Of men.
Thi, agent of the Underground had
SOUS AID daughter, grown-up uen and
women. Ii mik BIT possibly interest you
to know how many. You might eyen
like to know their ages, or even whether
! his house was built of wood Of brick, or
of stone. Others would undoubtedly like
! to know bis name, and exactly where Eis
! farm was located. | doubt not that ali
their names have been written by tie re-
cording angel in volume into who,e ira-
mortal pages no human eye will ever PEN
citrate. There let them be hidden until
| the Angel of the Resurrection reads then,
out through that awful trump, whose c.
lectrifying tones shall wake up the dead
of all nations from their long forgotten
! graves. Let his farm, his house, aud bis
J location remain in the same holy and
peaceful security that cncompasscd them
when the torn and jaded fusitiyes first
heard his hailing sign on the mid night
air. | am shut out from names, and dates,
and places. Oh that | dare enlarge on
! incidents that send the blood rushing
through my pulses as | write, " Bbicb would
kindle up sympathetic hearts under whose
notice this mcager narrative may chauce
to fall. emotions of grief. enth usiaSm and
detestatioD, akin to the Divi"c essence
which is measGrably implanted in the
heart of every pen. But where eloquence
would be natural and inevitable, it would
be wholly out of place. No finger post
Oh this great highway to ca ancipation
must be set up. 1t is already hemmed
in by perilS, many in Dumber and bazard-
Gus in the extreme. No Instructions must
be thrown across the rails, no gratuitora
tickets must be issued, DO foolish posters
stuck up at the corners.
All the following day the fugiti,es lay
snug In the haymow. The women and
children were literally in rags. Some
: bad cuts CT their feet, and grievous brui-
ses and scratches Oh theig .i,ats. Bat 10
all these particulars the agent had not
been taken by surprise. HIs daughters
clothed then anew, and disposed Of their
plantation rags 20 eftc'ualIy that they
will never be heard OF agaiG The ois
aud wine OF the good Samaritan flowed
freely ami gratefully. Sc much for the
good deeds o: the wife aud daustters.-
That night the soES, with feet horses
performed their part in this rou auce OF
freedom. What relays they met with
when, how or where-it Iatters bot to
state. But God favored the fugitiyes, and
they entered Philadelphia. Here, thou.B
their progress encountered 10 iUtcrrup-
tion, yet niue is sadl ly i&pedcd. Though
to them TIE future was and still is all
brightness, yet 10 the patient reader it
must be all darkness. haze taken the
degrees and cannot disclose the coulter
sign.
But the remarkable incident of this
story remains to be told The widowed
/ Katy was fanous as cook She imme-
diatcIy hired out in hotel and when she
! had saved three months wages, quit her
! place and set off Gu her return TO Virgin
ia, determined to save that daughter
whose sudden timidity had caused her to
refuse joining in the general flight. This
bold Won al had formed this very deter
niuation when she Erst discovered her
daughters inteution to remain on the
plantation. Her mind came TO the con-
clusion instantly, that if they al succeed
ed in getting off. she would return to the
/ lions den and rescue her child. Her
mind being thus made up on the spot,tb
subject became a outside issue, and &C.
casioned no embarrassment to the origin.
a! Plan. On this return journey she trav-
eled alone. Having DO children to em-
barrass her, and but single care upon
her thoughts, she pushed forward with e.
| lastic heart and ttep, and after numerous
bardships and dangers, found herself 10
dense thicket on her masters plantation.
Here she quickly revealed bcr presence
to her fellow slaves. They were eon.oun-
ded by her hardihooj, aud listened with
eager attention 10 the story Of her dan
gers, her successes, and her explanation
of what she had 10 view. They related
to Der how exasperated her tesster had
been on discovering that ten Of bis chat
tells had gone off in tody; that when
pursuit had been found una ailing, her
poor tmii daughter had been subjected
to repeated torture to compel disclosure
of the plot; that from this cruelty she vas
even then scarcely recovered; that in the
! interval the master had died. and that
his negroes we're all soon to be sold st
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