Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-01-06

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Harry conducted them to thes
hiding place, and when they had er
tered It, he brought a ladder AM
opened the top Of the stack. A hoppe
shaft in the middle Of it led to
point near its top and provided ven
tilation. Then he crawled in at ths
entrance, through which Samsol
passed a pail of food, a jug of waite
and some buffalo hides. Harry sal
with them for a few moments in tn.
black darkness of the stack room ID
learn whence they had come ant
whittier they wished to go.
1--WE are from st. Louis, suh," thu !
mulatto answered. 1--WE r on on
way to Canada. Our next station b
the house of John Peasley, in Taze
well county"
"Do you know a man of the nams
of Eliphalet Biggs, who lives in 81
LOUISE" Harry asked.
eyes, sub; 1 see him often, sub.
the negro answered.
"What kind of a man is he?"
"Good when he is sober, sub, but
a brute when he is drunk"
as he cruel to his wifeT'
"He beats her with a whip, sub"
"My G-w Harry exclaimed. "Whx
don't she leave him?"
"She has left him, sub. She is stay.
ing with a friend. 1t has been hard
for her to get away. She has been a
slave, too"
Harry's voice trembled with emo
ton when he answered:
81 am sure that none Of her friends
knew how she was being treated
81 suppose that she was hoping an
praying, sub, that he would change
1T think that one of us will take
you to Peasey's tomorrow night" SAID
Harry. Meanwhile 1 hope you get
a good rest"
With that he left them, filled the
mouth of the ave with hay and went
into the house. There he told his
good friends of what he had heard.
1T shall go down to st. Louis" he
said. q" read in the paper that there
was a boat Monday"
1.-THE first thing to do is to go I'd
bed" said Sarah. There's not much
left Of the night"
They went to bed, but the young
man could not sleep. BIN had posses
sion Of his heart again.
Fortunately, the springs work was
finished and there was not much to bel
done next day. Samson went to "CO-
onel" Lukins' cabin and arranged
with him and his wife to come and
stay with Sarah and made other prep
arations for the journey to the north
Soon after nightfall they put their
guests on a small load of hay, sol
! that they could quickly them
selves, if necessary, and set out for
Peasley's farm AS they rode eiesa
| Samson had a frank talk with Harri
81 think you ought to get over hi
ing in love with Bim," he said. :
"Tve told myself that a dozen
times, but it don't do any good" said
the boy.
"She's another mans wife and you
have no right to love her."
"She's another mans slave, and
can't stand the thought of it," Harry
answered. eff a mans sister were In
such trouble, 1 think he'd have the
right to help her; and she's more than
a sister to me-"
"I1l stand with o on the sister
PLATFORM" said Samson.
At sunrise they stopped to give
their horses a moment to rest. In the
distance they could see Brimsteads
house and the narrowed fields around
it. The women were lying covered by
the hay; the mar was sitting up and
looking back down the road.
"They're coming" he exclaimed,
suddenly, as he got under the hay.
Samson and Harry could see horse
men following at a gallop half a mile
or so down the road. Our friends
hurried their team and got to Brim-
| stead's door ahead of the horsemen
Henry Brimstead stood In the open
door.
"Take these slaves into the house
and get them out of sight as qulcH
az you can," said Samson. "TnereV
going to be a quarrel here in a mn
ute."
The slaves slid off the load and ran
into the house.
The team started OF toward PEAS
ley's farm as if nothing had happeneu
with Harry and Samson standing @E
the load. In a moment they saw, wI
their establishment, Biggs and a cf
ored servant coming at a slow trol
We're the slaves they carried the prop
erty of Biggs?
stop that wagon" the lare
shouted.
Samson kept on, turning out a Nv
tie to let them pass. II
"Stop or We'll shoot your horses
Biggs demanded.
They'll have to pass close to u''
load" Harry whispered. I'll JUMP
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