Watch and Wait; or, The Young Fugitives

d slave, skilled in the treatment of cases of this kind. When the patient recovered from the swoon into which he had fallen, his back was carefully was

at he had been crushed to earth. Slavery, which had before been endurable with patience and submission, was now intolera

with his reflections, "but no longer with patience and submission. I will cease to

e whose fetters now galled him to the quick. And before the sun set upon the day of his greatest humiliation, he had matured a scheme by which he hoped and expect

as inspired by the hope and comfort which his plan afforded him. It might be weeks or months before the

id he, while a smile of hop

l than before; and he kept repeating the words, for

ffering bondman, he would have said, "Dandy, you see this smile upon my face. It is the olive-branch of peace. I freely forgive you for what you have done; and you see, by my coming, that I feel an interest in you. Not every young master would bestow a visit of sympathy upon his slave,

t thought was, that he would be revenged upon Archy for his mean and cowardly conduct; but the great scheme he had matured drove this purpose from his mind. Success req

in tones of sympathy, as he placed hims

Master Archy,"

er than I intended, Dandy.

Archy," answered

ou should have, I hope you will re

ll, ma

d he, wiping the injured organ with his han

id not care to argue the matter with him,

your servant go to

y it happened,"

sson will last you a

, Master

the satisfaction of the sufferer. The old negro who acted as his physician paid him another visit in the evening, and

et wide open. His great resolution filled the future with sublime visions, which he panted to realize. His path lay through trial and danger, was environed by death on every side; but

a glowing future beyond the chilly damps of the swamp, and out of the reach of the rifle-ball

ace of his friends,-not those who scourged him, whose caprices had tormented him; not his young master, not his old master. That delightful poetry which paints a loving slave clinging fondly t

his friends, indeed, and the thought of leaving them at all was sad; the thought of leaving them in bondage

I com

t hall below had struck eleven, and the family had but just retired. She

d she, as she sat down in a

etter,

afraid to do so. It was terrible, Dandy! To think that you should

terribl

ndy? It must have be

h had procured him the whipping. Lily expressed her horror at the meanness of

ere long, Lily," adde

ked she, amazed at the idea

keep my se

that I wil

to run

y!" gasp

ere another month

re will

ow to go; and, live or die

u will

ill not be a slave!" said h

be free," sighed Lily. "I don't know wh

f us ca

so much. Master was offered two t

l not s

ll be miserable as long as I l

ly!" sig

he, bending over him, and whis

irst. I may have to live with the alli

you will let me, I will go

ardships and dangers,-m

Dandy. I will help you

r gi

with the alligators than with Miss Edith. Y

Archy. If I thought you could stand it, Li

," replied she,

all go,

bless yo

me, too, if he will go; but he d

hall we

oes a hunting again. I will tell

than in any other person, for he was her only real friend. With her soul full of n

s Lily was to share in the toils, privations, and dangers o

and he had even forgotten his flogging in the glorious vision to which it had introduced him. And when he slep