From Dixie to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground RailroadJohnson, H. U. (Homer Uri)
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From Dixie to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad
Johnson, H. U. (Homer Uri)
Fugitive slaves -- United States; Underground Railroad
Whilst seated by the window, and looking out upon the crowded street,
with every now and then the strange scene in the grave-yard vividly
before him, Mr. Green thought of the book he had been reading, and
remembering that he had left it on the tomb, where he had suddenly
dropped it when called to the assistance of the lady, he immediately
determined to return in search of it. After a walk of some twenty
minutes, he was again over the spot where he had been an hour before,
and from where he had been so uncermoniously expelled by the old man. He
looked in vain for the book; it was nowhere to be found; nothing save
the bouquet which the lady had dropped, and which lay half buried in the
grass from having been trodden upon, indicated that any one had been
there that evening. Mr. Green took up the bunch of flowers, and again
returned to the hotel.
After passing a sleepless night, and hearing the clock strike six, he
dropped into a sweet sleep, from which he did not awake until roused by
the rap of a servant, who, entering the room, handed him a note which
ran as follows:—
“Sir: I owe an apology for the inconvenience to which you were
subjected last evening, and if you will honor us with your presence
to dinner to-day at four o’clock, I shall be most happy to give you
due satisfaction. My servant will be in waiting for you at half-past
three.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
J. DEVENANT.
October 23.”
To George Green, Esq.
The servant who handed this note to Mr. Green informed him that the
bearer was waiting for a reply. He immediately resolved to accept the
invitation, and replied accordingly. Who this person was, and how his
name and hotel where he was stopping had been found out, was indeed a
mystery. However, he waited somewhat impatiently for the hour when he
was to see his new acquaintance, and get the mysterious meeting in the
grave-yard solved.
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