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Charlottetown, Prince Edward island, Saturday, February 19, 1853.

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New Series. No. 9.

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The Mother's Struggle.—The' Plight continued. —-A dtlamms.——'I'he delayed Dinner.-A par- lour summons.-—'I‘vseklng Niggara.—Thc Dirt lloarl.—Hsley’s dlacnmtlture.—-The noble Ka- tuckisrs.—Hs|ay’s scliloquy.

I is impossible to conceive of a human creature

ninra wholly desolate and forlorn than El|I,I, when

she turned her footsteps from Uncle Tom a cabin-

’ Her husband's enduring and dangers.‘ Ittfl I'll!

danger of her child, all blended in her_mind, with

. c.,,,r,,..d and stunning sense of the risk she was

running, in leaving the only home she had ever

km,,,,n_ ma gflflin‘ loose from the protection of a

mend when aha loved and revered. 'I‘_hcn there

,.,,.a tn. parting from every familiar olrjecl,-—llle

place where she had grown up, tlte trees under

whigt, ahe had played, the grovsa_ where she had w_,|g,¢ may an evening in happier days, by the mg, of her young husband,-—evcrythttt¢ as it lay

in the clear, frosty starltsht. scanned to on 0-

P.-oaehfurly to her. and ask her whither could she

go from a home like that!

But stronger than all was maternal love, wrought into a parox am of frenay by the near approach of a fearful anger. Her boy_ was old enough to have walked by her side, and, in an indtlfarentcasa. she would only have led liirrt by the hand; but now the bare thought of putting hlm_out of her arms made bar shudder, and she strained him to her bosom witlia convulsive grasp, as she went rapidly forward. '

l‘ha frosty around creslted beneath her feet, and she trembled at the sound; every qualring leaf and fluttering shadow sent the blood ack-

. ward to her heart, and quickensd her footsteps.

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She wondered within hamelf at the strength that seemed to be come u it her; for she felt the weight of her boy as I it had been a feather, and every flutter of fear seemed to increase the super- natural power that bore her on, while l_l*om her pale lips burst forth, in frequent ejlculltlonl, the prayer to a ti abs 0.“ limb NIP; I-03¢: save me. , _ If it were your Harry, mother, or your Willie, that were going to be torn from you by a brute trader, tornonow morstsg,—-if you had seen the man, and heard that the papers were signed and delivered, and you had only from twelve o'clock ,',|| vmggainu to make good your r.-scspa,—-how‘ fast could ‘ walk! How many miles could you make in ,1“... ,. bgief hours, w th the darling atnyour bosom,-—the little sleepy head on our aho der, ...u,., aufiatll, son arms trustitigly olding on to 0 . y ;‘l)Il'w:ll0 child slept. At flrst the novelty and alarm kept him waking ; but his mother so hurri- edly repressed every breath or sound, and so assu- red him, that if he were only still pha would cer- tainly save him, that he clun q_uietly round her neck, only asking as he foun himself sinking to

sleep-

“ Mother, Idon’t need to keep awake, do I 7”

“ No, my darlinp ' sleep if you want to.”

“ But, mother,i l doget a sleep; you won't let him at me!” _

" No so me God he] rue!" said his mother. with s paler c ask, an a brighter light in her large dark eyes. "

“ You're sure, sn’t 00. ||l°Ih°'_l _

“ Yes,sure.’” said t a mother, in a voice that startled herself; for it seemed to her to come from a s irit within, that was no part of her; and the boy roppsd hlslittla weary head on her shoul- der, and was soon as aw the touch of those warm arms. the gent breathings that came in her neck, seemed to add Ire and spirit to her movements! It seetned to her as if strength pour- ed into her in electric streams, from every gentle touch and movement of the slec tng, confiding child. Sublime is the dominion o the mind over the body, that for a time can make flesh and nerve inipregnable, and string the_stnews like steal, an that the weak becomes so mighty.

The boundaries of the farm, the grove, the wood- lot puaed by her diazily as aha watked on-, an Itill she went. leaving one familiar object after a other, slacking not, pausing not, till reddning daylight found her many a long mile from all tra- cea or any familiar objects upon the open high-

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wa . ghe had often been, with her mlstraaa, to visit some connections is the little vllliags of T . not far from the Ohio river. and knew the road well. 0 [0 llltlbsr, to escape across the Ohio river, were the tint hurrisdoqtlmes of her plan of escape : beyond that she cupid‘ aty a tit God ‘VIIOII h°|’ICI'II'| Vfik b...‘n_[. mop‘ “'9 l'|'8l|""'Yo V'|._ll| lb $19!! perception peculiar to a state of excitement, |nd_m||jgfi “gm. u, 5. . sort of insyiration, s a ".!' gh.g 5"‘ headlong _ _ II! _ t bring on her rains: and luqrtelun: She I put 31,. boy on the round and Ifljlltllnfl her _‘ ‘ 1,... otfiataarapidspaceeaahg ‘ 1,

nstslts is ad ' the preservation of sp

consistent with pearaeeea. In her l'tule.buudls she had provided a store of ca s apples, which aha used as ex ‘is for niukaslng the speed of the child, rol ing the app sowsyards before them, when the boy would run with all his might after it; and thi race, often. , carried theat over many a half-Illa, .

0:510: s, fills the cents to a thick patch of V MC. islt, sutured aclesr brook. As the child ylulltungsr sod thirst. she

climbed over the , hjat ; and sitting down behind a lavas 3 con led them from ,0! tabs gave lllll s bre3Isst out of her little package. The boy‘wendarstl and grieved that, site it not sat; and wires, putting his arms rtsad ttsctr. be out to e sates of his cak_a into or mouth, it see to her, that the ""0 tit bat would a p as. “ o, no, any darling . mother eats‘; eastill 1°" IN rial We B00010 ca—cs—till we cores to the rivsrl" A aia late the

to walk rags-

Shc was many miles post any neighbourhood

where she was personally known. If she should chnoe to meet any who knew her, she reflected that the well-known kindness of the family would be of itself a blind to suspicion, as making it an unlikely supposition. that she could be a fugitive. As she was also so white as not to be known as of coloured lineage without a critical survey, and her child was white also, it was much easier for to pass on unsuspected. On this presumptiott she stopped at noon at a neat farmhouse to rest herself, and buy some dinner for her child and self; for, as the danger decreased witlt the distance. the supernatural tension of the nervous system lessened, and she found herself both weary and hungry.

a and woman, kindly and gossiping. samsd

ather pleased than otherwise with having some- y come in to talk with ; and accepted, witliottt examination, Eliza's statement that she " was wing on a little piece, to spend a week with her frien s,"—al| which she hoped in her heart might prove strictly true.

An hour before sunset she entered the village of

-1. by the Ohio river, weary and foot-sore, but still strong in heart. Her first glance was at the river, which lay like Jordan between her and the Canaan of liberty on the other side.

It was new early spring, and the river swollen and turbulent: great cakes of floating ice were swinging heavily to and fro in the turbid waters.

Owing to the peculiar form of the shore on the Kentucky side, the land bending far out into the water. the ice had been lodged and detained in great quantities, and the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary bar- rier to the descending ice, which lodged, and formed a rest undulating raft, filling up the whole river, an extending almost to the Kentucky shore.

liu stood for a moment contemplating this un- favourable aspect of things, which she saw at once must prevent the usual ferry-boat from running, and then turned into a small public-house on the bank to make a few inquiries.

e hostess, who was busy in various lizain and stewing operations over the firs, preparatory to the evening meal. stopped, with a fork in her hand. as Eliaa’s sweet and plaintive voice arrested

er.

“ What is it ‘I ” she said.

“ Isn't there any ferry or boat that takes people over to B:-, now 7 ” she said.

“ No, indeed!" said the woman; " the boat has stopped running.”

Eliaa’slook of dismay and disappointment struck the woman, and she said, inquirin

“ Maybe you’ra wanting to get over !—anybody sick! Ya scam mighty anxi us.’

“ I’va got a child that’s very dangerous,” said Elias. “ I never heard of it till last night, and I’ve walked quite a piece to-day, in hopes to get to the ferry."

" Well, now, thst’s onluclty,” said the woman, whose motharly sympathies were much aroused ; “ I'm re’lly consarned for ye. Solomon I ” she called from the window towards a small back building. A man in leather sproti and very dirty hands appeared at the door.

"I say, Sol,” . aid the woman, “is that at man oing to totet em bsr‘ls over to sight? ”

“ eeaid he should try, if’twas anyway pm- dent ” said the man.

“ There's a man a piece down here that's going over with some truck this evening, if he durs' ; he'll be in here to so er to-night, so you'd bet or sct down and wait. hat’e a sweet little fellow," added the woman, offering him acake.

But the child, wholly exhausted, cried with weariness.

" Poor fellowl he isn't used to walking, and I've hurried him on so,” aai ' .

" Well, take him into this room," said the wo- man, opaning into a small bedroom, where stood a comfortable bed. Eliza laid the weary boy upon it, and held his hands irt here till he was fast asleep. For her there was no rest. ’

As at fire in her bones, the thought of the pursuer urged her on ; and she gazed with Ion ing eyes on the sullen, surging waters that lay tween her and libart .

are we must take our leave of her for the pre- sent, to follow the course of her pursuere.

Though Mrs. Shelby had promised that the dinner should be hurried on table, yet it was soon seen, as the thing has often been seen before, that it required more than one to make it bargain. So, although the order was fairly given out in I:Ialcy’s hearing, and carried to Aunt Chloe by at least halfodosan juvenile messengers, that dignitary only gave certain very gruff stiorts and tosses of her head, and wevit on with every operation in an unusually leisurely and circumstantial manner.

or entire singular reason an impression seemed to rat it among the servants generally, that missis woul not be particularly disobliged hr delay; and it was wonderful, what a uurnbcr o counter- sccidcnts occurred constantly to retard the course ofthings. One lucltless wight contrived to upset the Navy ;snd than grav' had to be got up do nova, with due care and ormslity. Autit Chloe watching and stirring with dogged precision, answering shortly to all suggestions of haste, that she “ warn’t a-going to have raw gravy on the table to help sebody’s estchings." Una tumbled down with the water, and had to go to the spring.» for more ; and another precipitated the butter rate the path of events; and there was. from time to time, gig liug sews brought into the kitchen, that “ Mss'r slay was mighty onaasy, sad that he

couldn't sit in his cheer noways, but was a walltis'

ad _stslklrt' toths wiitderssnd through the perch." .‘°3a'rvss him right!” said Aunt Chloe, indig- nnslyr " He'll get was nor uneasy one of these 431': lfbe don’! mend his ways. IE: Mastst’ll be landing for him, and then see how ha’ll look I” _ “ l‘ll'll [U to torment, and no mistake." said ltttla Jsks. V "He dealfvbs It,,’,’, said Aunt Chloe, grimly; " ha’- broke a start , teeny, many hesrtsl I tell Gill." the said. I ’ g with a fork uplifted It her hands, “ it's like what Maa’r George read. in llevslationa—souls a cellist’ under the altar! andacalliu’ on the Lord for van eanee on eiohl wt‘, "‘ 51- “'0 lwttla He'll r’sm-—eo Ha w Aunt Chloe, who was reach tevamd in the kitchen, was listened to with spfl/XIII sail. thsvdlaasv being new fairly seat is, the whale kitchen vtss atletsttrs to gossip with list, and vs Ii h hbr remarks.

“ 8ich'Il be burnt up for ever, and no mistake; won’t titer I” said Andy.

“ I'd be glad to see it, I'll be boun',"aaid little Jake.

‘°Chil'an!" said a voice that made them all start. It was Uncle Tom, who had route in and stood listening to the conversation at the door.

“ Chil’cn,” he said, “I'm sfoeard you don't know what ye‘rc ssyin’. Forever is a rIrr§ful word, chil'an ; it's awful to thin on’t. oughtcnter wish that ar to any human critter."

" We wouldn'tto anybody butthc soul-drivers," said Andy ; " nobody can help wishing itto them. tbey's so awful wicked "

“ Don’t natur herself kinder cry out on ’oru I” said Aunt Chloe.

“ Don't day tour der ttucking‘bnliy right 08' his mother's brottst, and sell him I And tier little children as is crying and holding on by her clothes, don’t they pull ’em oi? and sells ‘em? Don't day tour wife and husband at tort I” said

Aunt Chloe, be inning to cry, “W on it's ' st -

tttkrn’ the ver tfe on ’cm l—-:tnd all the w ila docs they fee one bit? don't tlcy drink, and smoke, rind take it uncommon easy? Lor, if the devil don’t get them, what's be good for 1" And Aunt Chloe covered her face with lter checked apron, and begpn to so in goo earnest.

“ Pray for t em that ’spitefuIly use you, the good book says,” so ‘ tn.

“ Pro for ’ctn,” said Aunt: Chloe; “ Lor, it’s

too h! I csn’t pray for ’em."

“ It’s nutur, Chloe, and nu.tur’s strong ” said 'I\irn, “ but the Lord’s grace is stronger’. Br.- sides, you oughtcr think vvhztt: an awful state ll.

poor crittcr’s soul's in, thut’il do them or things;—

you ougliter thank God that on u.n’t like him, Chloe. I'm sure I’d rather is sold ten thou- sand times over, than to have all that or poor ct-ittcr’s ot to answer for."

“ So‘d a heap,” staid Jake. “ Lor, .rhouldn’t we cotch it, And I”

Andy shrugged his shoulders, and gave an ac- quiescent whistle.

“ I'm Ind 1nus‘r didn't go of this morning, as he looked to,” staid om ; “ that or hurt me more than sallin‘, it: did. Mebbe it might: have been natural for him, but ‘twould have coruc desp’t hard on me, as has known him from it baby; but I’ve seen rnns'r, and I begin to feel sort 0' reconciled to the Lord's will now. Mas’r oouldn‘t help hisself; he did right, but I’m lburcd thin will be kinder goin’ to rock, when I'm gone. us’r can’t be ’spected to be a pt-yin‘ round evcryvvhar, as I've done, a. kce in’ up all the ends. The boys all means well, ut they’s powerful car'lcse. That or troubles rue."

The bell here rang, and Tom was summoned to the parlour. ‘ ‘

“ Tom." said his master, kindly, “ I want you to notice, that Igive this ntlemen bonds to forfeit it thousand dollars, i you are not on the spot when he wants you: he a going to-do to look after his other business, and you can ave gigs day to yourself. Go anywhere you like,

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“ Thank ou, mu.s’r,” said Tom.

“ And mind ycrself," said the trader, “ and don't come it over your master with any 0' yer nigger tricks; forI ll take every cent out of him, ifyou -.tu’t that-. If he'd hear tonic, he wouldn't trust any on ye—sli ry as eels !"

“ Mtts’r,” said om—ond he stood very strtti ht-—“ I was jist eight years old when ole inissis put you into my arms, and you wnsn‘t. it our old. ‘ Thar,’ an s she, ‘ Torn, tlint’s to be your youn maa'r; to c good care on him,’ says she. An now Ijiat ask you, mss’r, have I ever broke word to u, or gone contrary to you, ’specially since was at Cliristian I”

Mr. Shelby was fairly overcome, and the tears

rose to his a cs.

“ My gootflboy,” said he, “ tho Lord knows you any ut the truth : and if I wits able to help it, all the world shouldn't buy you.”

“ nd sure as am a Christian woman,” said Mrs. Shelby, “ you shall be redeemed, us soon as I can an way brin together means. Sir,” she said to Iltsley, “ c good account of who you sell him to, and let me know.

“ Lor, yes, for that ittn.tter," said the trader, “ I may bring him up in it your, not much the wuss for wear, and trade him ”

“ I'll trade with you, then, and make it for your advantage,” said Mrs. Shelby.

“Of course," said the trader. “all's e mil with me; li’vea trade ‘em up us down, so'I ocs it good husinoss. All I want is it livin’ you know, ‘ma'atn; that‘: all any on us wttntit, I

’ 0."

Ir. uutl Mrs. Shelby both felt annoyed and do it o b tho tstnilisr iuipudenoe of the trader, and yet. both saw the absolute necessity of puttin it constraint on their feelings. more hoptfiossly tiorditl and inscnsilrlc be up- pcarcd, t to greater became Mrs. Shelby'e drcttd of his succeeding in re-capturing Elisa and her child, and of course the greater her motive for detaining him by every female artifice. She, therefore, graciously smiled, assented, chatted futuilittrly, and ditl till she could to rnttka time pass itn tlbly.

At two o’c ock Sam and Andy brought the horses up to the posts, it psrcntly atl ro- fresliod and invigorated the scttmpcr o the mornin .

Sum gas there, new oiled front dinner, with an abundance of unions and ready olliciousness. As Holey ttpproaohsd, be was boosting, in flour- ishing stylo, to Andy. of the evident and anti- nent success of the operation, now that he had “furl ctuaetoit."

“ Ybur mtasttcr,I s’pose, don't keep no do said Haley, thoughtfully, as he prepare to run

“ Iicupa on ’em,’’ said Sam, triumphantly: thar's Deane-~he'tt a roster! and. besi as that, ‘bout every nigger of us keeps a pupof some nstur' oryut er.”

" Poh !" said Haley—end he said somethin else. too, wlthrbprd to the said dogs, at whic fin trtuttcrcd.-r ’ ,

H I don't see no use 0 in’ on ‘em noway."

" But your master on‘t keep no dogs (I pretty rpuoh know he don't) for, trackiti‘ out I“ r. _n

knew sweetly what he meant, but be kept on a leak of earnest and despar-eh simpli-

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tthtarp. I's ct thcy‘s the kind, though they han't never Tad no ractico. They’s for dogs, though,at most any ing, if you'd get ‘em star-

d. Here, Bruno," hetcttllcd, whistling to the lumbering Newfoundland, who came pitching tutuultuously toward them.

“ You go hang !" said Haley, getting up. “ Come, tumble up, now."

in tumbled up accordingly, dexterousl contriviti to tickle Andy as he did so, whic nccusionefl Andy tosplit out into it laugh, great.- ly to little ’s indignation, who made it out at. liiui with is riding-wliip.

“ I‘s ’stonislied at er, Andy,” said Som,with ttwful grttvity. “T is yer’s ta ser-is business, Andy. Yer uiusn‘t be it rnukin’ game. This

er ati’t no way to help mss’r.”

“ I shall take the straight road to the river,” said Ilaluy, tlocidetlly, ufber they had come to the boundaries of the estate “ I know the wtsy of all of ‘cut-—t.licy uittltcit trucks for the under-

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“ Stu-tin," said Sam, “ tInt.‘s do itlee. Mtts‘r llttlcy hits do thing right in do middle. Now, dt-r's two roads to de river—(le dirt road and tlcr piko-— which ruas'r mean to take ?”

Andy looked up innocently at Sum, surprised at liettring this new geographical fact, but in- stantly oonlirrncd what he said by 8 vehement reiteration.

‘° ‘Cttusc." said Stain, “ I’d rather be ‘clined to ‘iuttginc that Liuy‘d tsko do dirt road, bcin’ it's the least travelled.”

Hale , notwithstanding that he was 8. very old bir , and naturally inclined to be suspicious of chttll, was rather brought up by this view of the case.

“ If yer wnrn’t both on yer such cussed liars now !" he said, coutcuiplnttvely, as he pondered it moment.

The pensive, reflective tone in which this was spoken 9. peared to amuse Andy pi-odi 'ousIy, and he row a little behind and shook] so as apparently to run it at risk of fsllin off his horse, while ’s race was immoveab y com- posed into the most doleful gravity.