with hard work & starving!--Id a heap rather
die than go there any day!--theres time for
ye--be off with Lizy--youve got a pass
to come & go any time--come bustle up
& I'l get your things together."

    Old Tom slowly raised his head
& looked sorrowfully but quietly around & said
  No no--Im not going--Let Lizy go--its
her right. I wouldnt be the one to say no--
tant in natur for her to stay--but you heard
what she said--If I must be sold or all
go to rack why let me be sold--I spose
I can bar it as well as any body--said
he while something between a sob & a sigh
shook his broad rough chest convulsively--
-- [CANCELLED: Master] [INSERTED: Mas'sr] always has found me on the spot
--he always will-- I never have broke trust
nor used my pass any ways contrary to my
promise--& I wont -- -- -- Its better for
me alone to go than to break up all the
place & sell em all!-- -- "Master ant to blame
--he'll take care of you & the poor"--Here he
turned to a rough trundle bed full of little wolly
heads--& broke fairly down--he leaned over


the back of the chair & covered his face with
his [CANCELLED: heavy] [INSERTED: large] hands--Sobs heavy hoarse & loud
shook the chair--& great tears fell thro
his fingers onto the floor--just such
tears sir as you dropped into the coffin
where lay your first born son--[CANCELLED: your]
such tears woman as you shed when
you saw the struggles & heard the cries
of your dying baby-- --for Sir he was
a man & you are but another man
--& [CANCELLED: you th] woman tho dressed in silk
& jewels, are but a woman & in life's
great straits & mighty griefs ye feel
all but one anguish--for the heart
can feel no more than "all"

--And now said Eliza as she stood in the
door I want you to get word over to George
somehow-- Tell him how I went & why
say I'm going to try & find Canada &
he can come after me--Give my love
to him & if I never see him again----

Tom slowly raised his head, and looked sorrowfully but quietly around, and said,

"No, no--I an't going. Let Eliza go--it's her right! I wouldn't be the one to say no--'tan't in natur for her to stay; but you heard what she said! If I must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to rack, why, let me be sold. I s'pose I can b'ar it as well as any on 'em," he added, while something like a sob and a sigh shook his broad, rough chest convulsively. "Mas'r always found me on the spot--he always will. I never have broke trust, nor used my pass no ways contrary to my word, and I never will. It's better for me alone to go, than to break up the place and sell all. Mas'r an't to blame, Chloe, and he'll take care of you and the poor--"

Here he turned to the rough trundle bed full of little woolly heads, and broke fairly down. He leaned over the back of the chair, and covered his face with his large hands. Sobs, heavy, hoarse and loud, shook the chair, and great tears fell through his fingers on the floor; just such tears, sir, as you dropped into the coffin where lay your first-born son; such tears, woman, as you shed when you heard the cries of your dying babe. For, sir, he was a man,--and you are but another man. And, woman, though dressed in silk and jewels, you are but a woman, and, in life's great straits and mighty griefs, ye feel but one sorrow!

"And now," said Eliza, as she stood in the door, "I saw my husband only this afternoon, and I little knew then what was to come. They have pushed him to the very last standing place, and he told me, to-day, that he was going to run away. Do try, if you can, to get word to him. Tell him how I went, and why I went; and tell him I'm going to try and find Canada. You must give my love to him, and tell him, if I never see him again,"["]