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how to proceed, he left them and requested that the street door might be opened for him. A crowd immediately rushed in, as he had foreseen would be the case.
He affected to be greatly displeased, and ordered the men of the house to turn all the intruders out. They obeyed him; and among the number turned out were the two fugitives.
It was dark, and in the confusion, the watchman on guard could not distingush them among the multitude.
Friend Hopper had hastily consigned them to his son, with instructions to take them to his house; and the watchman, seeing that he himself remained about the premises, took it for granted that the fugitives had not escaped.
As soon as it was practicable, Friend Hopper returned home, where he found the woman and her son in a state of great agitation.
He immediately sent her to a place of greater safety, and gave the son a letter to a farmer thirty miles up in the country.
He went directly to the river Schuylkill, but was afraid to cross the bridge, lest some person should be stationed there to arrest him. He accordingly walked along the margin of the river till he found a small boat, in which he crossed the stream.
Following the directions he had received, he arrived at the farmer's house, where he had a kindly welcome, and obtained employment.
The master being unable to recapture his slaves,
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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