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free state,’ said she. ‘I bad sixteen slaves; but ten of them have run away, and I expect the rest will soon go.’
‘I hope they will,’ said Isaac.
‘I am sure I would run away, if I were a slave.’
At first, she was disposed to be offended; but he reasoned the matter with her, in a quiet and friendly manner, and they parted on very civil terms.
David Tatum often used to tell this anecdote, after they returned home; and he generally added, ‘I never again will travel in a Southern state with brother Isaac; for I am sure it would be at the risk of my life.’
Time soothes all afflictions; and those who have dearly loved their first companion are sometimes more likely than others to form a second connexion; for the simple reason that they cannot learn to do without the happiness to which they have been accustomed.
There was an intimate friend of the family, a member of the same religious Society, named Hannah Attmore.
She was a gentle and quiet person, of an innocent and very pleasing countenance.
Her father, a worthy and tender spirited man, had been an intimate friend of Isaac T. Hopper, and always sympathized with his efforts for the oppressed.
A strong attachment had likewise existed between her and Friend Hopper's wife; and during her frequent visits to the house, it was her pleasure to volunteer
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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