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repeat it. I mean no disrespect to anybody in authority; but neither thou nor any other magistrate would dare to grant a warrant to search my house.
I am a man of established reputation.
I am not a suspicious character.’
The mayor smiled, as he replied, ‘I don't know about that, Mr. Hopper.
In the present case, I am inclined to think you are a very suspicious character.’
And so they parted.
The master resorted to various stratagems to recapture his victim.
He dressed himself in Quaker costume and went to his house.
The once happy home was desolate now; and the anxious wife sat weeping, with her little ones clinging to her in childish sympathy.
The visitor professed to be very friendly to her husband, and desirous to ascertain where he could be found, in order to render him advice and assistance in eluding the vigilance of his master.
The wife prudently declined giving any information, but referred him to Isaac T. Hopper, as the most suitable person to consult in the case.
Finding that he could not gain his object by deception, he forgot to sustain the quiet character he had assumed, but gave vent to his anger in a great deal of violent and profane language.
He went off, finally, swearing that in spite of them all he would have his slave again, if he was to be found on the face of the earth.
Boston, J. P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor and Worthington; London; Low and Company, 1854.
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