Dis chile had saved fifty beside, so he
felt dat he was a rich man. Nufing happen on passage, except great
storm, and Sam thought dat de steamer go to de bottom, but she
got through all right, and Sam land at New York. Den he journey to
Philadelphia, dat the place where missy give Sam a card wid a name
and address written on it, for him to go to ask where Sally was
living. Well, sar, you could have knocked me down when I find a
great bill in de window, saying dat de house were to let. Sam almost
go out ob his mind. He ask a great many people, de servants at de
doors, and de people in de shops and at last find dat de family am
gone to trabel in Europe, and dat dey might be away for years.
"For two months Sam searched about Philadelphia, and looked at ebery
black woman he saw in de streets. He could see no signs whatsomeber
ob Sally. Den he took a place as waiter at an hotel, and he wrote
to missy at Richmond, to ask if she know Sally's address, but he
neber got no answer to dat letter, and s'posed that missy was either
dead or gone away. After he work dere for some months de idea came
to Sam dat first class hotel wasn't de best place in de world to
look for black woman.
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