Den Sam went to warehouse and bought a lot
of books and started to peddle them trough de country. He walked
thousands ob miles, and altogether saw thousands ob black men, but
nothing like Sally. Ebery black woman he could he spoke to, and
asked dem if dey knew her. It was a curious ting dat no one did.
Me did not find Sally, but me made a good deal of money, and tree
more years pass away at dis work. By dis time me was nigh forty-five
years old, as well as me could tell. Ebery few months me go back
to Philadelphia and search dere again.
"One day a woman, dressed bery plain, came up to me and said, 'I
hab been tole by my nurse dat you have been asking her if she had
seen your wife.' I s'pose I looked hopeful like for she said at
once, 'Me know nothing ob her, but I was interested about you. You
are an escaped slabe, are you not?'
"'Yes, ma'am,' me said. 'Dere is no law against me here.'
"'None at all,' she said. 'But I thought that you might, like me,
be interested in freeing slabes.'
"'Dat I am,' I said, 'dough I had neber thought much about it.'
"'You hab heard, p'raps,' she said, 'ob de underground railway.'
"'Yes, ma'am,' said I. 'Dat is de blessed 'stitution which smuggles
slaves across the frontier.
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