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He's got his back this way, and I don't want to go inside. The the air in a smoker always gives me a spell." "Yes, that's Mr. Harkless." The man jumped to the platform. "All right, boys," he said. "Rip her out." The doors of the freight-room were thrown open, and a big bundle of colored stuffs was dragged out and hastily unfolded.
Weary hours, and at last days, passed without either water or food with the hidden slave. More than once did he resolve to let his case be known; but the knowledge that he would be sent back to Natchez kept him from doing so. At last, with lips parched and fevered to a crisp, the poor man crawled out into the freight-room, and began wandering about. The hatches were on, and the room dark.
He wondered where the lady could have gone at that hour, and upon such a freezing night, but sat down by the grate in the freight-room, and when the down train blew for V he took his lantern and went out, and the first person he saw was the missing lady. She asked for her satchel, which he gave her, and he handed her up to the platform, and saw her go into the ladies' car.
Weary hours, and at last days, passed without either water or food with the hidden slave. More than once did he resolve to let his case be known; but the knowledge that he would be sent back to Natchez kept him from doing so. At last, with lips parched and fevered to a crisp, the poor man crawled out into the freight-room, and began wandering about. The hatches were on, and the room dark.
"And all you would have to do would be to keep your ears closed, and not hear any noises out in the freight-room at night." "And for doing that," concluded the law-breaker, "we will give you a regular salary of $25 a month. We'll send it by mail, or bank it for you at any bank you name, and no one will know where it comes from. "What do you say?" Jack drew back indignantly.
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