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They caught her with the help of bloodhounds; and when she was brought in, her arms were torn by the dogs, and I trembled for the poor girl, for I knew they'd nearly kill her. Sure enough, the first I knew my husband had her at his shop, to iron her with a full set. There was a knee-stiffener, an iron collar with a bell, and a pair of handcuffs, with a chain between to allow her to use the hoe.
I took up another iron, and inquired, "What sort of an iron is this?" "A knee-stiffener, to w'ar on de leg to keep 'em from runnin' off in dat swamp," pointing to the dark swamp bordering Lake Concordia, so fully draped with long Southern moss that in many places in it nothing could be discovered three feet in the thicket. I went to the rear of the shop, with the ring under my shawl.
One said, in a low tone, "Dat's Uncle Tim's collar." "Yes, missus, dat is iron collar to wear on de neck." "But you see it is fastened with heavy iron rivets." "Yes, de way you see it is 'case Massa George Ralston order Uncle Tim's head cut off to get de collar." "I want this collar," I said, "and another heavy iron a woman called a knee-stiffener.
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