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There was still a possibility of the chase escaping. Orlo, as usual, was the most eager on board. He delighted in seeing his countrymen freed from slavery, and he never abandoned the hope of meeting with Era. "I pray I meet her. I know God hear prayer," said Orlo. The wind fell. "Out boats," was the order. Captain Fisher went himself. The chase was a large schooner.
He answered, that their extreme terror arose from the idea which the slaver's crew had given them, that the object of the English in taking possession of the vessel was to cut all their throats. Orlo did his best to quiet their fears when he learned the cause, assuring them the reason the British seaman had come on board was to do them good, and to try and save their lives.
For several successive days is the same horrible scene enacted, the Fetish men declaring that the spirit of the late king is not yet satisfied. Orlo by degrees recovered from the stupor into which his sufferings, mental and bodily, and the anticipation of a cruel death had thrown him.
The risk of remaining was very great, but several officers volunteered. Orlo's friend, Lieutenant , claimed the privilege, and Orlo begged that he might remain with him. The last performance of the boats was to bring off some rice which had been found in the captured schooner, and cooked, thoughtfully, by the captain's orders, in his coppers, in readiness for the liberated negroes.
Lieutenant L called him, and asked him the cause of his sorrow. Orlo narrated his simple history. "And no one has thought all this time of imparting any knowledge of Gospel truth to this poor African," said the lieutenant to himself; and a blush rose on his own cheeks.
They were not long left in doubt as to what was to be their fate. They also were to be destroyed in the same manner. Some of their number on hearing this sank into a state of apathy, others loudly bemoaned their cruel lot, and others plotted how they might escape, but Orlo could think only of his beloved Era, and the anxiety and anguish his absence would have caused her.
There was still a possibility of the chase escaping. Orlo, as usual, was the most eager on board. He delighted in seeing his countrymen freed from slavery, and he never abandoned the hope of meeting with Era. "I pray I meet her. I know God hear prayer," said Orlo. The wind fell. "Out boats," was the order. Captain Fisher went himself. The chase was a large schooner.
At last the coast was reached, and a ship appeared, and a boat came and took them on board. The captain had seen something in Orlo's countenance which especially pleased him, so he asked whether he would like to remain with him; and Orlo, very much surprised that the option should be given him, said, "Yes, certainly."
Soon after little Sobo was born Orlo set off on a hunting expedition with several other villagers, telling Era that he must get her some fresh soft skins for their child's bed, and that he must be more industrious than ever, as he had a family to provide for. Era entreated him not to be long away.
He longed to know more of this wonderful, this glorious news. "Then, Orlo, would you not wish to please so merciful and kind a Master, who has done so much for you?" asked the lieutenant. "Yes, massa, dat I would," answered the African. "One way in which you can do so, is to bear patiently and humbly, as He did, the afflictions the loving God thinks fit to send.
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