You are a good child,--a great deal better than I am; and I will try to do as you say.
I'll try to act worthy of a free man.

I'll try to feel like a Christian.
God Almighty knows that I've meant to do well,--tried hard to do well,--when everything has been against me; and now I'll forget all the past, and put away every hard and bitter feeling, and read my Bible, and learn to be a good man." "And when we get to Canada," said Eliza, "I can help you.

I can do dress-making very well; and I understand fine washing and ironing; and between us we can find something to live on." "Yes, Eliza, so long as we have each other and our boy.

O! Eliza, if these people only knew what a blessing it is for a man to feel that his wife and child belong to _him_! I've often wondered to see men that could call their wives and children _their own_ fretting and worrying about anything else.

Why, I feel rich and strong, though we have nothing but our bare hands.