"Others would, if they saw things as I do.

I intend to take Topsy home, when I go.
I suppose our folks will wonder, at first; but I think they will be brought to see as I do.

Besides, I know there are many people at the north who do exactly what you said." "Yes, but they are a minority; and, if we should begin to emancipate to any extent, we should soon hear from you." Miss Ophelia did not reply.

There was a pause of some moments; and St.
Clare's countenance was overcast by a sad, dreamy expression.
"I don't know what makes me think of my mother so much, tonight," he said.

"I have a strange kind of feeling, as if she were near me.