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THE TRUE HEROINE.
IN vain did Georgiana try to console Clotelle, when the latter heard, through one of the other slaves, that Mr.Wilson had started with the dogs in pursuit of Jerome.

The poor girl well knew that he would be caught, and that severe punishment, if not death, would be the result of his capture.

It was therefore with a heart filled with the deepest grief that the slave-girl heard the footsteps of her master on his return from the chase.

The dogged and stern manner of the preacher forbade even his daughter inquiring as to the success of his pursuit.