The man saw the fugitive, but too late to seize him.
Still in a Slave State, Jerome was at a loss to know how he should proceed.

He had with him a few dollars, enough to pay his way to Canada, if he could find a conveyance.

The fugitive procured such food as he wanted from one of the many eating-houses, and then, following the direction of the North Star, he passed out of the city, and took the road leading to Covington.

Keeping near the Ohio River, Jerome soon found an opportunity to cross over into the State of Indiana.

But liberty was a mere name in the latter State, and the fugitive learned, from some colored persons that he met, that it was not safe to travel by daylight.