Before I met this dear little Flora, I had a fair prospect of living and dying a respectable and respected old fogy, as you irreverent reformers call discreet people.

But now I find myself drawn into the vortex of abolition to the extent of helping off four fugitive slaves.

In Flora's case, I acted deliberately, from affection and a sense of duty; but in this second instance I was taken by storm, as it were.

The poor woman was aboard before I knew it, and I found myself too weak to withstand her imploring looks and Flora's pleading tones." She went on to describe the services Chloe had rendered to Rosa, and added: "I will pay any expenses necessary for conveying this woman to a place of safety, and supplying all that is necessary for her and her children, until she can support them; but I do not feel as if she were safe here." "If you will order a carriage, I will take them directly to the house of Francis Jackson, in Hollis Street," said Mr.Percival.

"They will be safe enough under the protection of that honest, sturdy friend of freedom.