UNCLE TOM'S NEW MASTER There had been great grief in the house when Eva died.

Now there was not only sorrow, but gloom and fear.
The kind master was dead, and the poor slaves asked themselves in despair what would happen to them now.
They were not long left in doubt.

One morning Mrs.St.Clare told them that they were all to be sold.

She was going back to her father's house to live, and would not want them any more.
Poor Uncle Tom! The news was a dreadful blow to him.

For a few days he had been so happy in the thought of going home.