Dey told me dey thought de ole man dead, for dat no one had come along to dem from him for nigh two month.

Well, sar, as I 'spected I found him dead, and I buried him, and took up my place in de hut.

Soon it became known through de plantations round dat de hut was occupied again, and dey began to come to me to ask for assistance.

My 'structions war dat only to enable a husband to join his wife, or a wife her husband, or in cases where de masters were uncommon cruel, dat I was to send 'em along by de underground railway.

De risks was too great to be run often.