So determined were they in their indignation; so loudly demanded they a cessation of such occurrences on board our boats, and the soil of a free State, that the slaveholders became greatly alarmed, and with all possible dispatch they hurriedly dragged the poor bleeding slave into a closet, and securely locked the door; nor have I ever been able to learn his final doom.

Whether the kindly messenger of death released him from the clutches of the man-stealer, or whether he recovered to serve his brutal master, I have never been informed.
After this exciting scene had passed, I began to realize that I was feeling quite ill; an unusual load seemed to oppress my stomach, and by the time we had reached New York city, I was exceedingly distressed.

I hastened to a boarding house, kept by a colored woman, who did everything in her power to relieve me; but I grew worse until I thought in reality, I must die.

The lady supposed I was dying of cholera, sent to Brooklyn after Mr.Nell; but having previously administered an emetic, I began to feel better; and when I had finally emptied my stomach of its contents, _tea and all_, by vomiting, I felt into a profound sleep, from which I awoke greatly relieved.

The kindness of that lady I shall not soon forget.