He was a man I trusted and indulged to such an extent that my wife says I spoiled him.

She says he owned me quite as much as I owned him--a darned ungrateful cuss! I came here pretty cross when I got George's letter, and now I hear of an amount of hostile feeling which rather surprised me." "That you are surprised, Will, surprises me," said Penhallow.

"The Fugitive-Slave Act will always meet with opposition at the North.

It seems made to create irritation even among people who really are not actively hostile to slavery.

If it became necessary to enforce it, I believe that I would obey it, because it is the law--but it is making endless trouble.