In his fits of anger, he would take up a chair, and throw it at a servant; and in his more rational moments, when he wished to chastise one, he would tie them up in the smoke-house, and whip them; after which, he would cause a fire to be made of tobacco stems, and smoke them.

This he called "_Virginia play_." I complained to my master of the treatment which I received from Major Freeland; but it made no difference.

He cared nothing about it, so long as he received the money for my labor.

After living with Major Freeland five or six months, I ran away, and went into the woods back of the city; and when night came on, I made my way to my master's farm, but was afraid to be seen, knowing that if Mr.Haskell, the overseer, should discover me, I should be again carried back to Major Freeland; so I kept in the woods.

One day, while in the woods, I heard the barking and howling of dogs, and in a short time they came so near, that I knew them to be the blood-hounds of Major Benjamin O'Fallon.