It seems that the negro had been a slave of his who had been barbarously treated, and finally succeeded in making his escape and reaching England, after which he went to Canada; and now that it is safe for an escaped slave to live in the Northern States without fear of arrest or ill-treatment, he had come down to Washington with the intention of engaging as a teamster with one of the Northern armies, in the hope, when he made his way to Richmond, of being able to gain some news of his wife, whom his master had sold before he ran away from him." "It served the man right!" Lucy said indignantly.

"It's a good thing that the slaves should turn the table sometimes upon masters who ill-treat them." "You don't think my patient would ill-treat his slaves ?" the doctor asked with a little smile.
"I am sure he wouldn't," the girl said indignantly.

"Why, the boy behind you is one of his slaves, and I am sure he would give his life for his master." Dan had overheard the doctor's story and now exclaimed: "No, sah.

Massa Vincent de kindest ob masters.

If all like him, de slaves eberywhere contented and happy.