He had with him a few dollars, enough to pay his way to Canada, if he could find a conveyance.

The fugitive procured such food as he wanted from one of the many eating-houses, and then, following the direction of the North Star, he passed out of the city, and took the road leading to Covington.

Keeping near the Ohio River, Jerome soon found an opportunity to cross over into the State of Indiana.

But liberty was a mere name in the latter State, and the fugitive learned, from some colored persons that he met, that it was not safe to travel by daylight.

While making his way one night, with nothing to cheer him but the prospect of freedom in the future, he was pounced upon by three men who were lying in wait for another fugitive, an advertisement of whom they had received through the mail.