the presence of her young mistress and yet, the previous summons had nearly unnerved her. She lingers at the grating, waiting mcarstrows return. Time seems to linger, until her feelings are nearly overwhelmed in suspense. Again, there is a mystery in the mission of the stranger she almost doubts his sincerity. It may be one of those plots, so often laid by slavetraders, to separate her from her child,perhaps to run her where all hope of regaining freedom will be for ever lost. One after another did these things recur to her mind, only to make the burden of her troubles more