Incidents in the life of a slave girl.: Written by herself. Edited by L. Maria Child.

New Perils.
XX.
NEW PERILS.
THE doctor, more exasperated than ever, again tried
to revenge himself on my relatives. He arrested uncle
Phillip on the charge of having aided my flight. He
was carried before a court, and swore truly that lie
knew nothing of my intention to escape, and that lihe
had not seen me since I left my master's plantation.
The doctor then demanded that he should give bail for
five hundred dollars that he would have nothing to do
with me. Several gentlemen offered to be security for
him; but Mr. Sands told him he had better go back to
jail, and he would see that he came out without giving
bail.
The news of his arrest was carried to my grandmother, who conveyed it to Betty. In the kindness
of her heart, she again stowed me away under the
floor; and as she walked back and forth, in the performance of her culinary duties, she talked apparently
to herself, but with the intention that I should hear
what was going on. I hoped that my uncle's imprisonmenit would last but few days; still I was anxious. I
thought it likely Dr. Flint would do his utmost to
taunt and insult him, and I was afraid my uncle might
lose control of himself, and retort ill some way that
would be construed into a punishable offence; and I
was well aware that in court his word would not be
taken against ally white mali's. The search for me
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