ort from the girl the
whereabouts of the man whose escape she had effected. She was not aware
that he had fled on a steamer, and when questioned, she replied,--

"I don't know; and if I did I would not tell you. I care not what you do
with me, if Jerome but escapes."

The smile with which she uttered these words finely illustrated the
poet's meaning, when he says,--

"A fearful gift upon they heart is laid,
Woman--the power to suffer and to love."

Her sweet simplicity seemed to dare them to lay their rough hands amid
her trembling curls.

Three days did the heroic young woman remain in prison, to be gazed at
by an unfeeling crowd, drawn there out of curiosity. The intelligence
came to her at last that the court had decided to spare her life, on
condition that she should be whipped, sold, and sent out of the State
within twenty-four hours.

This order of the court she would have cared but little for, had she not
been sincerely attached to her young mistress.

"Do try and sell her to some one who will use her well," said Georgiana
to her father, as he was about taking his hat to leave the house.

"I shall not trouble myself to do any such thing," replied the
hard-hearted parson. "I leave the finding of a master for her with the
slave-dealer."

Bathed in tears, Miss Wilson paced her room in the absence of her
father. For many months Georgiana had been in a decline, and any little
trouble would lay her on a sick bed for days. She was, therefore, poorly
able to bear the loss of this companion, whom she so dearly loved.

Mr. Wilson had informed his daughter that Clotelle was to be flogged;
and when Felice came in and informed her mistress that the poor girl had
just received fifty lashes on her bare person, the young lady fainted
and fell on the floor. The servants placed their mistress on the sofa,
and went in pursuit of their master. Little did the preacher think, on
returning to his daughter, that he should soon be bereft of her; yet
such was to be his lot. A blood-vessel had been ruptured, and the three
physicians who were called in told the father that he must prepare to
lose his child. That moral courage and calmness, which was her great
characteristic, did not forsake Georgiana in her hour of death. She
had ever been kind to the slaves under her charge, and they loved and
respected her. At her request, the servants were all brought into her
room, and took a last farewell of their mistress. Seldo