evening grew late, the Dr., fearing some accident, intimated, that he was feeling a “little languid,” and therefore thought that he had better “retire.”  Furthermore he added, that he was “liable to vertigo,” when not quite well, and for this reason he must have his boy “Joe” sleep in the room with him.  “Simply give him a bed quilt and he will fare well enough in one corner of the room,” said the Dr. The proposal was readily acceded to, and carried into effect by the accommodating host.  The Dr. was soon in bed, sleeping soundly, and “Joe,” in his new coat and pants, wrapped up in the bed quilt, in a corner of the room quite comfortably.

The next morning the Dr. arose at as early an hour as was prudent for a gentleman of his position, and feeling refreshed, partook of a good breakfast, and was ready, with his boy, “Joe,” to prosecute their journey.  Face, eyes, hope, and steps, were set as flint, Pennsylvania-ward.  What time the following day or night they crossed Mason and Dixon’s line is not recorded on the Underground Rail Road books, but at four o’clock on Thanksgiving Day, the Dr. safely landed the “fleeing girl of fifteen” at the residence of the writer in Philadelphia.  On delivering up his charge, the Dr. simply remarked to the writer’s wife, “I wish to leave this young lad with you a short while, and I will call and see further about him.”  Without further explanation, he stepped into his carriage and hurried away, evidently anxious to report himself to his wife, in order to relieve her mind of a great weight of anxiety on his account.  The writer, who happened to be absent from home when the Dr. called, returned soon afterwards.  “The Dr. has been here” (he was the family physician), “and left this ’young lad,’ and said, that he would call again and see about him,” said Mrs. S. The “young lad” was sitting quite composedly in the dining-room, with his cap on.  The writer turned to him and inquired, “I suppose you are the person that the Dr. went to Washington after, are you not?” “No,” said “Joe.”  “Where are you from then?” was the next question.  “From York, sir.”  “From York?  Why then did the Dr. bring you here?” was the next query, “the Dr. went expressly to Washington after a young girl, who was to be brought away dressed up as a boy, and I took you to be the person.”  Without replying “the lad” arose and walked out of the house.  The querist, somewhat mystified, followed him, and then when the two were alone, “the lad” said, “I am the one the Dr. went after.”  After congratulating her, the writer asked why she had said, that she was not from Washington, but from York.  She explained, that the Dr. had strictly charged her not to own to any person, except the writer, that she was from Washington, but from York.  As there were persons present (wife, hired girl, and a fugitive woman), when the questions were put to her, she felt that it would be a violation of her pledge to answer in the affirmative.  Before this examination,