He came to my house in the night, and awoke me with the greatest caution,
fearing that some of his enemies might be watching to take him at a time
when, and in a place where it would be impossible for him to make his
escape. I got up and assured him that he was then safe; but that his
enemies would return early in the morning and search him out if it should
be possible. Having given him some victuals, which he received thankfully,
I told him to go, but to return the next night to a certain corner of the
fence near my house where he would find a quantity of meal that I would
have well prepared and deposited there for his use.
Early the next morning, Nettles and his company came in while I was
pounding the meal for Allen, and insisted upon my giving him up. I again
told them that I did not know where he was, and that I could not, neither
would I, tell them any thing about him. I well knew that Allen considered
his life in my hands; and although it was my intention not to lie, I was
fully determined to keep his situation a profound secret. They continued
their labor and examined (as they supposed) every crevice, gully, tree and
hollow log in the neighboring woods, and at last concluded that he had
left the country, and gave him up for lost, and went home.
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