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330 loo loo.
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When Mr . Grossman , late in the day , discovered that his prey had escapedhis rage knew no bounds . He offered one thousand
dollars for her , apprehension , and another thousand for the detection of any one who had aided her . He made successive attempts to
obtain an indictment against Mr . Noble ; but he was proved to have been distant from the scene of action , and there was no evidence
that he had any connection with the mysterious affair . Failing in thisthe exasperated cotton-broker swore that he would have his
heart , 's blood , for he knew the sly , smooth-spoken Yankee was at the bottom of it . He challenged him ; but Mr . Noble ,
notwithstanding the . arguments of Frank Helper , refused , on the ground that he held New England opinions on the subject of duelling .
The Kentuckian could not understand that it required a far higher kind of courage to refuse than it would have done to accept . The
bully proclaimed him a coward , and shot at him in the street , but without inflicting a very serious wound . Thenceforth he went
armed , and his friends kept him in sight . But he probably owed his life to the fact that Mr . Grossman was compelled to go to New
Orleans suddenly on urgent business . . Before leaving , the latter sent messages to Savannah , Charleston , Louisville , and elsewhere ;
exact descriptions of the fugitives were posted in all public places , and the offers of reward were doubled ; but the activity thus
excited proved all in vain . The runaways had travelled night and day , and were in Canada before their pursuers had reached New
York . A few lines from Mr . Dinsmore announced this to Frank Helperin phraseology that could not be understood , in case the
letter should , be inspected at the post-office . He wrote : "I told you we intended to visit Montreal ; and by the date of this you will
see that I have carried my plan into execution . My daughter likes the place so much that I think I shall leave her here awhile in
charge of our trusty servant , while I go home to look after my affairs . "
After the excitement had somewhat subsided , Mr . Noble ascertained the process by which his friends had succeeded in effecting
the rescue . Aunt Debby owed her master a grudge for having repeatedly sold her children ; and just at that time a fresh wound was
rankling in her heart , because her only son , a bright lad of eighteen , of whom Mr . Grossman was the reputed father , had been sold to a
slave trader to help to raise the large sum he had given for Loo Loo . Frank Helper _' s friends having discovered this state of affairs ,
opened a negotiation with the mulatto woman , promising to send both her and her son into Canada if she would assist them in their
plans . Aunt Debby chuckled over the idea of her master ' s disappointment , and was eager to seize the opportunity of being reunited
to her last remaining child . The lad was accordingly purchased by the gentleman who distributed oranges in the prison , and was sent
to Canada according to promise . Mr . Grossman was addicted to
strong drink , and Aunt Debby had long _, been in the habit of pre-
330 Loo Loo.
330 loo loo .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/42/
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