But Jane her judgment with decision gave— 130

“Train not an idiot to oblige a slave.”

“And where is Bloomer?” Richard would have said,

But he was cautious, feeling, and afraid;

And little either of the hero knew,

And little sought—he might be married too.

Now to his home, the morning visits past,

Return’d the guest—that evening was his last.

He met his Brother, and they spoke of those

From whom his comforts in the village rose;