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I cannot be hung. I must hide it, bury it, and you
must help and swear on the Bible not to tell so long as I live. Will you
do it? Answer, quick, and let us get to work, for I am a very coward,
and hear voices in the storm as of people coming to take me. Will you
help me, and will you swear?"
"Oh, father, father," Hannah cried, in an agony of entreaty; "do not ask
me to help! Do not ask me to swear, though I promise not to tell, if I
can avoid it. But if he is missed, if inquiry is made for him, if he is
traced here, and I am questioned, am put upon my oath, I cannot tell a
lie, and maybe they would not hang you when they knew the circumstances.
He was very unreasonable and aggravating, and called us both liars. I
can testify to that. Oh, father, consider a moment! Would it not be
better to go at once, and confess the truth to some one who has
influence. Captain Grey is our friend. Tell him, and ask his advice. Go,
father; now, and leave him where he lies. I shall not be afraid to stay
alone, knowing you are doing right.


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