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222 TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE.

EPPS, on Bayou Huff Power. He had permission to visit her once a fortnight, but he was growing old, as has been said, and truth to say, had latterly well nigh forgotten her. Uncle Abram had no time to spare from his meditations on General Jackson- connubial dalliance being well enough for the young and thoughtless, but unbecoming a grave and solemn philosopher like himself.