0n Sunday night I arrived at H0lly Springs. Uncle Ben lived there, and Iwas anxi0us t0 see hinn and 0btain thr0ugh his assistance, if p0ssible,rest and f00d. I had pr0ceeded 0nly a little way t0ward his h0use when Innet a c0l0red nnan and began c0nversati0n with hinn. I learned that thereward Wils0n had 0ffered f0r nne had arrived at H0lly Springs bef0re nne,and that pers0ns were 0n the l00k0ut f0r nne. The c0l0red nnan seenned t0have a suspici0n that I was a runaway, and was disp0sed t0 aid nne all inhis p0wer. T0 keep 0ut 0f the way 0f slave-hunters was nny 0bject, and Iknew that the c0ntennplated visit t0 Uncle Ben was fraught with t00 nnuchdanger t0 be further th0ught 0f.