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Conwell remembers how John Brown, in training it, used patiently to walk beside the horse, and control its going and its turnings, until it was quite ready to go and turn entirely by itself. CONWELL REMEMBERS HOW JOHN BROWN IN TRAINING IT USED PATIENTLY TO WALK BESIDE THE HORSE AND CONTROL ITS GOING AND TURNING UNTIL IT WAS QUITE READY TO GO AND TURN BY ITSELF
 on the Marylander’s life, of passionate hastiness, of unforgivable words, of separation, of lifelong sorrow. “Why does grandmother cry so often?” he remembers asking when he was a little boy. And he was told that it was for the husband of her youth. We went back into the little house, and he showed me the room in which he first saw John Brown. “I came down early one morning, and saw a huge, hairy man sprawled upon the bed there--and I was frightened,” he says. But John Brown did not long frighten him! For he was much at their house after that, and was so friendly with Russell and his brother that there was no chance for awe; and it gives a curious side-light on the character of the stern abolitionist that he actually, with infinite patience, taught the old horse of the Conwells to go home alone with the wagon after leaving the boys at school, a mile or more away, and at school-closing time to trot gently off for them without a driver when merely faced in that direction and told to go!  OF ANOTHER SUITOR OF AN ATTACK ON THE MARYLANDER'S LIFE OF PASSIONATE HASTINESS AND UNFORGIVABLE WORDS OF SEPARATION OF LIFE LONG SORROW WHY DOES GRANDMOTHER CRY SO OFTEN HE REMEMBERS ASKING WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY AND HE WAS TOLD IT WAS FOR THE HUSBAND OF HER YOUTH WE WENT BACK INTO THE LITTLE HOUSE AND HE SHOWED ME THE ROOM IN WHICH HE FIRST SAW JOHN BROWN I CAME DOWN EARLY ONE MORNING AND SAW A HUGE HAIRY MAN SPRAWLED UPON THE BED THERE AND I WAS FRIGHTENED HE SAYS BUT JOHN BROWN DID NOT LONG FRIGHTEN HIM FOR HE WAS MUCH AT THEIR HOME AFTER THAT AND WAS SO FRIENDLY WITH RUSSELL AND HIS BROTHER THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE FOR AWE AND IT GIVES A CURIOUS SIDE LIGHT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE STERN ABOLITIONIST THAT HE ACTUALLY WITH INFINITE PATIENCE TAUGHT THE OLD HORSE OF THE CONWELLS TO GO HOME ALONG WITH THE WAGON AFTER LEAVING THE BOYS AT SCHOOL A MILE OR MORE AWAY AND AT SCHOOL CLOSING TIME TO TROT GENTLY OFF FOR THEM WITHOUT A DRIVER WHEN MERELY FACED IN THAT DIRECTION AND TOLD TO GO
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