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This underground route, he remembers, was from Philadelphia to New Haven, thence to Springfield, where Conwell's father would take his charge, and onward to Bellows Falls and Canada. Conwell tells, too, of meeting Frederick Douglass, the colored orator, in that little cottage in the hills. THIS UNDERGROUND ROAD HE REMEMBERS WAS FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW HAVEN THENCE TO SPRINGFIELD WHERE CONWELL'S FATHER WOULD TAKE HIS CHARGE AND ONWARD THE BELLOWS FALLS AND CANADA CONWELL TELLS TOO OF MEETING FREDERICK DOUGLAS THE COLORED ORATOR IN THAT LITTLE COTTAGE ON THE HILLS
s 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! 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. The Conwell house was a station on the Underground Railway, and Russell Conwell remembers, when a lad, seeing the escaping slaves that his father had driven across country and temporarily hidden. “Those were heroic days,” he says, quietly. “And once in a while my father let me go with him. They were wonderful night drives--the cowering slaves, the darkness of the road, the caution and the silence and dread of it all.” H 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 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 THE CONWELL HOUSE WAS A STATION ON THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD AND RUSSELL CONWELL REMEMBERS WHEN A LAD SEEING THE ESCAPING SLAVES THAT HIS FATHER HAD DRIVEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TEMPORARILY HIDDEN THOSE WERE HEROIC DAYS HE SAYS QUIETLY AND ONCE IN A WHILE MY FATHER LET ME GO WITH HIM THEY WERE WONDERFUL NIGHT DRIVES THE COWERING SLAVES THE DARKNESS OF THE ROAD THE CAUTION AND SILENCE AND DREAD OF IT ALL
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