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"Those were heroic days," he says, quietly. "And once in a while my father let me go with him. THOSE WERE HEROIC DAYS HE SAYS QUIETLY AND ONCE IN A WHILE MY FATHER LET ME GO WITH HIM
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! 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. 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 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
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