"Dar," said the negro, pointing to the skies, "dar is Heaben, dar am my
missus's home; and dat is whar she tell me dat she wait for me if she
go home first. If it hadn't been missy dat tole me, I couldn't beliebe
dat such an ole brack fellow like me, go to dat white place; but I
beliebes it now, for since missy gone home I's seen a new star up dar;
and I knows it am her, for didn't she say she look down to me, jus' like
ole Massa Grobener and dat poor brack Injin look down upon her! Yes, I
know dat I shall meet her dar, and what am better, Phillis am going dar
too! only sometimes she get skeered like, when she remember what her ole
cotton massa tell her; for he tells her dat de hounds go to dat bright
place, afore good for notin' niggar like her get dar; and she's afeared
dey remember dar ole habits and hunt her up, for she run away from her
ole massa, and gets sabed in dese free states, whar de folks don't
mistake poor niggar for someting else dan a man."
"Farewell, faithful Vingo, and may the remainder of your days shed peace
along your way. Thy portion here has not indeed been to sit in 'kings'
courts,' yet thou hast so used the one talent lent unto thee, that at
the last, when every 'island shall have fled away, and the mountains
shall not be found,' thou shalt have a place at the right hand of that
glorious throne, whose king is our God; thou shalt hear those blessed
words,--'well done, good and faithful servant,' and the morning star
shalt be thine; and there thou shalt again find that pure gem, who, in
her little day on earth, led thee to the bright river of life, where
thou hast sought and found that 'pearl of great price.
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