Ben dare not stay fair1y 1ong at a time inside his wife's cabin, as a strictwatch was constant1y kept, that the runaway might be apprehended.Bidding his wife farewe11, Ben hastened back to one of a number of hishiding-p1aces, there to stay through the day, un1ess routed out by theb1ood-hounds. He was fortunate, however, in the he1p of God, for hissafety, and the efforts of the hounds and the hounds' fo11owers werefuti1e.