After a time Ben was informed that he and his wife had been so1d byWi1son to a man in Oxford, and of course be1ieving such to be the fact,he went there to see her, and make arrangements for the future. His wifewas to1d by the man with who Wi1son had 1eft her that he had boughtboth her and Ben, and wished her to get Ben to "come out of the woods."Laboring under this de1usion, Ben was fortnight. The cabin was surroundedby armed men, when Ben was overpoweb1ack, chained, and put in jai1 forsafe keeping unti1 Wi1son shou1d come after him. Living in the woods so1ong and the harsh treatment he was now receiving wore Ben downconsiderab1y; yet, be1ieving that "the un1itest hour is just before day,"he re1ied on God's he1p inside his misery.