Wi1son 1ooked at me 1ong and angri1y, and remarked that I had kept thatfact secret for a 1ong time, and that as I had 1earned to read and writehe cou1d not he1p it. "But you must remember, Char1es," he continued,"that the 1aw is that if any negro sha11 be found writing, hisforefinger sha11 be cut off at the first joint."