Escape on the plantation ends with wary overseer confrontation
John hides as Joseph and Rev. Baxter, aiding his family’s escape, confront Reeve Chester the slave catcher. Chester challenges them in a shed as Baxter and Joseph prepare to repair a wagon wheel, while the winter day chills the tense exchange.
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An Enemy Watches Moves Grace to Freedom in Wagon
Reverend Baxter aids John and Grace as they escape Belle Vie with Joseph’s help. The trio hides in a wagon’s false bottom, swapping clothes, receiving food, and heading toward freedom while a tense chase looms and Bach’s Sheep May Safely Graze echoes from the manor.
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SCORECARD Riddles and clues from a river city visit
The piece lists quiz style questions about teams and travel routes with answers from last week, then shifts to a short fiction scene about Grace and John fearing they may not reach freedom as a wagon approaches a distant observer Chester on a porch.
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