TOUSSU.NT L'OUVERTUROE. 277

 t the First Consul was far from intending to give his pris-
 the advantages of a.trial. A trial was a public appeal to
 great principle ot law and right. In such an issue Bona-
 Sknew very well who would be the loser. Theqs was
 er, and, for his purpose a safer way. Toussaint was ad-
 in years. HeI had been accustomed to active pursuits.
 .was an Afrii.an, and had lived only in tropical regions.
 -days, therelbre, could be only few, and their number would
 much abridged byh confinement in a foul prison, under a
 g climat-. Could he bold out through the coming winter ?
 be survived too long why, other prisoners had passed away
 fy ; power has its secret strings and its swift remedies.
 ly a series o"f .unningly devised and coolly executed meaa-
 6B Toussaint L'Ouverture was, ere many months, brought to
'grave.
Communication with the outer world was forbidlden him.
received no news of' his wite andl taniilv. HIe passed his
 Alone with his servant ; the presence of that faithful do-
 .c was a support to him. That solnie was taken away, and
 sint was left alone. Yet was hel not alone, for God was
 .t him. In prayer his oul rose hourly to his Maker, and he
 ved constantly new efluions of comfort and strength. Re-
 us thoughts and observances carried his mind back to.the
 ttry lor which he had sacrificed everything. There, in
 giation. he again saw the chapel where he and his family
 wont to worship, and wbitle the hymns of praise went up
 Sits neatly-lbrnimd roof, he was drawn into sympathy with
* worshippers, and, with a nim e'l heart and liquid voice, he
 d his thanksgiving with theirs. Day by day, and often
 together, was he on his kn.'es, seLeking aid and finding
 rt at the Ibotstool of the lihavenly grace, where never
 knelt in vain.
fiut time passed on, and there were no signs of the expected
 S Hope sustained against hope began at last to fail. What I
 be then a prisoner ;,r li'e i If so, his sufferings, if severe,
 pd not be long. AlreadAy he felt the chills of the nights of
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