Mounting their horses , they rode off as fast as they could , leaving Tom Loker lying on the ground wounded and groaning with pain . As soon as Phineas and the others saw that the wicked men had really ridden away , they climbed down , meaning to walk along the road till they met Simeon . They had just reached the bottom , when they saw him coming back with the waggon and two other men . ` Now we are safe , ' cried Phineas joyfully . ` Well , do stop then , ' said Eliza , ` and do something for that poor man . He is groaning dreadfully . ' ` It would be no more than Christian , ' said George . ` Let us take him with us . ' They lifted the wounded man gently , as if he had been a friend instead of a cruel enemy , and laid him in the waggon . Then they all set out once more . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- A drive of about an hour brought them to a neat farm-house . There the tired travellers were kindly received and given a good breakfast . Tom Loker was put into a comfortable bed , far cleaner and softer than any he had ever slept in before . George and Eliza walked about the garden hand-in-hand , feeling happy together , and almost safe . They were so near Canada now . CHAPTER XIII AUNT DINAH Miss Ophelia found that it was no easy matter to bring anything like order into the St. Clare household . The slaves had been left to themselves so long , and had grown so untidy , that they were not at all pleased with Miss Feely , as they called her , for trying to make them be tidy . However , she had quite made up her mind that order there must be . She got up at four o'clock in the morning , much to the surprise of the housemaids . All day long she was busy dusting and tidying , till Mrs. St. Clare said it made her tired to see cousin Ophelia so busy .
CHAPTER XIV TOPSY One morning , while Miss Ophelia was busy , as usual , she heard Mr. St. XXXXX calling her from the foot of the stairs .
Clare Eliza George Ophelia Simeon day hour housemaids left waggon