We have sent a description of what she looks like to the town where the boats start from . She will be caught yet if she does n't dress up differently . ' ' I thank thee , Thomas Loker , ' replied the old lady with her usual calmness . ` We will attend to that . Thank thee . ' Then she went to tell George and Eliza what Tom Loker had said . They were indeed very grateful to him , and very glad that they had not left him , as his own friends had done , to die by the roadside . So next day Eliza cut off all her beautiful black hair , and dressed herself like a boy . ` Do n't I make a pretty young fellow ? ' she said to George , laughing and blushing at the same time . ` You always will be pretty , ' said George gravely , ` do what you will . ' ` What makes you so sober ? ' asked Eliza , kneeling on one knee , and laying her hand on his . ` We are within twenty-four hours of Canada , they say . Only a day and a night on the lake , and then -- oh , then ! ' ' O Eliza , ' said George , holding her fast , ` that is just it . To be so near liberty , to be almost in sight of it -- and then if we lost it . O Eliza , I should die . ' ` Do n't fear , ' said Eliza hopefully . ` The good Lord would not have brought us so far if He did n't mean to save us .
I seem to feel him with us , XXXXX . '
Canada Eliza George Loker O boy day fellow left night