However , after teasing his cousin a little more , he wrote out the paper , and Topsy belonged to Miss Ophelia . That evening Mr. St. Clare went out for a ride . Tom saw him go , and asked if he should come too . ` No , my boy , ' said Mr. St. Clare , ' I shall be back in an hour . ' Tom sat down on the verandah to wait till his master came home . While he waited , he fell asleep . Presently he was awakened by loud knocking , and the sound of voices at the gate . He ran to open it . Several men were there carrying a load . It was Mr. St. Clare . He had been hurt in an accident , and was dying . Very gently they laid him on a sofa . Nothing could be done . In a short time he had gone to join his little Eva . CHAPTER XVII UNCLE TOM 'S NEW MASTER There had been great grief in the house when Eva died . Now there was not only sorrow , but gloom and fear . The kind master was dead , and the poor slaves asked themselves in despair what would happen to them now . They were not long left in doubt . One morning Mrs. St. Clare told them that they were all to be sold . She was going back to her father 's house to live , and would not want them any more .
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