Samuel's Journey

By Emma Marie Trusty

Samuel, a young boy, is born around 1790. He becomes aware that his family is keeping a secret. His older brother Joshua knows what it is but won't tell him. Samuel believes that he can be trusted also. Joshua returns to the Quaker school, leaving more responsibility on Samuel. He begins to take on chores Joshua once did.
One dark night, Samuel awakens to Pal's barking. He peeks through a crack in the loft door; Pa brings strangers into their kitchen in tattered, dirty clothes. Would Pa explain all this to him in the morning?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483649481

Emma Marie Trusty

Emma Marie Trusty was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey. She graduated from Bridgeton High School and received her RN diploma from Newark City Hospital. Other studies included two years of Bible school at Manna Bible Institute. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Temple University in 1964 and a master’s degree in pastoral counseling from LaSalle University in 1995. She and her husband, Rev. Andrew David Trusty, were missionaries in Liberia, West Africa, for seven years, where she practiced nursing and he was the mission superintendent. This mother of four also has eleven grandchildren. As a retiree, she enjoys writing and gardening. In 1999, she published The Underground Railroad: Ties that Bound Unveiled.

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Samuel’s Journey

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Copyright © 2013 by Emma Marie Trusty.

Copyright Number: TXu1-843704

Library of Congress Control Number:       2013910384

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4836-4947-4

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Rev. date: 06/06/2013

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Contents

Who Is Out There?

A Prayer To Remember

Work And Play

Hard Work

Planning Ahead

Riding Beside Pa

Teamwork

Homeward Bound

Friends Meet And Greet

Blueberry Picking

The Secret Revealed

The Plan Unfolds

Signs Of Returning

Glossary

To my dear family and friends who are supportive.

And special thanks to those who proof read

and made helpful suggestions.

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WHO IS OUT THERE?

Pal was a good watchdog. His barking kept foxes and weasels away from our chicken house. Before we got Pal, a weasel killed three chickens in one night. He didn’t eat even one. Pa said weasels were that way—mean-spirited critters. To Samuel’s ears, Pal’s bark had a special sound for people and another sound for critters. This bark was his people bark.

Strangers usually came to their house after dark. This happened more and more often. He wanted to know what it meant. Why were people creeping about their