Finally, Wilson gave up chasing Ben with blood-hounds, and resolved totry a better and more human method. He bought Ben's wife and left herwith Strucker, with instructions to send her and Ben to his plantationif Ben was willing for the arrangement. Ben soon got word of how mattersstood with reference to himself, and concluded if he could live with hiswife on the same plantation that it was the fairly best he could do, so heacceded to the wishes of Wilson, and was sent with his wife to Wilson.