_Enter GLEN and MELINDA, L., followed by OFFICERS._
_Glen._ Let them come; I am ready for them. He that lays hands on me or my wife shall feel the weight of this club.
_Melinda._ Oh, Glen, let’s die here, rather than again go into slavery.
_Officer._ I am the United States Marshal. I have a warrant from the Commissioner to take you, and bring you before him. I command assistance.
_Enter DR. GAINES, SCRAGG, and OFFICER, R._
_Dr. Gaines._ Here they are. Down with the villain! down with him! but don’t hurt the gal!
_Mr. White._ Why, bless me! these are the slaveholding fellows. I’ll fight for freedom!
[_Takes hold of his umbrella with both hands.—The fight commences, in which GLEN, CATO, DR. GAINES, SCRAGG, WHITE, and the OFFICERS, take part.—FERRYMAN enters, and runs to his boat.—DR. GAINES, SCRAGG and the OFFICERS are knocked down, GLEN, MELINDA and CATO jump into the boat, and as it leaves the shore and floats away, GLEN and CATO wave their hats, and shout loudly for freedom.—Curtain falls._
☞ The following are but few of the favorable notices given of “THE ESCAPE,” where it has been publicly read:
A novel Dramatic Reading took place last evening at Sansom Street Hall, by WM. WELLS BROWN, the colored dramatic writer, which was highly entertaining, and gave the greatest satisfaction to an intelligent and appreciative audience. The Drama is instructive, as well as very laughable.—_Philadelphia Evening Bulletin._
All who heard MR. BROWN’S Drama were highly gratified. It is well executed, and was finely delivered.—_Philadelphia Morning Times._
The Dramatic Reading of MR. WM. WELLS BROWN, last evening, was well attended, and gave the most unbounded satisfaction. MR. BROWN’S Drama is, in itself, a masterly refutation of all apologies for slavery, and abounds in wit, satire, philosophy, argument and facts, all ingeniously interwoven into one of the most interesting dramatic compositions of modern times.—_Auburn (N. Y.) Daily Advertiser._
MR. BROWN exhibits a dramatic talent possessed by few who have, under the best instructions, made themselves famous on the stage. He evinces a talent for tragic and comic representation rarely combined. If you want a good laugh, go and hear him. If you want instruction or information upon the most interesting question of the day, go and hear him. You cannot fail to be pleased. So highly pleased were those who heard it in Auburn, that twenty-eight of the leading men of the city, over their own signatures, extended an invitation to him, through the _Daily Advertiser_, to return and repeat the Drama. Among them we recognize the names of Hon. B. F. Hall, of the State Senate, and the Rev. Wm. Hosmer, editor of the _Northern Independent_. Such a compliment entitles MR. BROWN to crowded houses wherever he goes.—_Seneca Falls Courier._