I suppose I must try to get over my feeling . ' CHAPTER X UNCLE TOM 'S LETTER Uncle Tom felt that he was indeed very fortunate to have found such a kind master and so good a home . He had nice clothes , plenty of food , and a comfortable room to sleep in . He had no hard , disagreeable work to do . His chief duties were to drive Mrs. St. Clare 's carriage when she wanted to go out , and to attend on Eva when she wanted him . He soon grew to love his little mistress very , very much indeed . Mr. St. Clare too began to find Tom very useful . He was dreadfully careless about money , and his chief servant was just as careless as his master . So between them a great deal was not only spent but wasted . Mr. Shelby had trusted Tom in everything , and Tom had always been careful of his master 's money -- as careful as if it had been his own . Waste seemed dreadful to him , and he tried to do something to stop it now . Mr. St. Clare was not long in finding out how clever Tom was , and soon trusted him as thoroughly as Mr. Shelby had done . But in spite of all his good fortune , Tom used to long very much to go home to see his dear ones again . He had plenty of spare time , and whenever he had nothing to do he would pull his Bible out of his pocket and try to find comfort in reading it . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- But as time went on , Uncle Tom longed more and more for his home . At last one day he had a grand idea . He would write a letter . Before Uncle Tom was sold , George Shelby had been teaching him to write so he thought he could manage a letter . He begged a sheet of writing-paper from Eva , and going to his room began to make a rough copy on his slate . It was very difficult .
Poor Uncle Tom XXXXX that he had quite forgotten how to make some of the letters .
felt found going manage seemed sold spent stop teaching thought