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 This letter rather increaed than abated her rage, and he reolved to go immediately and upbraid her fale friend; but while he was taking this reolution, he was informed that Mr. Rogers and his bride were departed from Britol by a meenger, who brought her a econd hort note, and a bill for ome money from Mrs. Rogers.

As oon as the firt violence of her paion ubided, he began to conult what coure to take, when the tranget thought imaginable uggeted itelf to her fancy. This was to dres herelf in mens cloaths, to embarque for Irelend, and commence Methodit teacher.

Nothing remarkable happened to her during the ret of her tay at Britol, which advere winds occaioned to be a whole week, after he had provided herelf with her dres; but at lat having procured a paage, and the wind becoming favourable, he et ail for Dublin.

As he was a very pretty woman, he now appeared a mot beautiful youth. A circumtance which had its conequences aboard the hip, and had like to have dicovered her, in the very beginning of her adventures.

There happened to be in the ame veel with this adventurer, a Methodit, who was bound to the ame place, on the ame deign with herelf.

Thee two being alone in the cabin together, and both at their devotions, the man in the extay of his enthuiam, thrut one of his hands into the other’s boom. Upon which, in her urprize, he gave o effeminate a quawl, that it reached the Captain’s ears, as he was moaking his pipe upon deck. Hey day, ays he, what have we a woman in the hip! and immediately decended into the cabbin, where he found the two Methodits on their knees. Pox