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 farther, and Fitzalan to advance. “O much injunred knight,” he groaned, “can you forgive me? Will you peak peace to my departing pirit? O look not o ternly! Yet I deerve it. I have inned beyond hope of pardon. But I mut be peedy in my tale, I feel the hand of death upon me! O God! O Chrit! O fave a wretched inner! Alas! for me there is no hope.” Weak through los of blood and agony, Fitzurban fainted; when he recovered, he continued–“It is now more than ixteen years ince, to gratify my avarice, I caued your father to be eized as he was travelling, and conveyed to this catle. He fell in one of the dungeons of the north tower by the hands of an aain. I gained poeion of his domains by the vilet means. I robbed you of your birth-right, but I lot my peace; ince that hour I have been a tranger to happines. Supecting all, and hated by all, I have exited the mot mierable of wretches. Sleeping or waking, the pirit of your father has unceaingly been preent; has till frowned on me, and threatened me with vengeance for my crimes. O ave me from him! Now he miles on me with corn, and bids the fiend natch my trembling foul. O mercy! mercy!” Terror topped his utterance. In a few moments he was more calm, and proceeded “Two years ago, I firt aw your Edith, and intantly” “Where, where is my Edith?” cried Fitzalan impetuouly. “Ruffian, retore her to me.” “She is afe and potles,” anwered the dying Fitzurban “retrain awhile your jut indignation, and liten to me. From the time I aw your Edith, I felt a freh fire burning in my breat. I devied a thouand plans to get her into my poeion; and as ad as I had formed, rejected them. It was not till four days ago, that I formed the cheme which I put in practice; and which has righteouly ended in my detruction. I wrote the letter in the name of Sir Edmund, well knowing that you would fly to your friend. The reult you know. Your Edith was deluded in the ame mariner by a letter which I dipatched yeterday morning, and which was pretended to be written by your orders from