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 way to ecape their fury, imagining they were on the point of being devoured by them.

Croing themelves, they betook them to their prayers, wondering how in o perilous a ituation they could have neglected ere then to pray for aitance from whom alone they could hope to receive it.

The building hook to its foundation; the may gate was heard flapping to and fro; the beats howled; the iron armour fell with a horrid noie; the raven flapped his heavy wing, and his creams echoed through the wide hall. Suddenly all was till; nor light, nor found met their eyes or ear. They litened, but in vain; at length Edmund broke the fearful ilence, by propoing, as nought appeared to oppoe their progres, they hould quit the frightful abode they were in.

But though the king agreed to the propoition, it was not in their power to put it in practice; for the doors, which ditinctly had been heard to open, were now hut.

A kind of tupor invaded every ene, and they unk on the pavement, inenible to the horrors of the place, and wrapt in leep which reembled that of death.

When they awoke (after having remained ome time in the utmot inenibility) they found themelves afe in the court of Scotland.



ON the borders of Scotland, in an obcure glen, urrounded by a deep and almot impaable moat, formerly tood the cattle of the baron Raymond; once the favourite reidence of that noble family. The exiting baron had retired from this eat of his progenitors, about