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 Glanville, unheathing his word, and preing it to his lips, aid,–“And this I wear to do, or may I never receive my birth-right! May ceaeles poverty be my lot!–digrace and infamy my portion!”

Eager to purue the advice which he had received, he hatened from the cattle, and ought the hepherd’s hovel, where the leeples Jolet impatiently waited his return.

The footteps of Glanville, as he approached the hovel, were heard by the watchful Jolet, who immediately opened the door, and in a whiper aked if he was well. Glanville anwered his paternal inquiry, and informed him of the neceity of his immediately joining the Englih forces. Jolet requeted to accompany him; but Glanville, who knew the importance of his evidence in the momentous buines which now occupied his at tention, would not permit him to attend him to a place where, it was more than probable, he might loe the benefit of his allegations. He trictly enjoined him to re-enter the cottage, and wait till the labours of the day called its inhabitants from their pillows, that he might thank them for the helter they had afforded him; and then to return home, keeping himelf, as much as poible, from the notice of the baron and his family, if they were not et out to join the arms of David; and, above all, to conceal the route, he had taken, that he had een him, or was privy to the fate that had be fallen him.

Jolet promied to obey his injunctions, and was going to quetion him on the occurrences of the night, and his adventure at the cattle; when Glanville checked his curioity; and telling him that a hort time would unfold all he wihed to be informed of, took an affectionate leave of the honet peaant, and et out in puruit of the Britih camp.

A vatietyvariety [sic] of thought preented itelf to the agitated mind of the young oldier, as he purued his uncertain way. The un had jut rien above the horizon as he entered a mall village, the inhabitants of which were in the greatet consternation, from the near