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44 to collect respecting this atrocious business."

" of Hazlewood, Bart. Hazlewood-House, &c. &c." This card he dispatched by a servant on horseback, and, having given the man some time to get a·head, and desired him to ride fast, he ordered two officers of justice to get into the carriage with Bertram, and he himself, mounting his horse, accompanied them at a slow pace to the point where the roads to Kippletringan and Hazlewood-house separated, and there awaited the return of his messenger, in order that his farther route might be determined by the answer he should receive from the Baronet. In about half an hour his servant returned with the following answer, handsomely folded, and sealed with the Hazlewood arms, and having the