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16 and had undoubtedly given himself up for lost: but he now began to discover that he had done a meritorious and manful action, and for the first time, since he had fired the fatal shot, ventured to speak, “Faith it was lucky that I shot then," said Edward; but neither of his companions answered either good or bad. Alice, though rather grown desperate, behaved and assisted at this bloody affair, better than might have been expect- ed. Edward surveyed the pistols all round, two of which were of curious workmanship. “ But what do you think he was going to do with all these?” said Edward. I think you need not ask that," answered Richard. Faith it was a mercy that I shot after all," said Edward, for if we had loosed him out, we would have been all dead in a minute. I have given him a devil of a broadside, though. But look ye, Richard, Providence has directed me to the right spot, for I might as readily have lodged the con- tents of Copenhagen in one of these empty boxes." " It has been a deep laid scheme, said Richard, “to murder us, and rob our master's house; there must certainly be more concerned in it than these two.' Ideas beget ideas, often quite different, and then others again in unspeakable grada- tion, which run through and shift in the mind with as much velocity as the streamers