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 knowing we were to be separated the next day, and there being no one of our party in whom I had so much confidence as my friend; indeed, I felt convinced, that if the night passed without success, I should he doomed to wander alone through dark and desolate tracts, in dreary woods, hunted by all, for I was resolutely bent upon liberty. Parole had, hitherto, tended to reconcile me to captivity, but being now deprived of that honourable confidence, and feeling my pride wounded, at the oppressive act of punishing the innocent for the guilty, no obstacle could avert my intention of finally executing, what I now felt a duty; and it was cheering to find, that in these feelings, my friend most cordially participated. His intense anxiety in watching, his firm and resolute demeanour, together with his readiness in finding a remedy for every new obstacle as it arose, not only excited in each, new vigour, but evinced the ardour with which he would have rushed into every danger, if it afforded but a hope of success. Having arranged our plans; in order to avoid whispering, it was