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 this weeping drama he acted his part o artfully, that the fair tranger found ome alleviation of her orrows in his kind participation, abolved the ympathiing philanthropit from all upicion of the robbery, and in her heart begged pardon for the injury her thoughts had done him. She wihed only to find out ome means of conveying to her pious hot the occaion of her orrow, as he eemed not preciely able to gues what it was for which he wept.

The firt night paed very mournfully; but the roy finger of the dawn has ever been endowed with the power of drying up the tears of the afflicted. At un-rie Friedbert was careful to perform his morning devotions; a circumtance which gave his fair guet great atisfaction. She uffered herelf to be peruaded to tate of the breakfat proviions; and afterwards went out to the ide of the pool, to make another earch for her lot veil, for he now imagined ome wanton zephyr had played Rh