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 countercarp of the ventricles of the heart; whatever had life within the coach, from the right honourable lady to the lady’s maid, lay in a deep woon. The horeman, however, was at no los what to do in the cae; he fetched his hat full of water from the rivulet that ran murmuring along, prinkled the faces of the departed ladies, held a melling-bottle to their notrils, rubbed a little of the volatile pirit on their temples, and by thee means brought them once more to life. They opened their eyes one after another, and beheld at the coach-door a well-made man, of perfectly unupicious appearance, whoe ervices oon gained their confidence. ‘I am very orry, ladies,’ aid he, addreing them very politely, ‘that you hould have uffered uch an inult within my juridiction, from a racal in diguie, who no doubt intended to rob you; but you are now perfectly afe: I am Lord Giantdale; allow me to attend you to my houe, which is but a little Rh