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 eeming ubmiion, to forgive him the flogging that was his due; they only impoed upon him the tak of trundling a wheel-barrow for the benefit of the tate, till he hould think proper to lip off his irons.—But it has never been reported that he has made any ue of the kind permiion.

The Countes in the mean time arrived afe, and in good plight, at Carlbad. The firt thing he did, was to call in the phyician of the wells, in order to hold a conultation with him on the tate of her health, and to ettle the plan for taking the waters. It was not long before the once-renowned Dr. Springsfeld, who would not have exchanged the golden pring of Carlbad for Pion, the river of Paradie, tepped into the apartment: ‘Good doctor, your ervant, we are happy to ee you,’ exclaimed mama and both the mies, in voices of intimacy and friendhip. ‘You have out-gone us,’ continued the former; ‘we upected this to be the cae at my ‘Lord