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 more than one of the company. "Six days he hath not spoken nor broken bread, and now his tongue is unloosed!—We receive the command; as he hath said so will we do."

Astonished, disgusted, and horror-struck, at what he had seen and heard, Morton turned away from the circle and left the cottage. He was followed by Burley who had his eye on his motions.

"Whither are ye going," said the latter, taking him by the arm.

"Any where; I care not whither; but here I will abide no longer."

"Art thou so soon weary, young man?" answered Burley. "Thy hand is but now put to the plough, and wouldst thou already abandon it? Is this thy adherence to the cause of thy father?"

"No cause," replied Morton, indignantly—"no cause can prosper so conducted—One party declares for the ravings of a blood-thirsty madman; another leader is