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 the garden; we were obliged to cut our way with our hangers, through the underwood and the entangled weeds, and soon came to the court-yard: Tears of joy sparkled in our eyes, rays of unspeakable rapture beamed through our hearts, and we praised God for our unexpected deliverance from the grisly jaws of a lingering death."

"The dreary desolated court-yard appeared to us a paradise, the dazzling splendor of the bright morning sun, and the pure air which we now inhaled, filled our hearts with the strongest sensations of bliss. We congratulated each other on our resurrection from the dreary abode of mortality, where we were doomed to be entombed alive, and shook each other by the hand half frantic with joy.

"We went now to the hall in search of the Lieutenant's servant; the table and every thing was in the same condition we had left them, but John was not there. We went through the whole gloomy fabric shouting