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 was the sign of my Inn, more frequently than ever, and his prying eye soon detected the source of my liberal gifts."

"A very rigorous law against game-stealing had been renewed not long before, and Robert was indefatigable to find an opportunity of getting rid of his rival. He succeeded but too soon; I was caught in the very act of shooting a deer, and condemned to be sent to the house of correction: It cost me all my little remaining fortune to buy off that punishment. Robert had gained his aim, and Jenny's heart was lost to me."

"Glowing resentment rankled in my breast and I was determined to be revenged as soon as a proper opportunity should offer. Poverty and want, hunger and despair, tempted me once more to have recourse to game-stealing, and Robert's watchfulness surprised me a second time. Being reduced to the lowest degree of poverty,