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VOL. XII--No. Cos


rage customs of the Franks. ana will show
YOU the damsel herself before YOU decide
He then drew off a curtain from door.
and the ma lden, who had been sitting
within, rose NJ ,imdly. let the covering
fall from off her head. and with low
bending of the body. and hands crossed,
stood trembling before me. She was beau.
tiful, even to European eyes, but saw
that she was dying. stopped TO kiss the
hem Of her garment Grcw the curtain be-
fore her, and led the old man away. Ilav.
| ing made MIN sit beside mo. told him viii,
many thanks that | could not accept his
bounteous Offer. lie looked at me with
| fixed eyes for n tul minute, then his coun-
tcnance assumed an expression of deadly
( fury. and, enchanting, Slave. you shall
repent this DsOlence,' he thrice violently
clappcd his hands Immediately six or
seven armed men entered TO whom he
called to selze me. had time to draw my
sword and, enraged at his violence, while
they rushed Upon me | made blow at him;
but his daughter, who had rushed in for
the purpose. | fear of saving me, threw
herself between us and received the blade
Of the scymi,ar on her neck. She shrlcked,
fell, and must doubtless, have died upOn
the spot: but could not stay to learn her
fate, for several swords were lifted against
me. In the confusion ! fired pistol
among my ASSISTANTS, dashed a lamp against
some muslin hangings near me, which set
them in blaze. sprang into the closet
where the girl had been, and forced my
way through the women's apartments into
the street. left the town the next morn.
, inn nd rot,, al , I tn
, this hour, explain by what means the der
wish had predicted my arrival, aud its dis
: astrous Consequences
> CHAPTER XIV.
: To such tales as these, while they sat
round the fire after dinner, and The drench-
D ing rain still fell, the Wilson's lent an ad-
j mring attention. The father told in re-
b, turn, some English wonders Of ghosts and
t and omeus, without, apparently, giving
T them much credit and he afterwards said,
. No doubt there is plenty of fortune telling
J, and all such nonsense, gong on in the
n neishbourhood. as there Is gang Of gip
o sizes encamped at no great distance This
awakened the curiosity OF Hastings; for
# he had seen bodies Of that dispersed race
d in almost every country between India anL
e England, and could speal, something Of
e their peculiar language. He enqnired par
b ticularly where they were to be found; and
y as soon as the rain abated, he sent mes
IN sage to Bcechurst to say he should proba-
Or bly, be absent some hours, and then set out
,. in search of the tents Of the wanderers.
n. He left the little family foil OF interest in
L. so wonderful man. Poor Aun, in whom,
hr every emotion dubbed at once 10 the sur
ch face, spoke twice or thrice to James, as il
p she had felt more admiration for iastng-
s, than he was pleased wlth--hls ANNOYANCE
Sc was much increased by anger at himself
or for having any such feelings from so alb
e. surd a cause. The family. however. al
as parted for the night, apparently great
to friends. But James, when alone, in-teac
h. of going TO bed sat and thought over hi
IN visit to London, and incurred his own iGno
re rance and perpleXiiy a. TO every thing b"
~ yond the small circle Of his daily tc. II
IS. addition to this discomfort, he could no
re free himself from the image of IIa<ljng-
Is. dressed in his clothes, and talking Of s.
OF many wondrous things that he had ncvc
- before heard Of, with a composure am
| liveliness 10 him so perfectly astonishing
n How large and various. he thought. is tn
We world, and what a british stupidity is i
u to describe to Ann, that she does no
We already know as well as II impatient an
OF unhappy, he began to undress himself
ID, But when the clock struck twelve. tn,
- whole of his story as Arthur Edmonslon'
ed and Sir Charles Iiarcourt b'ozed 2ut upor
nd him. and he felt tor and found the Onv,
IRE Ring tied to a ribbon round his neck H.
is, cut the string and put the ring upon hi
ids finger. The lawyer, the baronet, and III,
'as farmer. were three distinct figures that nov
ION came before him as his own, though h
in knew hat the original form of his bein
SIT was that of Arthur. Each of these he ha
ter tried, and with each Of them been dlssatis
md fed. Neither OF the changes which h
cry had experienced had supplied that whjc
an was wanting in his original existence an
zen each had distressed him by its own hind
n RANGES and pains. 1t seemed that no,hln
ed, wonld really supply his cravings but tn
ash nGbroken freshness and vigour of tcmpeu
hes ment, the keen and cheerful courage. of
We man like Hastings, finding pleasure where,
ow er there is room COR adventure, and strIkiu
for out adventure where others would dlscov,
the only dull routine. The figure, TOO. of II
eat man dressed IN the farmers clothes, vet
eed experience ard versatility so much h
lay superior, and awakening so strongly II
er, alternate laughter and amazement of POI
ny, Ann, haunted him invlnclbly, and. ra,s,r
my the ring to his mouth. he pronounced II
ave name of Hastings The truo James wi
be restored to his native position, unconsco
But of an interruption in his ie; and the 20
for SCISSOR Of the ring found himself, IN II
pom character of Hastings, a visitor of Il
ing gypsy camp.
ms, To be Continued
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of We are informed upon the host au,hori