, 1841-12-18

Y sunk to the earth. but now his natural ex-
clamation was, Good Heavens! are you not
dead yetf
No. replied the voice, nor even hurt, ex.
cept by remaining so many hours here
The rope dues not press upon my neck at oil.
and .on chow l am hanging by my legs and
my arms.
i Stay. stay. cried the shepherd eagerly. I
will get - ladder and take you down; hot do
pot SPEAK 10 any one eI,e, for fear they should
hang you again.
Thus saving. the old shepherd ran faster
than he had ran for thirty years, to q detach-
ed harm and brick, ard at a short disianre, ia
which we're lying several matching ladders.
Taking The Iaipest of these. he was speedily
st The foot of the eibhe,. and had soon placed
the feet of poor Frederick Prevot firm upon
one of the rounds Of the ladder. II VS.
now very evident how he had escaped death.
The hangman. both inexperienced and half
drunk. had twisted the rope round the
chains in such a manner that the moose new.
er slipped nj nll, and the lateness Of the hour
al which the sentence was executed, preveu-
ted the mistake from being perceived by 9TH
ers. The very s~uddenness OF The spring which.
Frederick had given. had entangled the cord
more strongly than ever in the chains. and az
the last sirrne e~xertion which he made had ex.
hausiad. for the time all his remaining cor.
p"rral powers, he fain'ed before he himself
perceived that The anticipated death was war
ded off for the moment.
The shepherd went s~kilfully. though eau.
iiouslv, to work to set him free. He first
cut the cord that ~pinioned his hand and hav.
ING thus enabled him TO grasp tie ladder firm
IL, he cut the moose from round his neck,
and hnsiened To descend, leaving room for
Frederick TO follow. The poor Young man,
however. was so feeble. aud so stiff, that il
was with the greatest difficulty he crept-
down n. and even ifen could not support him.
sell upon lis feet. though the Door shepherd
was in great agitation and terror lest any
one should come up. az the sun WAS now full
Is risen. For Frederick to reach his cottage.
quickly. was Gui'e out Of the questions; and
rs the hes, thing he could d. for him, the oldt
man supported him tn II little hollow on the
moor. filled with tall heath. and hid from any
freqnentrd path. There he made him,
lie down. rovered him over as well as he.
rnnld. and FASTENED home to get some hot.
milk and other rPSioratIves, such as he thought
hest calculated to give him strength t" conn.,
J1etp his escape. HIS efforts were fully sue
r~es,fnl; Frederick recovered sufficiently TO,
reach the old mans col, age as soon rs II was
d. rk, and under cover of the subsequent
night. he made his way towards the dwelling
her who was now weeping him as dead,
and list to her for ever. The disappearance
Of the todv from the gallows excited sone
conversation. lut small surprise. Many peo-
pie SAID that the corpse had gone to the ana
fomiS,s. and the chains 10 the old iron shop;
others. again, declared that the friends Of the
had carried off the body to bury
but no me entertain ed a suspicion Of
The truth. In the meanwhile. the shepherd
some reasonable excuse, gave his
flock in . the charge of n neiehhov for the
lime, AMI accompanied Frederick to tho
mousse "f Mary Gore.
The old man undertook the task Of freak
the news tn her. and delicate, inder... was
hat task: frr. Mt the hest. the ,id'ncs had well
killed her with inv. The door Of the
neat small house; which she had inhabited,
,lnne. since her mo,her's de1,h-abrut two
wears hefore-was soon open tor Frederick
and their meeting was one on which
will not de- 10 dwell. He found her in
The dress of a widow; and though he would
have fingered. and would almost nave
anv thing rather than leave her again,
vel Marv's only nnvi"tv was TO get him be.
The shores Of England as speedily a..
possible.
She promised to follow him Immediately,
he would 90 to the West Indies. and there
10 unite her fate to his. Though his proper.
" was. at course. lost for ever. vet hers wa
ample. according 10 Ill the calculations oflnve,
and she proposed 20 sell evcrv thing in Eng.
land Immediately, and 10 purchase property
the jurisdiction Of the English law.
The sum required to enable Frederick him.
self to proreei on his way was soon provi-
ded; and rs there were no careful Bow.
street officers watching the ports anxiously
for a man who was supposed to he dea6,
Frederick Prevot was suffered to sail quietly
AWAY in n West Indian trader, and arrived
safely AT jamaica, after the ordinary. time
occupied by the passage in those days. The
and several Of the passengers, in
deed, had remarked nhout him a certain de-
gree Of anxiety and reserve. which the cap
tain who was n good .humored soul. had s,ri-
ven TO overcome bv various little acts of
When The vessel arrived. the cap
tain took him IN shore in his own boat. with