Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-30
VOLUME I.---No. ID.

had taken in regard to the mother country
Many an inquiry was insinuated about their
unexpected visit to Philadelphia during these
troublous times but Fanny, who was the
principal spokesman, gave no satisfactory
answer, and in fact she appeared to take no
notice of the insinuation. The conversation
continued and the night waned OIL until the
travellers weary and dispirited retired to their
respective lodgings. Fanny's room fronted
on the street and before she retired she raised
her window and took view of the premises
below. The night was not so dark but objects
could be distinctly seen and the blood ran
cold in her veins as she saw the Guard march
ing to and fro before the door. She felt her
self a prisoner, although she knew that if the
American soldiers knew who she really was
there would be no danger of her safety
Just as she was about retiring to bed voice,
from below, struck her ear. 1t seemed like
the voice Of a man talking 70 himself Fanny
listened she could now and then catch a
word or two but they were indistinct and so
disconnected that she could not comprehend
their meaning She nlaced her ear to a cracl,
in tba aoor and listened attentivelv for few
seconds. She placed her hand on her brow as
II to recall her bewldcred senses and then lis
tened ;ntentlv st1l the voice below contin-
lled. Fanny placed her ear to crevioe in the
aoor and loord v,;ce dist;nctlv saw.
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one on whom she had bestowed her affections
and for whom she was now willing to run any
risk to do A service. With the intention Of
doing something that might have tendency
to liberate Joshua. she placed her mouth to
the crevice M which she had been listening.
and whisnered the single word-ssJoshua.' ),
The prisoner started with surprise-he
gazed around his room as if an appariticn
was present ; he grasped his brow in both
hands and seemed as if le was attempting to
recall his senses so as to distinguish between
the reality of what he had heard and the ra-
wings of his own mind. Again the voice was
audibly heard to pronounce
" Joshua, is that thee ~
His senses were no longer bewildered the
voice was that of his own Fanny. His atten-
ton was directed towards the ceiling and
through small creyice in il he could distinct
" see a small light resembling a star
Was this the star Of Ills dcliverafce? Was
this the spirit Of his Fanny in the guise of a
star that had come to watch over him during
tbe last nipbt of his existence.
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