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    Jea ^ t ) was an Englishman qf about the age pf the miserable yow ^ h b ^ re spolferi of ; Jie wfw alsq pf fair complexion , with glpssy Jjajr and singularly quiet expression of countenance . J § aw hjm going to suffer 4 e ^ th f it Ejarnadoes for ojie of the piost cruel aud

    qolfi-blopqed paurde ^ g on repq ? d . i \ p preserved nig } cpjnposure , calm indifference , qr \ $ qwet £ ontei } tedness of manner , as lje walked from the prison between two men—no other guarddown the careenage , a distance of alaout half q . mile : escape an

    seemed anything but diijjcult . Under t ^ p gallqws was emp ty flpuf-b ^ rrp l , { he he ^ d Qf which h ^ 4 been knopjted put , and a single piece of the same heading laid across t { ip mouth as a footboard for him tq st ^ nd ppon : such wa $ tli e sca $ hJ 4 ! If e eye d these preparations carefully , locking up at the beam and then « tt the parrel , which he perceived was not directly under the beam ,

    and with his foot he adjusted if property ! Ve ; t was there in his loo ^ action , manner , nothing that glimpsed forth a sign of the braggadopja ,. I could npt remain an ipstant longer . Pardon this digression , reader , and return with ixie tq tlie court-house at S—— .

    Afnong the prisoners there was one wlip seemed to be utterly careless of tlie others , or of his pwn position , and heedless of the proceedings . Occasionally he lifted up \ x \ s head to look about niip , uncanceriiediy , b ^ t was pcc up ie ^ l chiefly in the amusement of chopping at the rail or bar of the inclosure with bis finger , just as one h ^ c ^ s at a hoard with a knife , idly an 4 vacantly , or a $ if for the pleasure of marking it with notches Placed as I was ,

    I could npt phtain full sight pf his face , npr , indeed , was I curious on the subject ; the oth ? r * , tk ^ e Englishman especially , had so fixed my attention : but in one of those ^ noxnenis of his looking up , and on the spectators , he tu ^ n ^ d his face round to my direction , and fixing nis glance on me , gave a familiar nod apd smile pf recognition : it shot through uie lil ^ a a tyiUeti I became hot , cold , cl ^ mrny , dizzy , and sick : my breathing was snapped . I fek as I were str ^ pgUng ; and I s avf an $ feH nothing more , till I awoke from a stupor , and foun ^ l myself supported in t ^ ie arms of jt

    a gentleman who > vas sitting on the steps of the p ^ us entvance : my cruvat wa ^ off , my w ^ ist ^ o ^ t and shirt thrown open , and a glass q $ Wftter was held to my lip $ . It wa $ ^ ul ga ^ who had gUn ^ ed and w > d , 4 ed at nve !—it we ^ Fulga *—tWre arraigned a 3 a p \ r ^ tf I \> ut I did not— J could not ret \ uriv AU were convict ^ death aj | # tfye ^ .

    and ^ ente ^ ce of w pasec ^ on My f a inting was ascribed tp the b ^ a , ! an , 4 p , re ^ ewe ; a ^ d ^ p po one did I ever b ^ ^ th ^ ^ syllable ou tl ^ e sublet , till upv ^ da of $ qyqj \ ytws baa trM ^ pjyedi- ^ -foui : yea , ^ frpj ^ §\ q da , ^ o ? tl * e fo ^ low ipg ^> vent . It wa ^ s gu a nmg ^ cent < to ^ y , witl ^ neithcor win d uor

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1834, page 794, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2639/page/48/