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did not know any thing about her father
as favouring the whig cause; but, even if
she did, a suspicion of the errand upon
which she was going was not likely to
eross either her own mind or that of her
husband.

“ Not John Geiger’s daughter!” exclaimed
the woman.

Emily forced an indifferent smile and re-
plied—

“Yes.”

“Tye heard of him often enough as a
bitter enemy to the royalists. Is it possible
you have ridden all the way from home to-
day ?” |

Before Emily replied, the husband of the
woman came in.

“Would you think it,” said the latter,
“this is John’s Geiger’s daughter, of whom
we have so often heard.”

“Indeed! Well, if she were the daugh-
ter of my bitterest enemy, she should have
food and shelter to-night. No wonder your
horse is tired,” he added, addressing Emily,

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