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and then returned to his post at the farm-
house. prs

The danger she had left behind made
Emily almost insensible to the loneliness
of her situation; and the joy she felt at
her escape scarcely left room for fear in her
heart. Day had hardly begun to break,
when she reached the house of an old
friend of her father’s, where she had in-
tended to pass the night. To him she con-
fided the nature of her journey, and told
of the narrow escape she had made. A has-
ty meal was provided for her, and, ere the
sun passed above the horizon, mounted on
a strong and fresh horse, she was sweeping
away on her journey. A letter from this
friend to a staunch whig, residing twenty
miles distant, procured her another horse.
More than two-thirds of the distance she
had. to go was safely passed over ere the
sun went down again, and she was riding
along, with some doubt as to where she
would rest for the night, when three men,
dressed’ in the British uniform, came sud-