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formed an hour or two after Ker departure
of what she had done. Of his anxiety dur-
ing her absence we need not speak; nor
of the love and pride that almost stifled
him as he clasped her to his’ heart on her
return. |

Of the subsequent history of Emily Gei-
ger we know little or nothing. She was
married to a South Carolina planter, some
years after the British troops were expelled
from the country she loved with so heroic
an affection, and more than a quarter of
a century has elapsed since she went down
in peace to the grave. Doubtless, her
memory is green in the hearts of her de-
scendants, if any survive; and green will
it be, for ages, we trust, in the hearts of all
who know what it is to feel the emotions
of genuine patriotism.