"Well, well! one could not refuse so many fair beseechers, so we
will order him to be reprieved. And there, now, let the poor woman be
removed."

Ellen's heart was light, and her eye was glad, and her very inmost soul
was thankful to the Omnipotent, as she that night rested for a. few
hours, ere she set out on her return; and Lady ------, as she pressed
her costly pillow, felt a fuller sense of happiness in being useful to
her fellow-creature than ever she experienced before. Oh! that all the
wealthy and in power were incited by similar feelings. The remainder
of our simple tale is soon told. The reprieve arrived--the sentence was
changed to banishment--and the very day appointed for Owen's death
was that of his wife's successful return. One week previous to the
embarkation of those sentenced to transportation, a man was to be
executed for sheep-stealing. On the drop he confessed his guilt, and
that he, and not Duncan, was the murderer of Daly. Owen was immediately
released, and a subscription raised for him, with which, as well as with
a weighty purse presented to Ellen by Lady ------, he took a comfortable
farm, and rebought "Black Bess."






THE PROCTORS DAUGHTER

"Huroo! at id agin. Success, Briney. Ha! take that, you ould dust.
Will you bewitch our cattle now, Nanny? Whoo--ha, ha, ha!--at id agin,