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by the colour of the writing, also by the pewter inkstand found 

 recently used, she had penned it only on the night of her 

 death, and had probably been attaching it to the canvas bag 

 just previous to her accident. After locking the drawer, per- 

 haps her old head had swum giddily, and, catching at the kev 

 to save herself, it had parted from the lock, and accelerated 

 her fall. 



It was with no small degree of satisfaction that we took 

 possession of this treasure trove, for the benefit of our young 

 friend, only awaiting a seasonable hour for imparting to him 

 the recovery of his grandfather's little bequest, with the 

 unlooked-for addition of a rich legae\ . It may here be 

 noticed, that the tardy justice of Dame Uuggins to "Tomb- 

 stone Tim' involved no known wrong to any of her kith and 

 kindred, of whom (if existing) nothing was ever heard, or 

 likely to have been discovered. 



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1 1 was some time before we learnt from Tim the mysterious 

 means by which he had been spirited away from the church- 

 \ard to the spot below, where he had been rescued from a 

 watery grave. He had never himself adverted to the subject, 

 and we had feared to agitate his weakened mind and weaker 

 frame by any questions regarding those illusive impressions 

 perhaps terrors in which we believed the realities of St. 

 John's night to ha\e had their source. A little incident 

 therewith connected led at last to the satisfaction of our 

 curiosity 



