1 12 extraordinary adventure. Julj 24. 



ved of all hopes of her widowhood . but recollecting that 

 in her youth, (he had been for some time in a lethargy, 

 his hopes revived, and hurried him to the place of her 

 burial, where a good bribe procured him the sexton's per- 

 mifsion to dig her up, which he performed, and removed 

 her to a place of safety, where, by proper methods, he 

 revived the almost extinguifhed spark of life. Great was 

 her surprise at finding the state (he had been in ; and 

 probably as great was her pleasure, at the means by which 

 Ihe had been recalled from the grave. As soon as Ihe 

 ■was sufficiently recovered, the lover laid his claim j and 

 his reasons, supported by a powerful inclination on her 

 side, were too strong for her to resist j but as France 

 was no longer a place of safety for them, they agreed to 

 remove to England, where they continued ten years, 

 when a strong inclination of revisiting their native coun- 

 try seized them, which they thought they might safely 

 gratify ; and accordingly performed their voyage. 



The lady was so unfortunate as to be known by her old 

 hufband, whom fhe met in a public walk, and all her en- 

 deavours to disguise herself were ineffectual : he laid his 

 claim to her, before a court of justice, and the lover de- 

 fended his right, alleging the hufband, by burying her, 

 had forfeited his title, and that he had acquired a just 

 one, by freeing her from the grave, and delivering her 

 from the jaws of death- These reasons, whatever weight 

 they might have in a court where love presided, seemed 

 to have little effect on the grave sages of the law : and 

 the lady, with her lover, not thinking it safe to wait the 

 determination of the court, prudently retired a second 

 time out of the kingdom. 



Acknoiukdgements to several correspondents deferred for ivant of 

 room. 



