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insult us, or even try to rescue them. I said I was 

 not afraid of this, for the only time I had been spoken 

 to was one day when I was taking back three girls, 

 and as I passed a very low-looking woman said 

 1 God bless ye.' . . . 



Here is another extract : 



" Tuesday, March i$th. I received, to my dismay, 

 a note from Mr. Scott, whom I was expecting in 

 Bristol, stating his desire for my immediate presence, 

 as he was obliged then to leave Kingswood, and most 

 of the children were at that moment divided among 

 the neighbours, confined with their hands tied, in their 

 respective cellars. I hastened over. Regan (one of 

 the boys) afterwards told Mr. A. that he was watch- 

 ing in his cellar for the sound of my fly, as he was 

 sure I should come. Kingswood School was nearly 

 deserted ; it was long before I could find any official, 

 as they were all visiting the various culprits. 



" It appeared that at prayers that morning Rowan 

 and another were behaving in a very improper 

 manner, and were taken out of the room. They were 

 soon seen through the windows dancing defiantly 

 about. The infection rapidly spread. The other 

 children rushed out, and the greater part, both of 

 boys and girls, ran into the field beyond the bounds, 

 where they danced about in perfect defiance. Nothing 

 was to be done but to seize them one by one, tic thc-ir 

 hands, and even their feet, and carry them to the 

 houses of the neighbours, who all gave their ready 

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