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husband was a blind clergyman intending to fulfil 

 an engagement to preach, and that she had driven 

 him, as was her habit. He said nothing. It was 

 a rule of our system to follow Hoyle's instruc- 

 tions, and " when in doubt to take the trick " : 

 this pair were remanded to the guard-house. 



As they turned away, the reverend gentleman 

 said, in a feeble voice, that if he could see me 

 alone later in the evening, when he had recov- 

 ered from the shock of his capture, I might be 

 willing to talk with him. In the evening the 

 Hun repaired to the dismantled warehouse where 

 the prisoners were lodged, to hold conversation 

 with the new-comers. When he came to the 

 clergyman he found him so low spoken that 

 their talk fell almost to a whisper, but it was 

 whispered that he was to be taken alone, and 

 subsequent disclosures led to his being brought 

 to headquarters. He there informed me that he 

 was a minister of the Methodist church, Cana- 

 dian by birth and education, but married to a 

 lady of that region, and had been for some years 

 engaged there in his capacity as a circuit preach- 



