A jyeriloiis Adventure. 



lip to my bedside with a dark lantern in liis 

 hand, ^Yhich he opened, and placed the light 

 close to my face, in order to see whether I was 

 awake or asleep. I succeeded in deceiving 

 him, and he quietly took my watch, purse, and 

 pocket-book from imder my pillow; and, after 

 looking over other things in the room, he was 

 retiring, hoping to unfasten the door : when 

 doing this, I sprang suddenly out of bed and 

 on to the man's back, with my arms and hands 

 so firmly fast round him that, although he 

 knocked my head against the posts and wall, 

 and then ran down stairs with me on his back, 

 and carried me out into the street — by which 

 time my calls for help were heard, and the 

 rascal was secured — it required the strength 

 of three men to unlock my arms from the 

 man's neck. This, then, is the cause of my 

 having entirely lost my nerve ; but I saved 

 my money and my watch, &c., and my life." 



But with all their efforts, the young sports- 

 men, we believe, never killed a hare; and 



