HER ATTACHMENT* 



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reroived from them was immediately conveyed 

 to the unworthy ohject of licr devoted attach- 

 ment. Although many knew she was privy to 

 hh tmmtAmmtj yet it -mm imad impossible to 

 dude h«r tigikuiee; by folloidBf h&t^ KAd l3m» dk» 

 cover his retreat : — she evaded idl ap^^BWiptSj and 

 seemed ever watchful for his safety, prolml>l3^ 

 knowing the fate that awaited him, if taken. 

 Neither pmimBes of rewards— enough to excite 

 tlie; eitf^dity of iodividual^ but onisia wbom n 

 higlier feeliti^i» paramount — nor threats could 

 induce lier even to acknowledge she was ac- 

 quainted with his place of concealment, mueh 

 more hetray it. Nay, it has occurred more than 

 once, ifhtm Ihere was a fear of discovery, that 

 she has given volunt ny infopmadon to the police 

 of having seen him tliirty or fifty miles distant, 

 when, in fact, his ])lacc of concealment was 

 in the immediate neighbourhood. The brute, 



tMa female, but would fm^amAj beat and ill-- 



use her. 



Whilst she administered to him tlie refreshinor 

 cup of kindness, he bestowed on her misery in 

 retoxii. He 1^ in otk^ initai^e ^vem way to 

 Ida iks^uiial btmllsb diiapoidtion> by ilMf^d^ 



the being wllO had done so mueh fc:p Mm, 

 — wlien he was on tlie \vv*xo of diseoverv, in- 

 deed had Jiiuiself given up all hopes of escape* 



