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New-England Tale; Or Sketches of New-England Character and Manners
NewEngland Tale Or Sketches of NewEngland Character and Manners Author:Catharine Maria Sedgwick Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1822. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. Ohj wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us! It wad fiae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion What airs in dress an' g... more »ait wad lea'e us, And e'en devotion! A Few days after Erskine's departure, Mrs. Harvey entered Jane's room hastily,--" Our village," she exclaimed, " is the most extraordinary place in the world; wonders cease to be wonderful among us." "What has happened now?" inquired Jane, u I know not from your face whether to expect good or evil." "Oh evil, my dear, evil enough to grieve and frighten you. Your wretched cousin David Wilson has got himself into a scrape at last, from which all the arts of all his familycannot extricate him. You know," she continued, " that we saw an account in the New-York paper of last week, of a robbery committed on the mail-stage : the robbers have been detected and taken, and Wilson, who it seems had assumed a feigned name, is among them." "And the punishment is death!" said Jane, in a tone of sorrow and alarm. "Yes; so Mr. Lloyd says, hy the laws of the United States, against which he has offended. Mr. Lloyd has been here, to request that you, dear Jane, will go to your aunt, and say to her that he is ready to render her any services in his power. You know he is acquainted in Philadelphia, where David is imprisoned, and he may be of essential use to him." "My poor aunt, and Elvira! what misery is this for them!" said Jane, instinctively transfusing her own feelings into their bosoms. "For your aunt it may be," replied Mrs. Harvey, "for I think nothing can quite root out the mother; but as for Elvira, I believe she is too much absorbed in her own affairs to think of David's body or soul." "I will go immediately to my aunt; but what has happened to Elvira?" "Why Elvira, it seems, during her visit to...« less