CHAPTER LII continued).

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CHAPTER LII continued).

"I iuiu i jeen much deceived in Davis, then," said j^-. gjlberberg, when I had explained to| 1 j m yfaQ Harrison was, and what we suHpeci ed him o f. «• The word • lightning ' here,' 1 he ent on u probably refers to a very conspicuoC tree n^ jhe top of the hill there. Ithasbt^ struc fc w lightning And has lost all its brakes, Wa may as well have a look. I'll «h ow you the way/ Up the hill wo duaftere^ accordingly— all five of us. The lightning-blasted trunk w*s soon found— then c* e * hollow tree— and, ' .finally, the box. A € B^il japanned tin case — Mucklebody pidked it jji, arm feom a deep hole in the t ol^ of foe fo(# t Tthtn forced it open with a luge stone. Tbera Hay the Quaker's deeds, antf ffiere, too, lay the f3mau\ diary-looking Vdldttpe^or which th« mention of my name hi 'M^q g'ebrew notes b«d ,indu«ed me toh<m. f \% gWtfpe at the, inside told me what iVwH,in\4^t3r r Showing all present that its contents %«se'6T no consequence to anybody bnt jajmseli, I took, possession of' jt. ' Shuter TOflK tyftge of the deeds, and, having thanked 101 Sibß^erg for his assistance, we Bade itti'-iiMßtoeli; j an d -fceturned'to the cutter. ' ,'V" "' '"V '■ ' i \ " A suppose we micht 'jopsf afe vre&l^Veigh jpa^k' sail', at once,^hai»e^Jaidi?!v s«W 74he Scotchman. •' The win'l no' joost\bs a wad like it, but'ftjtsjippose weTl hae nae peaSfle* *wi ye till ye get'back tae yeA faither-in-lawV tthat is tae be, wi that wheen Wirchments."

Rail ,was made on the Maggie Lander accordingly, and, as we ran up the coast again, I sat down to read the manuscript of the terrible and incomprehensible woman who had baffled and puzzled me so long.