from that horrid place."

We stated to the landlord that the horses were to be sent back, and that
the man who took them would be paid for his trouble; and then it occurred
to me, that it would be a good opportunity of writing to Melchior,
_alias_ Sir Henry. I do not know why, but certainly my animosity against
him had subsided, and I did not think of taking legal measures against
him. I thought it, however, right to frighten him. I wrote, therefore,
as follows:--

SIR HENRY,--I send you back your horses with thanks, as they have
enabled Timothy and me to escape from your clutches. Your
reputation and your life now are in my power, and I will have
ample revenge. The fact of your intending murder, will be fully
proved by my friend Timothy, who was employed by you in disguise,
and accompanied your gipsy. You cannot escape the sentence of the
law. Prepare yourself, then, for the worst, as it is not my
intention that you shall escape the disgraceful punishment due to
your crimes.

Yours, JAPHET NEWLAND.

Having sealed this, and given it to the lad who was to return with the
horses, we finished our breakfast, and took a post-chaise on for Dublin,
where we arrived late in the evening. During our journey I requested
Timothy to narrate what had passed, and by what fortunate chance he had
been able to come so opportunely to my rescue.

"If you recollect, Japhet," replied Timothy, "you had received one or
two letters from me, relative to the movements of the gipsy, and stating
his intention to carry off the little girl from the boarding-school. My
last letter, in which I had informed you that he had succeeded in gaining
an entrance into the ladies' school at Brentford, could not have reached
you, as I found by your note that you had set off the same evening. The
gipsy, whom I only knew by the name of _Will_, inquired of me the name
by which the little girl was known, and my answer was, Smith; as I took
it for granted that, in a large seminary, there must be one, if not more,
of that name. Acting upon this, he made inquiries of the maid-servant to
whom he paid his addresses, and made very handsome presents, if there was
a Miss Smith in the school; she replied, that there were two, one a young
lady of sixteen, and the other about twelve years old. Of course the one
selected was the younger. Will had seen me in my livery, and his plan was
to obtain a similar one, hire a chariot,