ve."

"And where, where is my preserver?" asked Anthony, rising from his
knees, after returning humble and heartfelt thanks to God for his
preservation.

"She is here," said Mary, kneeling at his feet. "Here to bless and thank
you for all your unremitted kindness to a wretch like me. Oh! I feared
that I should be too late; that all would be over before my feeble limbs
would bring me to the spot. I have been ill, Mr. Anthony, dreadfully
ill; I couldn't speak to tell them that you were innocent; but it lay
upon my heart day by day, and it burnt into my brain like fire. But they
did not comprehend me; they could not understand my ravings. At last I
stole from my bed, when they were all absent, and put on my clothes, and
hurried out into the blessed air. The winds of heaven blew upon me and
my reason returned; and God gave me strength, and brought me here in
time to save your life. Yes, you are saved. Blessed be God's name for
ever. You are saved, and by me!"

The poor girl, overcome by her feelings, burst into a fit of hysterical
weeping, and suffered the chaplain to lead her from the cell and place
her under the protection of the jailor's wife.

CONCLUSION.

Little now remains of my sad tale to be told. Godfrey and his infamous
accomplice Mathews were apprehended, convicted and condemned, and
suffered for their crimes on the very spot which had witnessed the
rescue of Anthony Hurdlestone from a death of unmerited infamy.

The sole survivor of a rich and powerful family, Anthony left the
condemned cell in the county jail to take possession of his paternal
estates. But it was not on a spot haunted by such melancholy
recollections that the last of the Hurdlestones thought fit to dwell.
The Hall was sold, and passed into the hands of strangers; and after
remaining two years abroad, Anthony once more returned to his native
shores, and led to the altar his betrothed bride--the beautiful and
talented Juliet Whitmore.

The young Squire's character had been fully vindicated to the world, and
his wealthy neighbors took every opportunity of courting his
acquaintance; but a change had come over Mr. Hurdlestone, which the
caresses of the great and the smiles of fortune could not remove. He
never forgot the sad lesson he had learned in ---- jail, or the
melancholy fate of his nearest relatives. He had proved the instability
of all earthly pursuits and enjoyments; and he renounced the gay world,
and devoted his time and