s waiting, I will bid thee farewell."
"I am afraid I must stop your journey for the present," said the surgeon;
"that boy has exactly the same blemish in the eye which a boy had who was
in company with the man at Horncastle, from whom my friend received the
forged notes, and who there passed for his son." "I know nothing about
that," said the Quaker, "but I am determined to be detained here no
longer, after the satisfactory account which I have given as to the
note's coming into my possession." He then attempted to leave the room,
but my friend detained him, a struggle ensued, during which a wig which
the Quaker wore fell off, whereupon he instantly appeared to lose some
twenty years of his age. "Knock the fellow down, father," said the boy,
"I'll help you."

'And, forsooth, the pretended Quaker took the boy's advice, and knocked
my friend down in a twinkling. The landlord, however, and waiter, seeing
how matters stood, instantly laid hold of him; but there can be no doubt
that he would have escaped from the whole three had not certain guests
who were in the house, hearing the noise, rushed in, and helped to secure
him. The boy was true to his word, assisting him to the best of his
ability, flinging himself between the legs of his father's assailants,
causing several of them to stumble and fall. At length, the fellow was
secured, and led before a magistrate; the boy, to whom he was heard to
say something which nobody understood, and to whom, after the man's
capture, no one paid much attention, was no more seen.

'The rest, as far as this man was concerned, may be told in a few words;
nothing to criminate him was found on his person, but on his baggage
being examined, a quantity of spurious notes were discovered. Much of
his hardihood now forsook him, and in the hope of saving his life he made
some very important disclosures; amongst other things, he confessed that
it was he who had given me the notes in exchange for the horses, and also
the note to be changed. He was subsequently tried on two indictments, in
the second of which I appeared against him. He was condemned to die;
but, in consideration of the disclosures he had made, his sentence was
commuted to perpetual transportation.

'My innocence was thus perfectly established before the eyes of the
world, and all my friends hastened to congratulate me. There was one who
congratulated me more than all the rest--it was my beloved one,
but--but--she was dying