n other parts of the colony.
Many of the fugitives were captured and brought before the relentless
Governor. There, mocked and insulted in their distress, the devoted
patriots were condemned by a court martial, and with cruel haste hurried
to execution. The fate of the gallant Lawrence, to whom incidental
allusion has been frequently made in the foregoing pages, was long
uncertain--but at last those interested in his fate were forced to the
melancholy conclusion, that well nigh reduced to starvation in his
marshy fastness, with Roman firmness, the brave patriot fell by his own
hand, rather than submit to the ruthless cruelty of the vindictive
Governor.

Thomas Hansford was among those who were proscribed fugitives from the
vengeance of the loyalists. He had in vain endeavoured to rally the
dispirited insurgents, and to hazard once more the event of a battle
with the royal party. He indignantly refused to accept the terms, so
readily embraced by Walklate, and determined to share the fate of those
brave comrades, in whose former triumph he had participated. And now, a
lonely wanderer, he eluded the vigilant pursuit of his enemies, awaiting
with anxiety, the respite which royal interposition would grant, to the
unabating vengeance of the governor. He was not without strong hope that
the clemency which reflected honour on Charles the Second, towards the
enemies of his father, would be extended to the promoters of the
ill-fated rebellion in Virginia. In default of this, he trusted to make
his escape into Maryland, after the eagerness of pursuit was over, and
there secretly to embark for England--where, under an assumed name, he
might live out the remnant of his days in peace and security, if not in
happiness. It was with a heavy heart that he looked forward to even this
remote chance of escape and safety--for it involved the necessity of
leaving, for ever, his widowed mother, who leaned upon his strong arm
for support; and his beloved Virginia, in whose smiles of favour, he
could alone be happy. Still, it was the only honourable chance that
offered, and while as a brave man he had nerved himself for any fate, as
a good man, he could not reject the means of safety which were extended
to him.

While these important changes were taking place in the political world,
the family at Windsor Hall were differently affected by the result.
Colonel Temple, in the pride of his gratified loyalty, could not
disguise his satisfaction even