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An old-fashioned Card-party — The Clergyman’s verses — The Story of the Convict’s Return

           

           ‘ShallItellyouthattheyoungman,who,lookingbacktotheearliestofhischildhood’sdaystowhichmemoryandconsciousnessextended,andcarryinghisrecollectiondowntothatmoment,couldremembernothingwhichwasnotinsomewayconnectedwithalongseriesofvoluntaryprivationssufferedbyhismotherforhissake,withill-usage,andinsult,andviolence,andallenduredforhimshallItellyou,thathe,witharecklessdisregardforherbreakingheart,andasullen,wilfulforgetfulnessofallshehaddoneandborneforhim,hadlinkedhimselfwithdepravedandabandonedmen,andwasmadlypursuingaheadlongcareer,whichmustbringdeathtohim,andshametoher?Alasforhumannature!Youhaveanticipateditlongsince.

           ‘Themeasureoftheunhappywoman’smiseryandmisfortunewasabouttobecompleted.Numerousoffenceshadbeencommittedintheneighbourhood;theperpetratorsremainedundiscovered,andtheirboldnessincreased.Arobberyofadaringandaggravatednatureoccasionedavigilanceofpursuit,andastrictnessofsearch,theyhadnotcalculatedon.YoungEdmundswassuspected,withthreecompanions.Hewasapprehendedcommittedtriedcondemnedtodie.‘Thewildandpiercingshriekfromawoman’svoice,whichresoundedthroughthecourtwhenthesolemnsentencewaspronounced,ringsinmyearsatthismoment.Thatcrystruckaterrortotheculprit’sheart,whichtrial,condemnationtheapproachofdeathitself,hadfailedtoawaken.

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