asily be seen."

"But look, girl, the moon has scarcely two hours yet to travel, and,
from that circle round it, I shouldn't wonder if we had rain before
daylight; so by the hour we have fixed for the Major's escape, it will
be dark enough: therefore you may be easy on that score."

The humble and ardent lovers pursued their way towards the miller's
dwelling with slow steps, intently engaged in conversing over the
chances of their perilous project, until they arrived at a point beyond
which it was not safe for John Ramsay to venture. Here, after many
affectionate caresses and fond adieus, they separated--the maiden to
steal to her place of rest, the soldier to hasten back to his horse,
that awaited him near the scene of the late meeting.

Mary soon arrived at the mill; then sauntering carelessly towards the
dwelling-house, began, the better to conceal her purpose, to sing a
simple air, during which she had wandered up to the garden fence, where
she delayed long enough to set up the plank. The small window in the
angle of the roof of the cottage looked down upon the spot where she
stood; and as she cast her eyes towards this part of the building, she
received a recognition from the prisoner, in a slight waving of the
hand, which was sufficiently observable by the light of the taper
within.

Matters having gone so far to the maiden's satisfaction, she now
retreated into the house.

The reader will perceive from this narrative that Butler's fortunes had
greatly improved since we last took leave of him. The messenger
despatched to Cornwallis by Williams had brought back to the Fair
Forest, where it will be remembered the vanquishers of Innis had
retreated, a more favorable answer than even the republican leader had
hoped. The British commander was not ignorant of the capture of Butler,
but the circumstances of the trial had not before been communicated to
him. Upon the representation of Williams, he had no hesitation to order
a respite to be given to the prisoner for such reasonable time as might
be necessary for further investigation. This obvious act of justice was
more than, in the circumstances of the times, might have been expected
from Cornwallis. The cruel and bloody policy which he adopted towards
the inhabitants of the Carolinas, immediately after the battle of
Camden, showed a tone of personal exacerbation that was scarcely
consistent with the lenity displayed towards Butler. It is not unlikely,
therefore, t