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at oncefired his pistol at the same moment, and then burst in upon us in the manner described.
I now went out. As I was crossing the yard, I discovered several drops of blood on a stone, which I could no way account for, but by supposing some of my good cousins had received, in their retreat, a fall; and, a little further, I discovered a pair of shoes. A receptacle for the filth of the byre, in another part of the yard, bore evident marks of some one having had therein a severe struggle.
Indeed the adventures of the flying heroes had been various and woful; one of them, he at whom the spectre had made such a sudden bound, as I afterwards ascertained, actually ran seven miles without stopping, and with his shrieks, supposing the grim monster close at his heels, almost raised the whole country. I now proceeded onwards over the fields, listening to the warbling ⟨l⟩ark 'springing blithely up to greet the ⟨p⟩urpling east' The air was fresh and ⟨p⟩ure, and, in the beauties of nature, I ⟨a⟩while forgot the events of the preceding ⟨e⟩vening. With hasty steps I roved over ⟨t⟩he faintly recollected scenes, where I had ⟨in⟩ childhood spent some of my happiest hours, until weary with my rambles I re⟨tu⟩rned to breakfast.
