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"Death asks for no man's leave,

But lifts the latch, and enters, and sits down"

The great events of most lives occur in epochs A certain period is

es, but that ride of fortune,

be it good or ill, culoes quite out, and leaves life

on a level beach of commonplaces Then, sooner or later, the current of

affairs turns again; sometimes with a calm, irresistible flow, soth After Hyde's and

Katherine'sera noticeable only for such

vicissitudes as were incident to their fortune and position But in May,

AD 1774, the firsttide of destiny was heard

Not but what there had been for long soeneral expectation

of momentous events which would touch ular prescience of changeevening; and there was an air of depression in

the city, to which he was unusually sensitive For the trouble between

England and her A ran high, not only aiments Recently, also, a petition had been laid before the king fro him not to send troops to

coerce his subjects in America; and, when Hyde entered his club, sory altercation on this subject