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Un air, the ladies flew to the s and

raised theentlemen, in a body, rushed out upon the

porch, many to the lawn--the scene of the disturbance

"They have caught hi of thieves, no doubt!"

"No! I see but one! They are bringing him to the house!" were

morsels of information passed over the shoulders of the foremost

rank of inquisitive fair ones to the rear, but none were able to

answer the returning inquiries

"Who is it?"

"What does he look like like?"

"Does he offer any resistance?"

"Do you suppose he is a burglar, or only a corounds were never infested by prowling

beggars, or other vagabonds," said a lady to Mrs Aylett, who

prudently re with the cold,

and casting uneasy looks at the s

"Mr Aylett is a istrates in his treatment

of such nuisances," remarked another "His narinders, pedlers, or

incendiaries"