Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 67: what you’re looking at

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a4 ANGELINA 3 OR, you breught me hithet ? This place ia evidently the secret retecat-of some lawless gange" “* RC is the secret depository,’ interrupted the weman, ‘of as brave and Worthy a set of follows as ever run the hasard ef their lives, to qveid paying an pagast and tyrauical ieapost.”* —- ‘< Smugglord}” . “ Aye, so are they called ;"" answered the WORD 5 , “bat it matters sot, the y are yaue friends,. and eo you will find, if you do net act unfairly by thems but you have aworn to ke aecret.”’ “ Thave,” answered Me. Woad@eld, *‘ and I will got break my cath. Whas would yéu bavé me do }” “*Meet me here to-morrow evening before sunset,” anawered the woman, “and peopare yeurapit to ge tome distance, for He Grey Termes otaaite far bon yond the sea.” ‘S Rut is there no hepe before ?'* ** None ;—who can render you aay aesistanee 3} Come, the werd; =e you meet me 7’ “ I will,” . *“< Enough, yonder is your path, retarn, home, and remember your oxth,’” As the womaa thus spoke, having ascended from the snuggiers’ cavern, she. pointed out the path among the rocks, which Mt. WeedGeld mast pemae, and eteud watching him until he was out of sight. CHAPTER XIV. Ma. Woopricen passed @ restless night, for his mind wes tormonted with the. thoughts of the dangerous situation of his niece, and tho probability of his fail- ing to rescue her from &¢, Yet did he place great confidence in the promises of- the woman of the ruins, who so mysteriously seemed {to take a deep interest in, the fate of Angelina. ‘The determined persecution of the Baron De Morton, filled him with surprise and indignation ; but there were certain circ umstances, cennected with the private interview he had had with that nobleman, which, excited strange suspicions in his mind, and which at a future period of this nar. rative will be unravelled. . Te the earnest enquiries of Mrs. Woodfield and Laura (the latter of whora was most ardently aftacbed to her fair cousin), he only returned evasive an- awere, until towards evening, when he informed them that he bad gained a clue. te Angelina’s retreat, and was abeut to depart to liberate her from the power of those whe unlawfully detained her, and that if he was goye some time they must not be alarmed, for he would return as soon as possible, and they migh rest assured that he would not be in any danger. He found it no easy task. to quiet the fears of his wife and daughter, which the mystery he maintained as to the place of his destination, and what was the clue he had obtained, served to increase ; he felt, however, that he had acted prudently in keeping it a secret, for had he have made them acquainted cCoMmmicaooks Go