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Page 9
On examining the corpse , it proved to be that of a profligate boor in the
neighbourhood , a person notorious as a poacher and smuggler . We received
many messages of congratulation from the neighbouring families , and it was
generally ...
On examining the corpse , it proved to be that of a profligate boor in the
neighbourhood , a person notorious as a poacher and smuggler . We received
many messages of congratulation from the neighbouring families , and it was
generally ...
Page 16
The news that Hazlewood was recovering , and that the person who had shot him
was nowhere to be traced , only that for certain he was one of the leaders of the
gang of smugglers , gave me some comfort . The suspicion and pursuit being ...
The news that Hazlewood was recovering , and that the person who had shot him
was nowhere to be traced , only that for certain he was one of the leaders of the
gang of smugglers , gave me some comfort . The suspicion and pursuit being ...
Page 17
I once thought of disclosing the mystery to Lucy , and began by asking what she
recollected of the person and features of the man whom we had so unfortunately
met ; —but she ran out into such a horrid description of a hedge - ruffian , that I ...
I once thought of disclosing the mystery to Lucy , and began by asking what she
recollected of the person and features of the man whom we had so unfortunately
met ; —but she ran out into such a horrid description of a hedge - ruffian , that I ...
Page 19
AMONG those who took the most lively interest in endeavouring to discover the
person by whom young Charles Hazlewood had been waylaid and wounded ,
was Gilbert Glossin , Esquire , late writer in , now Laird of Ellangowan , and one
of ...
AMONG those who took the most lively interest in endeavouring to discover the
person by whom young Charles Hazlewood had been waylaid and wounded ,
was Gilbert Glossin , Esquire , late writer in , now Laird of Ellangowan , and one
of ...
Page 22
... had acquired the latter kind of experience by a former close alliance with some
of the most desperate smugglers , in consequence of which he had occasionally
acted , sometimes as partner , sometimes as legal adviser , with these persons .
... had acquired the latter kind of experience by a former close alliance with some
of the most desperate smugglers , in consequence of which he had occasionally
acted , sometimes as partner , sometimes as legal adviser , with these persons .
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