At the same moment, Chowles, with a lantern in his hand, stepped out upon the threshold.

"Who have you got, Jonas ?" he asked.
"I know not," replied the hindmost burier.

"We entered yon large house, the door of which stood open, and in one of the rooms found, an old woman in a fainting state, and the body of this young girl, wrapped in a sheet, and ready for the cart.

So we clapped it on the board, and brought it away with us." "You did right," replied Chowles.

"I wonder whose body it is." As he spoke, he held up his lantern, and unfastening it, threw the light full upon the face.