As far as man can be, I am now satisfied." "My child!" she faintly said; "my child! where is it ?" Her words were scarcely audible.

She closed her eyes and was silent.

The outlaw looked closely into her countenance, and perceived at once that death was there.

He felt her pulse, her heart, but all was still.
[Illustration: PAGE 774-- Kiss you for the sake of our early love] "Now," said he, "the penalty you have paid for your crime has taken away the pollution from your lips, and I will kiss you for the sake of our early love." He then kissed her, and rained showers of tears over her now unconscious features.

The two funerals took place upon the same day; and, what was still more particular, they were buried in the same churchyard.