CHAPTER XXI.
SELF-SACRIFICE.
Now in her seventeenth year, Clotelle's personal appearance presented a great contrast to the time when she lived with old Mrs.Miller.

Her tall and well-developed figure; her long, silky black hair, falling in curls down her swan-like neck; her bright, black eyes lighting up her olive-tinted face, and a set of teeth that a Tuscarora might envy, she was a picture of tropical-ripened beauty.

At times, there was a heavenly smile upon her countenance, which would have warmed the heart of an anchorite.

Such was the personal appearance of the girl who was now in prison by her own act to save the life of another.

Would she be hanged in his stead, or would she receive a different kind of punishment?
These questions Clotelle did not ask herself.