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ACCOUNT OF THE tIFE OF HANNAH SNEtL. 4s!
little property which his wife possessed, and having in-
volved himself deeply in debt, he deserted her entirely,
leaving her pregnant, to struggle with all the horrors of
poverty. Two months after his departure, she was deli-
vered of a girl, who died at the early ageof seven months.
From the time her husband abandoned her, she had
again resided with her sister ; but being by the death of
her child, released from every tie, she resolved to set out
in quest of the man, wdiom, notwithstanding his ill usage,
she still continued to love, In order to execute this design
with a better grace, and more chance of success, she put
on a suit of her brother in law’s clothes, assumed his name,
James Gray, and set off on the 23d of November, 1/45.
Having travelled to Coventry, and being unable to pro-
cure any intelligence of her husband, she, on the 2/th
of the same month, inlisted into General Guise’s regi-
ment, and in the company belonging to Captain Miller.
She remained at Coventry about three weeks, during
which time she made many fruitless enquiries after her
husband. The north being then the seat of war, and her
xesriment being- at Carlisle, she, with seventeen other re-
cruits, left Coventry, and joined the regiment after a.
march of three weeks, which she performed with as much
ease as any of her comrades.
On her arrival at Carlisle, she was instructed in the
military exercise, and was soon able to perform it with
great skill and dexterity. She had not been Ions; in this
place, when her serjeant, whose name was Davis, having
a criminal passion for a young woman in the town, and
considering our adventurer as a proper person for pro-
moting his design, applied to her to assist him in exe-
cuting it. She appeared to acquiesce in his desire, but
privately disclosed the whole matter to the intended vic-
tim, and warned her of herdanger. By this conduct she
gained the young woman’s confidence and esteem, and
being
little property which his wife possessed, and having in-
volved himself deeply in debt, he deserted her entirely,
leaving her pregnant, to struggle with all the horrors of
poverty. Two months after his departure, she was deli-
vered of a girl, who died at the early ageof seven months.
From the time her husband abandoned her, she had
again resided with her sister ; but being by the death of
her child, released from every tie, she resolved to set out
in quest of the man, wdiom, notwithstanding his ill usage,
she still continued to love, In order to execute this design
with a better grace, and more chance of success, she put
on a suit of her brother in law’s clothes, assumed his name,
James Gray, and set off on the 23d of November, 1/45.
Having travelled to Coventry, and being unable to pro-
cure any intelligence of her husband, she, on the 2/th
of the same month, inlisted into General Guise’s regi-
ment, and in the company belonging to Captain Miller.
She remained at Coventry about three weeks, during
which time she made many fruitless enquiries after her
husband. The north being then the seat of war, and her
xesriment being- at Carlisle, she, with seventeen other re-
cruits, left Coventry, and joined the regiment after a.
march of three weeks, which she performed with as much
ease as any of her comrades.
On her arrival at Carlisle, she was instructed in the
military exercise, and was soon able to perform it with
great skill and dexterity. She had not been Ions; in this
place, when her serjeant, whose name was Davis, having
a criminal passion for a young woman in the town, and
considering our adventurer as a proper person for pro-
moting his design, applied to her to assist him in exe-
cuting it. She appeared to acquiesce in his desire, but
privately disclosed the whole matter to the intended vic-
tim, and warned her of herdanger. By this conduct she
gained the young woman’s confidence and esteem, and
being