Chapter 19 PLAYING WITH EDGED TOOLS.

"Thinkest thou there dwells no courage but in breasts

That set their mail against the ringing spears

When helmets are struck down? Thou little knowest

Of nature's marvels."

-Mrs. Hemans.

Miss Petronilla Lawless was an exceedingly precocious, an exceedingly courageous, and an exceedingly self-possessed young lady, as our readers are a

            
            

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