request. They came back to Charlestown with the joyful intelligence.
Warden Robinson advised my son, that considering my present mental
and physical condition, he had better break the intelligence
gradually to me, and so Henry came to me and said, simply, that he
thought he would soon have "good news" for me. The next day I was
told that my pardon was certain. The day following, at 12 o'clock, I
walked out, after eighteen months' imprisonment, a free man. I was
in the streets of Charlestown with my own clothes on and five
dollars, given to me by the Warden, in my pocket, I was poor, truly,
but I was at liberty, and that for the day was enough.






CHAPTER III.

THE SCHEIMER SENSATION.

THE SCHEIMER FAMILY-IN LOVE WITH SARAH-ATTEMPT TO ELOPE-HOW IT WAS
PREVENTED-THE SECOND ATTEMPT- A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION-THE ALARM-A
FRIGHTFUL BEATING-ESCAPE-FLOGGING THE DEVIL OUT OF SARAH- WINTER IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE-RETURN TO NEW JERSEY- "BOSTON YANKEE"-PLANS TO SECURE
SARAH.