LANE, MINERVA-PRESS, LEADENHALL-STREET,

THE SORROWS OF EDITH, ELLIOTT, &c.

THE

SECRET OF THE CAVERN.

CHAP. I.

"A brave vessel

"Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,
"Dash'd all to pieces! Oh, the cry did knock
"Against my very heart!"

ON the western coast of this island, where lofty cliffs extend for many miles, and the dwellings of a few poor shepherds and fishermen are scattered among the rocks, one stormy winter night, just as the weary inhabitants of this solitary scene

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were