[Cowper by Goldwin Smith]@TWC D-Link bookCowper CHAPTER VII 24/44
Two have happened since that of Olney.
One at Hitchin, where the damage is said to amount to eleven thousand pounds; and another, at a place not far from Hitchin, of which I have not yet learnt the name. Letters have been dropped at Bedford, threatening to burn the town; and the inhabitants have been so intimidated as to have placed a guard in many parts of it, several nights past.
Since our conflagration here, we have sent two women and a boy to the justice, for depredation, S.R. for stealing a piece of beef, which, in her excuse, she said she intended to take care of.
This lady, whom you well remember, escaped for want of evidence; not that evidence was wanting, but our men of Gotham judged it unnecessary to send it.
With her went the woman I mentioned before, who, it seems, has made some sort of profession, but upon this occasion allowed, herself a latitude of conduct rather inconsistent with it, having filled her apron with wearing-apparel, which she likewise intended to take care of.
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