ORPHAN BOY

OR

Test of Innocence :

317

MES CATHERINE G.WARD,

Authores of the Rose of Claremont, Mysterious Marriage : My Native Land Daughter of S. Omer Sacred Deposit: "Poems "Bachelor's Heiress? Robertina; &c. &c. &c. &c?

CLONDON

'The Thorn,'

AUTHORESS OF

そ

Cottage on the Cliff, Fisher's Daughter,' Mysterious
Marriage,' Family Portraits,' 'Widow's Choice,' &c.

Charge upon charge; pile seeming fact on fact;
Still I maintain my innocence. Look at me;
Are these the throes of guilt? Are these convulsions
Of a poor, helpless, friendless, wretched boy,
The struggles of a villain? One thing more:

I here aver it-to his face aver it-

He knows-yes, he-yes, my accuser knows-
I merit not his charge.'

GEO. COI MAN THE YOUNGER.

London:

PUBLISHED BY G. VIRTUE,

26, ivy lane, paternoster Row; AND BATH STREET,

BRISTOL.

1825.