A WOMAN C.a.NKEEP A SECRET.
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The following anccdotc will prove the fall
lacy Of the remark, that "Woman cannot
keep a secret"


Some years since, lady called at glo-
vcrs shop, in the outskirts of the town, and
purchased a pair of gloves for her immediate
wear; observing, at the same time, she was
on her road to Burnet-that she had left her
gloves at her friends house, where she had
called, and that she was apprehensive Of be-
ing bcniGhtcd, il she went back for them.
The glover fitted on the gloves, and the la
dy, after paving for them, from purse well
stocked with bank notes, stepped into her
post-chaisc, and proceeded on her Journey,
She had scarcely reached Finchly Common,
when highwayman stopped her chase, and
demanded her money. He entreated her not
to be alarmed, as he had no intention upon
her person--if she surrendered her property,
it was all he wanted declaring, that distress,
and not his will, urged him to this dcspcr-
ate act, and he was determined to remove
his pecuniary wants, or perish. The la
dy gave her purse, and the desperate rode
off.


After he had gone, and the fright had sub
sided, the lady immagined, that i'll the ad-
dress of the highwayman she recognized
the voice. of the glover she had just before
dealt with. This conceir struck her so forci-
bly,, that she ordered the post-boy to drive
back to towil-not choosing, she said, to ven
turc further over the heath.


On her arrival at the glover's, she knock
ed and gained admittance-the gloverhimsclf
opening the door. The lady desired to speak
with him in private. The glover Showed her
to back parour, when she exclaimed, 81
am come for my purse, of which you robbed
me this evening OH Finchly Common" The
glover was confounded, and the lady proceed
ed" 1t is of no use for You to deny it am
convinced, and your life is at my mercy. Re-
turn me my property and trust to my humans
ity." The glover, overcome with guilt shame
and confusion, returned the purse, confessed
the crime, and pleaded his distress. The la
dy, after suitable admonition, gave him a ten
pound note bade him to mend his way of
life, and keep his own counsel; adding, that
she would not divulge his name or place of
abode. She kept her word, and, though the
robbery was stated in the public papers, the
discovery was omittcd and it was not until
very recently, that a minute account of this
singular transaction was found among the pa
pers of the lady alluded to. Even in pri-
vate memorandum, the name and residence
of the glover was omitted; and the secret, in
that particular, rests with the lady i'll the
grave.


| After this tale, the truth of which may be
relied on, who will say that woman cannot
keep secret!