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§6 The Vicar os WakekeM.
me is I knew one Solomon Flamborough in
my part of the country : upon replying that
he was my next door neighbour, ,, is that be
,, the calc then/' returned he, ,,1 believe we
„ ihali deal. You shall have a draught upon
,, him, payable at light; and let me tell you
,, he is as warm a man as ai*y within five miles
,, round him. Honed Solomon and I have
,, been acquainted for many years together.
„ 1 remember i always heat him at three
,, jupips; but he could hop upon one leg sar-
„ ther than 1." A draught upon my neigh-
bour was to me the lame as money; for I was
sttshcienMy convinced of his ability : the
draught was iigned and put into my hands,
and Mr. Jenkinion, the old gentleman, his
man Abraham, and mvhorse, old Blackber-
ry, trotted olr very well pleated with each
other.
After a short interval being left to re-
flexion, I beyan to recolleX that i had done
wrong in talcing a draught from a in-anger,
and io prudently relolved upon following the
purchaler, and having back my hoile. But
this was now to late: I therefore made direct-
ly homewards, reioiving to get the draught
changed into money at my friend's as fait as
poihble. I found my honelt neighbour
imoking his pipe at his own door, and infor-
ming him that i had a sinal! bill upon him,
he read it twice over. ,,You can read the
name, Isuppole," cried 1, ,, Ephraim Jen-
kmion." „Yes," returned he, ,, the name
„ is written plain enough, and 1 know the
gentle-
me is I knew one Solomon Flamborough in
my part of the country : upon replying that
he was my next door neighbour, ,, is that be
,, the calc then/' returned he, ,,1 believe we
„ ihali deal. You shall have a draught upon
,, him, payable at light; and let me tell you
,, he is as warm a man as ai*y within five miles
,, round him. Honed Solomon and I have
,, been acquainted for many years together.
„ 1 remember i always heat him at three
,, jupips; but he could hop upon one leg sar-
„ ther than 1." A draught upon my neigh-
bour was to me the lame as money; for I was
sttshcienMy convinced of his ability : the
draught was iigned and put into my hands,
and Mr. Jenkinion, the old gentleman, his
man Abraham, and mvhorse, old Blackber-
ry, trotted olr very well pleated with each
other.
After a short interval being left to re-
flexion, I beyan to recolleX that i had done
wrong in talcing a draught from a in-anger,
and io prudently relolved upon following the
purchaler, and having back my hoile. But
this was now to late: I therefore made direct-
ly homewards, reioiving to get the draught
changed into money at my friend's as fait as
poihble. I found my honelt neighbour
imoking his pipe at his own door, and infor-
ming him that i had a sinal! bill upon him,
he read it twice over. ,,You can read the
name, Isuppole," cried 1, ,, Ephraim Jen-
kmion." „Yes," returned he, ,, the name
„ is written plain enough, and 1 know the
gentle-