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A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY. 105
bursting open the door, he did so, and, as he expected,
found his tenant lifeless and cold. That he was possessed
of great property had long been supposed by the landlord,
who, though a very poor tradesman himself, and incum-
bered with a large family, without searching his room, or a
bureau that stood in it, resolved to go early the next morn-
ing to a General, who then lived near Cavendish-square;
whom, from the sameness of the name, &c. he, as it after-
wards appeared,.rightly conjectured was certainly some re-
lative to his deceased lodger. But having arrived at the
house, and owing to his appearance, with some difficulty
gained admittance into the great man’s hall, he found it no
easy matter to persuade his footman, that he had business
which required his speaking to the General in person.—He
was repeatedly told he must send his message up, and as
repeatedly refused it.—At length, as the General was pro-
bably told, that there was a ragged or mean looking fellow
below, who must see him—he came down into the hall,
when, eyeing him from top To toe, “Well, good man,”
said he, (without offering to take him into any other
apartment, or out of the hearing of the servants,) ic What
is your business ?” “ Private,” said the tradesman-
“ Private!” replied the General, (whose surprise seemed
kindling into a degree of alarm,) “ well then, follow me ?”
“ You have,” said the tradesman, “ a relation of the
name of St—n—pe, apparently in low circumstances —
the General pausing—ie He is,” continued the trades-
man, “ certainly a relation.” a There is,” said the
General in reply, “ a dirty fellow in the city of our
name; he wants I suppose ?—I can say nothing to you.”
u He wants nothing, Sir,” continued the tradesman,
“ unless it be an heir to his propertya Property ” re-
joined the General, a be explicit—” <{ Sir,” continued
the other, il Mr.- has lodged in one of my upper
rooms these nine years; he has died suddenly, and sup-
posing
bursting open the door, he did so, and, as he expected,
found his tenant lifeless and cold. That he was possessed
of great property had long been supposed by the landlord,
who, though a very poor tradesman himself, and incum-
bered with a large family, without searching his room, or a
bureau that stood in it, resolved to go early the next morn-
ing to a General, who then lived near Cavendish-square;
whom, from the sameness of the name, &c. he, as it after-
wards appeared,.rightly conjectured was certainly some re-
lative to his deceased lodger. But having arrived at the
house, and owing to his appearance, with some difficulty
gained admittance into the great man’s hall, he found it no
easy matter to persuade his footman, that he had business
which required his speaking to the General in person.—He
was repeatedly told he must send his message up, and as
repeatedly refused it.—At length, as the General was pro-
bably told, that there was a ragged or mean looking fellow
below, who must see him—he came down into the hall,
when, eyeing him from top To toe, “Well, good man,”
said he, (without offering to take him into any other
apartment, or out of the hearing of the servants,) ic What
is your business ?” “ Private,” said the tradesman-
“ Private!” replied the General, (whose surprise seemed
kindling into a degree of alarm,) “ well then, follow me ?”
“ You have,” said the tradesman, “ a relation of the
name of St—n—pe, apparently in low circumstances —
the General pausing—ie He is,” continued the trades-
man, “ certainly a relation.” a There is,” said the
General in reply, “ a dirty fellow in the city of our
name; he wants I suppose ?—I can say nothing to you.”
u He wants nothing, Sir,” continued the tradesman,
“ unless it be an heir to his propertya Property ” re-
joined the General, a be explicit—” <{ Sir,” continued
the other, il Mr.- has lodged in one of my upper
rooms these nine years; he has died suddenly, and sup-
posing