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RECEIVES A STRANGE ORDER FOR MONEY. 213
Third ; Mrs. Scout in the Village Lawyer, and Jack Haw-
ger in Banyan Day; findingthis pursuit however,more plea-
sant than profitable, I was compelled to give it up, and
solicit assistance towards my support, from several re-
spectable persons to whom I had made my adventures
and sufferings known.
o
A remarkable circumstance which I cannot by any
means omit, as it had nearly involved me in a situation,
more dangerous than any I had hitherto encountered;
about the time my adventures attracted the attention of
the first characters in the kingdom, I had received seve-
ral sums of money from persons, who at the time, did
not discover to whom I was obliged, and one evening
a gentleman called at my lodgings, and on being intro-
duced to my apartments, asked me if I was the person
who had suffered so many hardships abroad ? I replied in
the affirmative; when he informed me Colonel Gerrit
Fisher, of the 9th regiment of foot, had been particularly
inquiring concerning me, and he had no doubt it would
produce something considerable to my advantage; he
shortly took his leave, and about a month after, called
in my absence, and left with Mrs. Cornish, who kept a
shop at No. 14, Suffolk Street, at which house I lodg >
ed, an order signed by Colonel Fisher, on Messrs.
Cox and Co. Craig’s Court, Charing Cross, for nine gui-
neas, saying at the same time, it was the amount of mo-
ney received in subscription for my use, by Colonel
Fisher; he also left a complimentary note, in which he
stiled himself Captain Grant, and was accompanied by
a person who was introduced to me to be a servant of Colo-
nel Fisher’s, and confirmed what Grant said: this order
came as I then thought, providentially to my aid,but it be
ing holiday time, I waited a few days, after which in com
pany with Mrs. Cornish, I presented it for payment as
directed, but was informed Colonel Fisher was out of
town
Third ; Mrs. Scout in the Village Lawyer, and Jack Haw-
ger in Banyan Day; findingthis pursuit however,more plea-
sant than profitable, I was compelled to give it up, and
solicit assistance towards my support, from several re-
spectable persons to whom I had made my adventures
and sufferings known.
o
A remarkable circumstance which I cannot by any
means omit, as it had nearly involved me in a situation,
more dangerous than any I had hitherto encountered;
about the time my adventures attracted the attention of
the first characters in the kingdom, I had received seve-
ral sums of money from persons, who at the time, did
not discover to whom I was obliged, and one evening
a gentleman called at my lodgings, and on being intro-
duced to my apartments, asked me if I was the person
who had suffered so many hardships abroad ? I replied in
the affirmative; when he informed me Colonel Gerrit
Fisher, of the 9th regiment of foot, had been particularly
inquiring concerning me, and he had no doubt it would
produce something considerable to my advantage; he
shortly took his leave, and about a month after, called
in my absence, and left with Mrs. Cornish, who kept a
shop at No. 14, Suffolk Street, at which house I lodg >
ed, an order signed by Colonel Fisher, on Messrs.
Cox and Co. Craig’s Court, Charing Cross, for nine gui-
neas, saying at the same time, it was the amount of mo-
ney received in subscription for my use, by Colonel
Fisher; he also left a complimentary note, in which he
stiled himself Captain Grant, and was accompanied by
a person who was introduced to me to be a servant of Colo-
nel Fisher’s, and confirmed what Grant said: this order
came as I then thought, providentially to my aid,but it be
ing holiday time, I waited a few days, after which in com
pany with Mrs. Cornish, I presented it for payment as
directed, but was informed Colonel Fisher was out of
town