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LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER, ESQ.
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Tempest’s kitchen, to save the expence of a penny, Bob
was allowed a pint of milk daily. His affection for this
domestic was nevertheless, overpowered by a considera-
tion, which with him, carried irresistible weight. Com-
plaints were made to him that Bob had worried some sheep;
on this, to prevent a repetition of the mischief, for which
he might probably have been compelled to make com-
pensation, he took the dog to a blacksmith’s shop, where
he ordered all his teeth to be broken off short.
Snuff was a luxury in which it is natural to suppose
that he never indulged ; yet he always begged a pinch
from those who did. In this manner he used in about a
month to fill a snuff-box, which he always carried in his
pocket. He then exchanged its contents at a chandler’s
shop for a farthing candle, which was made to last till
he had again filled his box, as he never suffered any
light in his house except when he was going to bed.—A
horse which he kept for some time was never allowed
more than two shoes, for his fore-feet; to shoe the hind
feet being, in his opinion, an unnecessary expence.
As it was rumoured that Mr. Dancer had considerable
sums of money concealed in his house, a man hoping to
discover the deposit, broke in and carried off some of
his effects, He was disappointed in his grand object;
for Mr. Dancer concealed his treasure where no person
would ever think of seeking it: bank notes he used to
hide among the cob-webs in the cow-house, and guineas
in the fire-place covered with soot. The thief was soon
afterwards apprehended and executed.
This accident probably made some impression, and
rendered him desirous of placing his money in a more
secure situation than his own wretched hut. Repairing
not long after to London, to invest two thousand pounds
in the funds, a gentleman who met him near the Ex-
change, mistaking him for a beggar, put a penny into
his
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Tempest’s kitchen, to save the expence of a penny, Bob
was allowed a pint of milk daily. His affection for this
domestic was nevertheless, overpowered by a considera-
tion, which with him, carried irresistible weight. Com-
plaints were made to him that Bob had worried some sheep;
on this, to prevent a repetition of the mischief, for which
he might probably have been compelled to make com-
pensation, he took the dog to a blacksmith’s shop, where
he ordered all his teeth to be broken off short.
Snuff was a luxury in which it is natural to suppose
that he never indulged ; yet he always begged a pinch
from those who did. In this manner he used in about a
month to fill a snuff-box, which he always carried in his
pocket. He then exchanged its contents at a chandler’s
shop for a farthing candle, which was made to last till
he had again filled his box, as he never suffered any
light in his house except when he was going to bed.—A
horse which he kept for some time was never allowed
more than two shoes, for his fore-feet; to shoe the hind
feet being, in his opinion, an unnecessary expence.
As it was rumoured that Mr. Dancer had considerable
sums of money concealed in his house, a man hoping to
discover the deposit, broke in and carried off some of
his effects, He was disappointed in his grand object;
for Mr. Dancer concealed his treasure where no person
would ever think of seeking it: bank notes he used to
hide among the cob-webs in the cow-house, and guineas
in the fire-place covered with soot. The thief was soon
afterwards apprehended and executed.
This accident probably made some impression, and
rendered him desirous of placing his money in a more
secure situation than his own wretched hut. Repairing
not long after to London, to invest two thousand pounds
in the funds, a gentleman who met him near the Ex-
change, mistaking him for a beggar, put a penny into
his