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ACCOUNT OF MR. THOMAS COOKE. 299
That gentleman, desirous of obliging a faithful servant, got
him appointed to a district, in the neighbourhood of Lon-
don, and gave him a letter of introduction to an eminent
sugar-baker; but Cooke not having money to pay his pas-
sage to town in a stage, and the distance being too far for
a journey on hoot, applied to some of his poor relations for
a supply. Having received all the money they could col-
lect among themselves, he came up to London, in a Nor-
wich waggon, and had, on his arrival, eight shillings in his
pocket.
Although appointed to a district, Mr. Cooke found that his
qualification to act as an exciseman, was not to be obtained
without great delay, much difficulty, and, what was worse
than all, some expence. Mr. Postle’s letter to the Sugar-
baker, however, procured him the situation of porter ; and
in the course of time, he learned so much of the business,
as induced his new master to employ him as a journeyman.
By paying close attention to the superior of the district in
which he was to act, (as he was allowed the time he stood,
in need of to attend to his own business), and by the money
he saved while in the service of this sugar-baker, Mr. Cooke
was at length enabled to assume the dignity to which he had
aspired, that of an officer of the excise, sometimes armed
with a cutlass and pistol, which he always took care to hang
up in his sitting room, when at home.
Having been appointed to inspect the exciscable concerns
of a large paper-mill and manufactory near Tottenham,
Cooke was exceedingly well pleased; for being already versed
in some parts of the trade, from the knowledge he had ac-
quired in the service of Mr. Postle, he was desirous of
learning those secrets in the trade, to which he was still a
stranger. During the time he was officially employed in this
concern, the master of the paper-mills and manufactory
died. The widow, however, by the advice of her friends,
carried on the business, with the assistance of the foreman.
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That gentleman, desirous of obliging a faithful servant, got
him appointed to a district, in the neighbourhood of Lon-
don, and gave him a letter of introduction to an eminent
sugar-baker; but Cooke not having money to pay his pas-
sage to town in a stage, and the distance being too far for
a journey on hoot, applied to some of his poor relations for
a supply. Having received all the money they could col-
lect among themselves, he came up to London, in a Nor-
wich waggon, and had, on his arrival, eight shillings in his
pocket.
Although appointed to a district, Mr. Cooke found that his
qualification to act as an exciseman, was not to be obtained
without great delay, much difficulty, and, what was worse
than all, some expence. Mr. Postle’s letter to the Sugar-
baker, however, procured him the situation of porter ; and
in the course of time, he learned so much of the business,
as induced his new master to employ him as a journeyman.
By paying close attention to the superior of the district in
which he was to act, (as he was allowed the time he stood,
in need of to attend to his own business), and by the money
he saved while in the service of this sugar-baker, Mr. Cooke
was at length enabled to assume the dignity to which he had
aspired, that of an officer of the excise, sometimes armed
with a cutlass and pistol, which he always took care to hang
up in his sitting room, when at home.
Having been appointed to inspect the exciscable concerns
of a large paper-mill and manufactory near Tottenham,
Cooke was exceedingly well pleased; for being already versed
in some parts of the trade, from the knowledge he had ac-
quired in the service of Mr. Postle, he was desirous of
learning those secrets in the trade, to which he was still a
stranger. During the time he was officially employed in this
concern, the master of the paper-mills and manufactory
died. The widow, however, by the advice of her friends,
carried on the business, with the assistance of the foreman.
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