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be angry at me, for I am an old man who deals 

 in plain truth and plain sense." 



Wounded, as I had often been, by the harsh 

 things this old man had said to me, yet his blunt 

 generosity now overcame every feeling but that 

 of gratitude ; and before he left us the next day, 

 every thing was arranged with him for our im- 

 mediate departure. The demesne and all our 

 real improvements were to be kept up ; the 

 whole income was to be applied to the payment 

 of the debt, which he undertook to discharge by 

 regular instalments; and our books and some 

 other extravagant purchases, on which I had 

 lavished so much money, were to be sold, if he 

 found it necessary. 



In parting from us, he took my hand, for the 

 first time since we had been acquainted, and said, 

 " I do now believe that you are attached to your 

 husband I am glad you are going with him ; 

 and I trust the experience you have so dearly 

 bought, will be of lasting use to you both. I 

 have one word more, and I have kept it for the 

 last, to make the deeper impression. Remember 

 these rules, fix them in your mind, and repeat 

 them daily. 



" Buy nothing that you do riot absolutely want ; 

 and never go in debt for any thing you do want, 

 be it ever so necessary. 



<{ Waste nothing. 



" Let ORDER preside in every part of your house* 



