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nometer and its appendages, the writers 

 intending good-naturedly, no doubt, for 

 I knew pretty well where they got their 

 information to show up the dupe as 

 well as the artful professor of practical 

 economy. I took it in good part, as I 

 did the bantering of my friend, who was 

 not behind the rest in roasting me for 

 my credulity. 



However, the paragraph had the de- 

 sired effect. Among the victims of 

 the blandishments of this hero was a 

 linendraper, of whom he had purchased 

 goods to the amount of about 21 10s., for 

 which he tendered him a bill for 20/., 

 receiving the difference in cash. Two or 

 three mornings after the issue of the 

 paper, this person came to me with a 

 letter he had that morning received from 

 a young man at Reading, who had lived 

 shopman with him, stating that a gen- 

 tleman and lady had driven into the 

 town in a phaeton and pair of bay 



