298 PROSPERITY. 



I was subsequently served with a writ for 

 unlawfully taking the horses; but after 

 the first process of which I took no no- 

 tice I heard no more about it. 



I got my horses safe home, and sold 

 them to a gentleman in the town for 120/.; 

 so I was not much the loser, while the 

 linendraper was not so fortunate, for he 

 never got a farthing. 



It was during this brief period of my 

 prosperity, which to look back upon ap- 

 pears like a fitful dream, that 1 frequently 

 conferred with my friend upon its pro- 

 bable and speedy termination. 



He would treat such thoughts not with 

 contempt, or ridicule, or indifference, but 

 with a tacit acknowledgment that evinced 

 his dislike to the subject. 



Victory after victory had only induced 

 our government to make the most gigantic 

 efforts, in concert with our allies, to com- 

 plete the overthrow of the vain -glorious 

 man, whose elevation had cost his country 



