36 MEMOIRS OF 



taintlefs reputation, and fevcral years older 

 than himfelf, Mr. Day lived on terms of 

 intimate friendfhip. Credentials were pro- 

 cured of Mr. Day's moral probity, and with 

 them, on his coming of age, thefe two 

 friends journied to Shrewfbury, to explore 

 the hofpital in that town for foundling 

 girls. From the little train, Mr. Day, in 

 'the prefence of Mr. Bickncl, fele&ed two 

 of twelve years each ; both beautiful ; one 

 fair, with flaxen locks, and light eyes; her 

 he called Lucretia. The other, a clear, 

 auburn brunette, with darker eyes, more 

 glowing bloom, and chemut treiTes, he 

 named Sabrina. 



Thefe girls were obtained on written 

 conditions, for the performance of which 

 Mr. Bicknel was guarantee. They were 

 to this effecl: ; that Mr. Day fhould, within 

 the twelvemonth after taking them, refign 

 one into the protection of fome reputable 

 tradefwoman, giving one hundred pounds 

 I to 



