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his countenance resumed its usual bland expression, 

 and he proved the little ebullition of his ruffled 

 temper had passed off, by his exclaiming to himself, 

 in allusion to the article he had read — * Clever fellow 

 that ! I should like to know him. I could give no 

 instructions or advice to him; he wants no * light 

 from any man's candle.' " 



We infer this to have happened early in the week. 



'* I suppose," says our friend, *' I must call on this 

 young devil : writing would be quite out of the 

 question, as I must then unequivocally declare my 

 intention of complying with his request, or refusing 

 to do so, — neither of them exactly pleasant alter- 

 natives." 



A day or two afterwards, he determined to see his 

 somewhat troublesome young friend. Now, if he 

 confessed the truth to himself, he was in hopes that 

 when he saw him he would suggest one of two dif- 

 ferent modes some people have of making use, or, at 

 least, attempting to make use, of their friends — in 

 which case he could decline the distinction of being 

 thus treated, and, consequently, would be enabled to 



