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some grounds for their complaint against the latter, 

 in a few days I went down to their quarter of the 

 village, told them that to please them I had dis- 

 charged the book-keeper, named a day for examin- 

 ing their other grievances, and listened to them for 

 an hour more. When the day of trial came, they 

 sent me word that they were perfectly satisfied, 

 and had no complaint to make. I was, therefore, 

 much surprised to receive a visit from Edward, the 

 Eboe, yesterday evening, who informed me, that 

 during my absence his fellows had formed a plan 

 of making a complaint en masse to a neighbouring 

 magistrate; and that, not only against the attorney, 

 but against myself " for not listening to them when 

 they were injured and Edward claimed great 

 merit with me for having prevented their taking 

 this step, and convinced them, that while I was on 

 the estate myself, there could be no occasion for 

 applying to a third person. Now, having made 

 me aware of my great obligations to him, here 

 Edward meant the matter to rest; but being a 

 good deal incensed at their ingratitude, I instantly 

 sent for the Eboes, and enquired into the matter ; 

 when it appeared, that Edward (who is a clever 

 fellow, and has great influence over the rest) had 

 first goaded them into a resolution of complaining 

 to a magistrate, had then stopped them from put- 

 ting their plan into execution, and that the whole 

 was a plot of Edward's, in order to make a merit 

 with me for himself at the expense of his country- 



