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18 Obadiah Mouſetrap at his head, he threw her down the ſixpence for his brandy, turned his horſe, and, after repeating theſe words, - "None, madam, ſo deaf, as thoſe “who will not hear,"-he rode out of the yard as faſt as he well could, leaving the whole houſe in the greateſt alarm imaginable.

And he fairly won his wager, and maintained himſelf undiſcovered to the very laſt.

OBADIAH MOUSETRAP.

Quoth Hudibras, the cauſe is clear,- As thou haſt proved by their practice, No argument like matter of fact is; And we are beſt of all led to Men's principles by what they do.

HUD.

IT is moſt certain that men's actions ſpeak their principles the plaineſt, and it is not what we ſay, but what we do, that wiſe men judge by; and therefore the following ſtory may be a proper leſſon for the unwary to take