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12 to disappoint you so often, gives me much uneasness. I do assure you sir, that I am not so ungrateful as my conduct has given you reason to believe. From the state of my accounts you will find that the greatest part of my property is in the hands of country dealers, who although they seldom fail, yet their times of payment are very precatious and uncertain However to convince you of my integrity, I have sent by this day's post an order for seventy pounds, and the next week you shall receive one much larger. The remainder shall be sent in a very short time, I am determined for the future, to make the rules laid down in your excellent letter, a guide in my dealings with those whole whose dila-

toryness in making good their payments to me, obliged me to disappoint you; and to convince you farther of my integrity, the goods which I order, till the old account is paid off shall be ready money,- I doubt not but you will continue to treat me with the same good usage as formerly, and believe me to be unfeignedly-Your obliged humble servant.

Soliciting the Loan of Money from a Friend.

Dear sir,-I believe that since you first knew m, you will be ready to acknowledge, that no person was ever more bashful in asking favours than myself,- But an unexpected affliction in niy family, oblige's me to solicit you assistance, by the loan of about forty pounds for six months, if you can possibly spare it without hurting yourself. I would not have asked it at all, were not certain of paving it at the time proposed.-I am, sir, yours with the greatest sincerity.

The Answer.

Dear sir,-I could not hesitate for one moment