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 The good gentleman plainly perceived that he was ſpending his breath in vain, however, before he left the houſe, he again admoniſhed Timothy to leave off the dreadful habit he had been ſo long addicted to, & take to a ſober courſe of life before it was too late, and promiſed to be a good friend to him if he found he followed his advice. Timothy promiſed that he would; but I am ſorry to ſay, that inſtead of doing ſo he abuſed his wife for making complaints of him, as he ſuppoſed; this provoked her to reproach him; a quarrel enſued, and the next morning he returned to his old poſt at the George, where he got exceedingly drunk indeed, and inſulted one of his neighbours ſo groſsly, that he employed a conſtable to carry him before Mr. Andrews, who was a juſtice of the peace, Mr. Andrews thought him a very proper perſon to make an example of, therefore ordered him to be put in the ſtocks, where he ſat for ſome hours expoſed to the deriſion of the whole village. He was not able, however, to keep on long in his uſual courſe, his health declined viſibly every day, and at laſt he had not ſtrength to get from home. His wife continued working occaſionally at the 'ſquire's, and Mrs. Andrews had given orders to her houſekeeper that nouriſhing diet ſhould he made for Mary to carry home to her huſband; but ſhe and Mr. Andrews