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7 Martin, who had overheard all the wife had said, axed the delinquent with his guilt. He now begged ten thousand pardons; and while the owner assured him, that had he lent it to any one else, he would never have excused him, the divine entered. The landlord swore for joy, and ran out to receive the horse; and the Doctor and Mr Martin shook hands, and were retiring into the parlour, when the former espied the object of his benevolence; and, apologizing to his friend, requested their company also. Thinking it their duty not to refuse, they modestly obeyed; and a cheerful bowl being instantly filled, they all sat down to enjoy it.

The soldier was agitated concerning the success of bis benefactor: it was not busy solicitude, but the anxiety of gratitude. The Doctor was silent on the subject, and the soldier, persuaded of his access by the uniform cheerfulness of his manners, his own heart at rest.

Distress generally excites curiosity-seldom anything farther. The appearance of the vetran exited that of Martin: but he was a humane man; and it was a laudable motive that induced him to, in a delicate manner, a desire of being acquainted with his history. The soldier readily satified him.

His name, he said, was Roach; his father bore. He was born at Carrickfergus, in Ireland; And, when but two years old, his father being ordered abroad, his mother took him with her to allow the fortunes of her husband. At fourteen, he lost his mother, and, at sixteen, his father. He fought by his side; saw him fall; and had the easure of revenging him on the man who slew him.