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9 who all pitied them, but were too poor materially to assist them, set off for London, to sue once more for the pension ; fearing at the same time that they had deferred the application too long.

They had travelled four days cheerfully; when they lost the purse which held the pittance they had to support them on their journey! But they were resigned: they had begged through the fifth; and on the sixth, they were met by the charitable curate. Here the narrator repeated his thanks ; and the clergyman insisted they were not due, having done nothing more than his duty.

Mr Martin, apologizing, inquired of the soldier where his father fell! " At Dettingen!" Had he no relation living? None that he knew of. He once had a brother, christened Leonard, after his father; who, when he went abroad, was left with an aunt at Carrickfergus, and was then five years old He addressed to him an account of his father's fate, but did not himself see Ireland for six years afterwards. He then heard that his aunt was dead; but, from all the inquiries he could make, had never been able to learn what became of his brother, or whether he received the letter concerning his father. He did!" interrupted Martin. The clergyman, the soldier and his wife, all fixed their eyes on him. " Heavens! is he alive?" eagerly exclaimed the searjeant. " No!" deeply sighed Mr Martin - He was my intimate friend. About six months after the receipt of your letter, he quitted Ireland ; and in the service of a foreign merchant, thrice travelled over the continent of Europe -His fidelity and zeal so attached him to his employer, who now settled in England, that he entertained him no longer as a servant,