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 betook herelf in her preent difficulty to the tender-hearted watchman of ouls, and gave him a faithful account of her adventure with Number-Nip, in what manner he had holpen her to great riches, and her anxiety how to dipoe of it; and then he authenticated the tory, by producing the whole tock of gold, which he had brought with her by way of document. The priet fell to croing himelf with great earnetnes at this extraordinary occurrence, though he was all the while incerely rejoiced at the good fortune of the poor woman: he then began to pull his night-cap backwards and forwards, in order to tart ome lucky contrivance for ecuring to her the poeion of her money, without raiing an hue and cry about the way in which he came by it;