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 ‘Once,’ he began, ‘in my early days, I went by the name of Poor Robin; by the occupation of an honet pure-maker in a country town I gained a mierable livelihood; for there is no profeion that keeps a man o low as honety. Although my pures had a ready ale, becaue the report went abroad that they kept money well, the maker having a lucky hand, as being a eventh on; yet this idea was contradicted by my own cae, for my pure continued always as empty as a concientious tomach on a fat-day: and if my cutomers found their gold to keep well in the pures they bought from me, neither the lucky hand of the maker, in my opinion, nor the goodnes of the work, were any way concerned in the matter; I impute the advantage olely to the materials of my pures, for they were all of leather; and you mut know, ir, that your leathern pure always holds money fater than an open ilk pure. The man that is. II.