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 been carried on and executed under my direction, here is the key to it."

"Ever since the Hn recruiting officer had known me at T; I visited that town very seldom, though I possessed a house there, and was esteemed by my neighbours and fellow citizens."

"An acquaintance of mine who kept a public house within a small distance from T, took a large Inn at that town, and expected to do very well, but an adjacent Inn which was in great renown, disappointed all his hopes, and reduced him soon to very distressing circumstances. He disclosed his distresses to me as I once happened to come to T, and I advised him to ruin the neighbouring Inn by the introduction of a ghost."

"The owner of the house had died a little time ago, and his son, a young unexperienced and simple lad, carried on the business. We