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 blessed with this child, till a late period of his age she was the darling of his soul. He committed his affairs to the management of his two partners, Mr. Emery and Mr. Drudge.

For the first time George entered the metropolis. From the account he had received from Mental, of the meanness and avarice of traders, he was not a little surprised at the elegant appearance of Mr. Emry s residence. His astonishment increased, when upon his admission into the hall, he was surrounded by four or five stout fellows in blue and silver liveries. The youth was confused, and felt some difficulty in persuading these gentlemen of the ceremonies to procure him an audience of Mr. Emery.

Some months passed away unmarked by any event of consequence. Mental had not visited him, though George constantly expected him. But it was his misfortune to fall in with a beautiful young woman, who went under the name of Millwood, but turned out to be Ellinor, the daughter of Mental, who pretended to be deeply in love with him. She got him advised to murder his uncle, and she, by the assistance of an Italian called Zelotti with whom she formerly cohabited, poisoned her father, that they might obtain possession of their riches.For which they were all apprehended, George was tried, condemned, and executed. Millwood went distracted in prison, broke a blood vessel in her rage, and died ; and Zelotti poisoned himself.