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(19) of the worthy Morillus, and the former had a conſiderable independant fortune, while the latter had no eſtate but honeſt induſtry.

Some years ſince, the parent and maſter dying, the young traders were left to themſelves: Curio declined an offer of partnerſhip with his young maſter, merely becauſe it was more then he could in reaſon expect: and Claudian generouſly advanced him a ſum of money to engage in trade with for himſelf, as a reward for his diſintereſtedneſs.

Curio, who knew he traded at preſent with another’s ſtock, and had only induſtry and frugality for the means to repay the loan, and ſettle himſelf in eaſe and happineſs, became the moſt diligent trader, and greateſt ſlave to a ſhop that ever kept one.—No debaucheries over night kept him in bed the next morning, and his doors were open two hours before, and at leaſt an hour after any of his neighbours.—Curio lived in his ſhop, and knew no idle moment there: his conſtant attendance brought him conſtant buſineſs; his obliging behaviour, and the probity of his dealings made every cuſtomer a friend to him, ſo that whoever once bought of him, never afterwards bought any where elſe.

The firſt year’s balance gave him power to pay his generous benefactor, which he