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(24) It was not without difficulty, that was prevailed on to come into the views  his friend. However, being he at laſt accepted the generous offer;  having ſo done, reſolved to make  worthy of it. Every one ſaw the of Curio’s heart, and every one was  witneſs to the change it wrought in his  who quickly became more diligent than  had ever been remiſs.—Succeſs was the natural conſequence of the united efforts the merchants. Claudian had now to lament but the loſs of his love,  idea was too ſtrongly imprinted in his  for him ever to forget her. But in this too fortune was now favourable to him.—A of his dying, left him a ſum twice as  as he had at firſt poſſeſſed. with the opportunity of making at once himſelf and his lovely miſtreſs happy,  ſlew directly to her, renewed his  and eaſily obtained the conſent of her parents.—He married this idol of his  threw his whole fortune into trade, in  Curio continued his partner; their  were united, and they lived in harmony among themſelves, and a bright example  all about them.

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