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 withdrew, and left the two lovers together all the evening; from this interview, they became ſenſible, of each other's approaching happineſs, and about a month after were joined together, to the great ſatiſfaction of all parties concerned. From this day, the Bridegroom was taken into partnerſhip, and tranſacted the whole buſineſs himſelf. In proceſs of time his Father-in-law died, and left him in poſſeſſion of all his ſubſtance. He ſucceeded him alſo in his dignity, and after having ſerved the office of Sheriff, was in a few years called to the chair.

Mr Froward, whom we left a while ago, purſuing his pleaſures, and wicked inclinations, had long before this time, been reduced to poverty, and like many other thoughtleſs wretches, betook himſelf to the highway and gaming-table, in hope of recovering a loſt fortune. He had followed this deſtructive trade with ſome ſucceſs, above three years, without being diſcovered; but was