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 when he ſhould be at church, or about his maſter's buſineſs; never was known to tell a lye, nor ever ſtaid when he was ſent on an errand. Theſe rare qualifications had gained him the affection of his maſter and miſtreſs, and made him a favourite the family before Francis came to them. It was in a great meaſure owing to maſter Tommy's character the neighbourhood, that maſter Froward was induced to comply with  Maſter's demands, not doubting but his ſon, in ſuch a happy ſituation, and with a companion of ſo ſweet a diſpoſition, would one day,  out to his ſatisfaction, and be a comfort to him in his old age.

Francis, in the firſt year of his apprenticeſhip, began to diſcover the natural bent of his inclination. He choſe to aſſociate himſelf with naughty boys in the ſtreets, and ſeemed to place his whole delight in looſe and idle diverſions; he neglected the buſineſs of the ſhop when at home, and entirely forgot