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 woman, he is irrecoverably loſt. He who but once ſubmits to gaze upon their ſophiſtical beauties, puts himſelf in their power, and is no longer maſter of himſelf! Thus fell as hopeful a youth as any of his time; and in this manner muſt every giddy unexperienced youth be expoſed.

Every one in the houſe was in the utmoſt confuſion at Barnwell’s abſence, fearing ſome accident had befalenbefallen [sic] him, for none could ſuſpect the true cauſe. At his return Trueman went to receive him with open arms, but Barnwell was ſo ſenſible of his fault, that he turned from him, and could not ſpeak; but Trueman by his kind expreſſions brought him a little to himſelf, and their former friendſhip was renewed.

His maſter ſoon after came to chide him for ſtaying out, but was prevented by ſeeing how ſenſible he was of his crime; and after a few kind exhortations not to do ſo again, he left him: when Barnwell reproached himſelf in the ſevereſt terms for his fault, and reſolved never to ſee Millwood more.

Alas! how frail the reſolves of youth, when an artful woman had an intereſt in the breech of them! Millwood had too good an opinion of Barnwell’s pocket to part with his perſon. As ſhe found he did not renew his viſits, the took an opportunity with her