when it first iffued from his fhop, would now have given for it. A prudent perfon would, however, have taken proper advantage of the ignorance of this fellow, and would not have offered more than a fhilling, or perhaps fixpence, for it; nay, fome perhaps would have given nothing, and left the fellow to his action of trover, which fome learned ferjeants may doubt whether he could, under these circumftances, have maintained.

Jones, on the contrary, whofe character was on the outfide of generofity, and may perhaps not very unjustly have been fufpected of extravagance, without any hefitation, gave a guinea in exchange for the book. The poor man, who had not for a long time before been poffeffed of so much treasure, gave Mr. Jones a thousand thanks, and discovered little lefs of transport in his muscles, than Jones had before fhown, when he had first read the name of Sophia Western.

The fellow very readily agreed to attend our travellers to the place where he had found the pocket-book. Together, therefore, they proceeded directly thither; but not fo faft as Mr. Jones defired; for his guide unfortunately happened to be lame, and could not poffibly travel faster than a mile an hour. As this place, therefore, was at above three miles distance, though the fellow had faid otherwise, the Reader need not be acquainted how long they were in walking it.

Jones opened the book a hundred times during their walk, kiffed it as often, talked much to himfelf, and very little to his companions. At all which the guide expreffed fome signs of astonishment to Partridge; who more than once fhook his head, and cry'd, poor gentleman! Orandum eft ut fit mens fana in corpore fano.

At length they arrived at the very spot where Sophia unhappily dropt the pocket - book, and where the fellow had as happily found it. Here Jones offered to take leave of his guide, and to improve his pace; but the fellow, in whom that violent furprise and joy which the first receipt of the guinea had occafioned was now confiderably abated, and who had now had fufficient time to recollect himself, put on a difcontented look, and, scratching his head, faid, "He hoped his Worship would give him fomething more. Your Worfhip," faid he, “will, I hope, take it into your confideration, that if I had not been honeft I might have kept the whole." And, indeed, this the Reader must confefs to have been true. "If the

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" paper there," faid he, "be worth 100 l. I am fure the finding it deferves more than a guinea. » Befides, fuppofe your Worship should never fee the Lady, nor give it her-and though your Worship looks and talks very much like a gentle» man, yet I have only your Worfhip's bare word: ,, and, certainly, if the right owner ben't to be ,, found, it all belongs to the firft finder. I hope » your Worfhip will confider all these matters. `I

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» am but a poor man, and therefore don't defire to have all; but it is but reasonable I fhould have » my share. Your Worship looks like a good man, » and, I hope, will confider my honefty: for I » might have kept every farthing, and no body ever the wifer. "I promise thee, upon my honor, cries Jones, "that I know the right » owner, and will reftore it her." "Nay, your Worship," answered the fellow, may do as "you please as to that: if you will but give me my ,, fhare, that is one half of the money; your Honor ,, may keep the reft yourself, if you please;" and concluded with fwearing, by a very vehement oath, that he would never mention a fyllable of it to any man living."

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"Lookee, friend," cries Jones, "the right owner fhall certainly have again all that the loft; and as for any farther gratuity, I really cannot give you at prefent; but let me know your name, and where you live, and it is more than poffible, » you may hereafter have further reason to rejoice », at this morning's adventure."

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"I don't know what you mean by venture," cries the fellow; "it feems I must venture whether you will return the Lady her money or no: but I hope your Worfhip will confider—" Come, come", faid Partridge, "tell his Honor your name, and where you may be found; I warrant you will never repent having put the money into his hands." The fellow, feeing no hopes of recovering

the poffeffion of the pocket-book, at last complied in giving in his name and place of abode, which Jones writ upon a piece of paper with the pencil of Sophia, and then placing the paper in the fame page where he had writ her name, he cried out,

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There, friend, you are the happiest man alive; I have joined your name to that of an angel." I don't know any thing about angels," answered the fellow; "but I wish you would give me a little , more money, or elfe return me the pocket-book." Partridge now waxed wroth: he called the poor cripple by feveral vile and opprobrious names, and was abfolutely proceeding to beat him, but Jones would not fuffer any fuch thing: and now telling the fellow he would certainly find fome opportunity of ferving him, Mr. Jones departed as faft as his heels would carry him; and Partridge, into whom the thoughts of the hundred pound had infused new fpirits, followed his leader; while the man, who was obliged to ftay behind, fell to curfing them both, as well as his parents: "For had they," fays he, "fent me to charity school to learn to write and read and caft accounts, I fhould have known the value of these matters as well as other people.

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Containing more Adventures which Mr. Jones and his Companion met on the Road.

OUR travellers now walked fo faft, that they

had very little time or breath for converfation; Jones meditating all the way on Sophia, and Partridge on the bank-bill, which, though it gave him fome pleasure, caufed him at the fame time to repine at fortune, which, in all his walks, had never given him fuch an opportunity of fhowing his honesty. They had proceeded above three miles, when Partridge, being unable any longerto keep up with Jones, called to him, and begged him a little to flacken his pace: with this he was the more ready to comply, as he had for fome time loft the foot-steps of the horses, which the thaw had enabled him to trace for feveral miles, and he was now upon a wide common where were feveral roads.

He here therefore ftopt to confider which of these roads he should purfue, when on a fudden they heard the noise of a drum that feemed at no great distance. This found presently alarmed the fears of Partridge, and he cried out, "Lord have mercy upon us all; they are certainly a - coming; "Who is coming?" cries Jones; for fear had long fince given place to fofter ideas in his mind; and fince his adventure with the lame man, he had been totally intent on pursuing

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