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76 THE MAN OF FEELIN G.
fervant of mine : I could not think of
turning loofe upon the world a faithful
old fellow, for no other reafon but that
his age had incapacitated him ; fo I give
him an annuity of ten pounds, tfith the
help of which he has fet up this little
place here, and his daughter goes and
fells milk in the city, while her father
manages his tap-room, as he calls it, at
home. I can’t well afk a gentleman of
your appearance to accompany me to fo
■ paltry a place.”—“ Sir, replied Harley,
interrupting him, I would much rather
enter it than the mofl celebrated tavern in
town : to give to the neceflitous, may
fometimes be a weaknefs in the man ; to
encourage induftry, is a duty in the
citizen.” They entered the houfe ac¬
cordingly.
On a table, at the corner of the room*
lay a pack of cards, loofely thrown to¬
gether. The old gentleman reproved the
man of the houfe for encouraging fo idle
an