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and always have remedied it by two virtues-perseverance and ingenuity. To give you an idea of my ill-fortune, know that I have been taken up twenty-three times on suspicion; of my perseverance, know that I have been taken up justly; and, of my ingenuity, know that I have been twenty-three times let off, because there was not a tittle of legal evidence against me!"

"I venerate your, talents, Mr. Jonson," replied I, "if by the name of Jonson it pleaseth you to be called, although, like the heathen deities, I presume that you have many titles, whereof some are more grateful to your ears than others."

"Nay," answered the man of two virtues, "I am never ashamed of my name; indeed, I have never done anything to disgrace me. I have never indulged in low company nor profligate debauchery; whatever I have executed by way of profession has been done in a superior and artist-like manner, not in the rude, bungling fashion of other adventurers. Moreover, I have always had a taste for polite literature, and went once as an apprentice to a publishing bookseller, for the sole purpose of reading the new works before they came out. In fine, I have never neglected any opportunity of improving my mind; and the worst that can be said against me is: that I have remembered my catechism, and taken all possible pains to learn and labor truly to get my living, and to do my duty in that state of life to which it has pleased Providence to call me."

"I have often heard," answered I, "that there is honor among thieves; I am happy to learn from you that there is also religion; your baptismal sponsors must be proud of so diligent a godson."

"They ought to be, sir," replied Mr. Jonson, “for I gave them the first specimens of my address; the story is long, but, if you ever give me an opportunity, I will relate it."

"Thank you," said I; "meanwhile I must wish you goodmorning; your way now lies to the right. I return you my best thanks for your condescension, in accompanying so undistinguished an individual as myself."

"Oh, never mention it, your honor," rejoined Mr. Jonson. "I am always too happy to walk with a gentleman of your

common sense.' Farewell, sir; may we meet again!" So saying, Mr. Jonson struck into his new road, and we parted.

I went home, musing on my adventure, and delighted with my adventurer. When I was about three paces from the door of my home, I was accosted in a most pitiful tone, by a poor old beggar, apparently in the last extreme of misery and disease. Notwithstanding my political economy, I was moved into alms-giving by a spectacle so wretched. I put my hand into my pocket, my purse was gone; and, on searching the other, lo! my handkerchief, my pocket-book, and a gold locket, which had belonged to Madame D'Anville, had vanished, too.

One does not keep company with men of two virtues and receive compliments upon one's common sense, for nothing!

The beggar still continued to importune me.

"Give him some food and half a crown," said 1 to my landlady. Two hours afterward she came up to me: "Oh, sir! my silver teapot that villain, the beggar!"

A light flashed upon me. "Ah, Mr. Job Jonson! Mr. Job Jonson!" cried I, in an indescribable rage; "out of my sight, woman! out of my sight!" I stopped short; my speech failed me. Never tell me that shame is the companion of guilt! The sinful knave is never so ashamed of himself as is the innocent fool who suffers by him.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

LIVER GOLDSMITH was born in 1728; died 1774. He

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was an Irishman, and his parents were quite poor. At the age of seventeen, Oliver went to Trinity College, Dublin, as a sizar. In this school he had to pay nothing for food and tuition, but he had to perform some menial service. He obtained his bachelor's degree, and left the university. Goldsmith was not a brilliant and attentive student. He became the common butt of boys and master, and was flogged as a dunce in school-room. He tried several professions, but all without success. Eighteen months were spent in studying medicine at Edinburgh, then some time pretending to be studying physic at Leyden. At the age of twenty-seven he left school, with a mere smattering of medical knowledge, and with no property but his clothes and flute.

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Next, Goldsmith commenced his wanderings. He rambled on foot through Flanders, France, Switzerland, Italy, playing tunes which everywhere set the peasantry dancing." His flute frequently gained him meals and bed. Upon his return to England, he obtained a medical appointment in the service of the East India Company, but the appointment was speedily revoked. At last he took a garret, and at thirty commenced to toil like a galley slave.

["Goldsmith's fame as a poet is secured by the Traveler, and the Deserted Village."] He wrote the Vicar of Wakefield, a novel of much merit. Good-natured Man, She Stoons to Conquer, and many other good plays were written by him

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