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if you will allow me to attend you once a month, it will continue so." Tom hummed a tune, and looked out of the window; the other two were silent till Bob was released. Tom _tip'd the blunt_, and the interesting young man made his conge, and departed. "A very interesting and amusing sort of person," said Bob. "Yes," replied Tom, "he is a walking volume of information: he knows something of every thing, and almost of every body. He has been in better circumstances, and seen a great deal of life; his history is somewhat remarkable, and some particulars, not generally known, have excited a considerable portion of interest in his fate among those who are acquainted with them. He is the son, before marriage, of a respectable and worthy tradesman, a celebrated vender of bear's grease,{1} lately deceased, who 1 The infallibility of this specimen cannot possibly be doubted, after reading the following Advertisement: "Bear's grease has virtues, many, great and rare; To hair decay'd, life, health, and vigour giving; 'Tis sold by----, fam'd for cutting hair, At -----.----------------------------------- living. Who then would lose a head of hair for trying? A thousand tongues are heard 'I won't,' replying; T----r no doubt with bear's grease can supply A thousand more, when they're dispos'd to buy. No deception!--Seven Bears publicly exhibited in seven months, and not an agent on the globe's surface.--Sold upon oath, from 1L. to 10s. 6d. The smallest child will direct to ----, near the church--a real Bear over the door, where a good peruke is charged 1L.. 10s. equal to those produced by Mr. T., at B----ss's, for 2L. 12s. 6d.--Scalp 10s. 6d.~and 6d. only for hair-cutting--never refusing one shilling. N. B. Bear's-grease effects wonders for the knees &c. of horses." ~57~~resided in the vicinity of Cornhill, and was for many years brought up under his roof as his nephew; in which situation, the elegance of his person, the vivacity of his disposition, and the general information he acquired, became subjects of attraction. His education was respectable for his situation, and his allowance liberal. His father however marrying a young lady of some property, and he, 'gay, light, and airy,' falling into bad hands, found his finances not sufficient to support th
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