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Mr. Solomon Pell, assisted by a Select Committee of Coachmen, arranges the affairs of the elder Mr.

           Wellerinsistedonsellingouthisportionforthwith,theyproceededfromthebanktothegateoftheStockExchange,towhichWilkinsFlasher,Esquire,afterashortabsence,returnedwithachequeonSmith,Payne,&Smith,forfivehundredandthirtypounds;thatbeingthemoneytowhichMr.Weller,atthemarketpriceoftheday,wasentitled,inconsiderationofthebalanceofthesecondMrs.Weller’sfundedsavings.Sam’stwohundredpoundsstoodtransferredtohisname,andWilkinsFlasher,Esquire,havingbeenpaidhiscommission,droppedthemoneycarelesslyintohiscoatpocket,andloungedbacktohisoffice.

           Mr.Wellerwasatfirstobstinatelydeterminedoncashingthechequeinnothingbutsovereigns;butitbeingrepresentedbytheumpiresthatbysodoinghemustincurtheexpenseofasmallsacktocarrythemhomein,heconsentedtoreceivetheamountinfive-poundnotes.

           ‘Myson,’saidMr.Weller,astheycameoutofthebanking-house‘mysonandmehasaweryparticklerengagementthisarternoon,andIshouldliketohavethisherebis’nesssettledoutofhand,solet’sjestgostraightavaysomeveres,verevecanhordittheaccounts.’

           Aquietroomwassoonfound,andtheaccountswereproducedandaudited.Mr.Pell’sbillwastaxedbySam,andsomechargesweredisallowedbytheumpires;but,notwithstandingMr

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