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In which the old Man launches forth into his favourite Theme, and relates a Story about a queer Clie

           

           ‘Whenthefeverlefthim,andconsciousnessreturned,heawoketofindhimselfrichandfree,tohearthattheparentwhowouldhavelethimdieinjailWOULD!whoHADletthosewhowerefardearertohimthanhisownexistencedieofwant,andsicknessofheartthatmedicinecannotcurehadbeenfounddeadinhisbedofdown.Hehadhadallthehearttoleavehissonabeggar,butproudevenofhishealthandstrength,hadputofftheacttillitwastoolate,andnowmightgnashhisteethintheotherworld,atthethoughtofthewealthhisremissnesshadlefthim.Heawoketothis,andheawoketomore.Torecollectthepurposeforwhichhelived,andtorememberthathisenemywashiswife’sownfatherthemanwhohadcasthimintoprison,andwho,whenhisdaughterandherchildsuedathisfeetformercy,hadspurnedthemfromhisdoor.Oh,howhecursedtheweaknessthatpreventedhimfrombeingup,andactive,inhisschemeofvengeance!‘Hecausedhimselftobecarriedfromthesceneofhislossandmisery,andconveyedtoaquietresidenceonthesea-coast;notinthehopeofrecoveringhispeaceofmindorhappiness,forbothwerefledforever;buttorestorehisprostrateenergies,andmeditateonhisdarlingobject.Andhere,someevilspiritcastinhiswaytheopportunityforhisfirst,mosthorriblerevenge.

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