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<head><!-- Pencil heading -->J.B. for Henderson to Gullet</head> | <head><!-- Pencil heading -->J.B. for Henderson to Gullet</head> | ||
I forget his name) at Birmingham, <add>an</add> agent <del>for</del><lb/> | |||
stationed there by one of the Copper-companies.<lb/> | |||
He, in consequence, had applied to <add>one single person</add> M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Keir,<lb/> | |||
whose abode was about 9 miles from Birmingham.<lb/> | |||
It took him two rides to that place,<lb/> | |||
and three letters. I speak from your own account.<lb/> | |||
You asked M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Henderson what recompense | |||
you should make this copper-agent<lb/> | |||
for his trouble> whether £50 for example<lb/> | |||
or <del>I f</del> fifty guineas. I do not know which,<lb/> | |||
would be enough. - "Enough? (cried he, with<lb/> | |||
surprize, as well as he might) "yes indeed <del><gap/></del><lb/> | |||
"<del>a great deal more</del>. it would be strong if it were<lb/> | |||
"not, for a man who probably expects nothing,<lb/> | |||
"having done what he did in the view of serving<lb/> | |||
"M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Keir," <del>In consequence</del><add>You took the hint;</add> you changed the<lb/> | |||
fifty into fifteen; for which the copper-agent<lb/> | |||
thought himself much obliged to you as well he<lb/> | |||
<del><gap/></del> might. In this <add>single</add> business <del>where</del> M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Henderson<lb/> | |||
J.B. for Henderson to Gullet
I forget his name) at Birmingham, an agent for
stationed there by one of the Copper-companies.
He, in consequence, had applied to one single person Mr Keir,
whose abode was about 9 miles from Birmingham.
It took him two rides to that place,
and three letters. I speak from your own account.
You asked Mr Henderson what recompense
you should make this copper-agent
for his trouble> whether £50 for example
or I f fifty guineas. I do not know which,
would be enough. - "Enough? (cried he, with
surprize, as well as he might) "yes indeed
"a great deal more. it would be strong if it were
"not, for a man who probably expects nothing,
"having done what he did in the view of serving
"Mr Keir," In consequenceYou took the hint; you changed the
fifty into fifteen; for which the copper-agent
thought himself much obliged to you as well he
might. In this single business where Mr Henderson
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