. The prudent old gentleman, the* per-
haps iK^itheut^nty apprebenfioni of tseing
To near hi& end, had fome months before
)nade his will, bv which it appeared, on
ejcamination, tnat he had appointed
truftoes to manage both Tor his fon mi,
intenoea daugntcr*in-4iw, iii ££i8vV.e
&ould die before they ardved at the
age of afting for themfelves, and alfo,
that bv his great ceconomy, he had laved
out ot the receipts of his eftates feveral-
confidcrablc fums ot money, which he
had placed in the publick funds, — fo
that Jemmy found himfelfin pofleffioh
of a much larger fortune than he had
imagined, or .had beep niade to hope fon

* . Soon after the melancholy felcmnity

^ of the funeral was over, ' he /cturn'M to

'Oxford i but ftay*d no long^fr there tlian

was nieceflkry to take a decent leave of

the gentlemen of the college, and other

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Jemmv and Jenny Jessamv. 9

ftudents with whom he had contraftcd
t^e moft intimacy.
But none of his friends or acquain'
tance, either ^'ondfif^ at, or condemned
the hafte he made to qniit the umverfity,
not doubting but the fole motive of his
doing fo was the laudable afieftion for
the Jady intended to be W future bride.
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