not sure that Mr. Bragwell would bear it, but he was very sure it
was his duty to attempt it. As Mr. Worthy was very humble himself,
he had great patience and forbearance with the fault's of others. He
felt no pride at having escaped the errors into which they had
fallen, for he knew who it was had _made him to differ_. He
remembered that God had given him many advantages; a pious father
and a religious education: this made him humble under a sense of his
own sins, and charitable toward the sins of others, who had not the
same privileges.

Just as he was going to try to enter into a very serious
conversation with his guest, he was stopped by the appearance of his
daughter, who told them supper was ready. This interruption obliges
me to break off also, and I shall reserve what follows to the next
month, when I promise to give my readers the second part of this
history.

PART II.

A CONVERSATION.

Soon after supper Mrs. Worthy left the room with her daughters, at
her husband's desire; for it was his intention to speak more plainly
to Bragwell than was likely to be agreeable to him to hear before
others. The two farmers being seated at their little table, each in
a handsome old-fashioned great chair, Bragwell began:

"It is a great comfort, neighbor Worthy, at a certain time of life
to be got above the world: my notion is, that a man should labor
hard the first part of his days, that he may then sit down and enjoy
himself the remainder. Now, though I hate boasting, yet as you are
my oldest friend, I am about to open my heart to you. Let me tell
you then I reckon I have worked as hard as any man in my time, and
that I now begin to think I have a right to indulge a little. I have
got my money with character, and I mean to spend it with credit. I
pay every one his own, I set a good example, I keep to my church, I
serve God, I honor the king, and I obey the laws of the land."

"This is doing a great deal indeed," replied Mr. Worthy; "but,"
added he, "I doubt that more goes to the making up all these duties
than men are commonly aware of. Suppose then that you and I talk the
matter over coolly; we have the evening before us. What if we sit
down together as two friends and examine one another."

Bragwell, who loved argument, and who was not a little vain both of
his sense and his morality, accepted the challenge, and gave his
word that he would take in good part any thing that should be said
to him. Worthy was about