NDFORD
and JIM LANERGAN, both of whom are now while I write this, playing at
the Broadway Theatre, I return my most sincere thanks for favors
received; and I trust that they will pardon me for making this public
allusion to them. Finally, to every person who has, through
disinterested motive, treated me with kindness and consideration, I
would say--friends, your goodness shall never be forgotten while life
remains.

I have many bitter enemies, and they will, I presume, continue to snarl
at my heels like mongrel curs. Their miserable attempts to injure me
will only rebound back upon themselves. I am above the reach of their
malignity, and shall pursue my own independent course regardless of
their spleen.

Nearly one year has now elapsed since I left Boston--a place that I
cannot but regard with some degree of affectionate remembrance; for,
with all its faults, I like it still.

It is possible that I may hereafter continue to write tales for the
public amusement. Should I conclude to continue in my business as a
writer, I shall always, as heretofore, labor to produce that which is
interesting, exciting and founded on truth, and entirely unobjectionable
in a moral point of view. Unlike many so-called writers who throw off a
quantity of trash and care not how it fills up space, I am always
willing to bestow time and toil upon my work, for the sake of my own
credit, for the purpose of securing the rapid and extensive sale of the
book--and in order to give the public perfect satisfaction.

Reader, fare thee well! We may never meet again; but I thank thee for
accompanying me from the beginning to

THE END

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THOMPSON***

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