of arranging his own accounts will surely not be denied him: if it is, such tradesmen ought to be marked and others preferred. With the former I shall by

no

means interfere; Sir Timothy will look into that himself. Mr. Chissel, a day or two ago, wrote me to a similar purport, respecting tradesmen, &c. &c.and I answered as I now do, that I will' not accept any drafts whatever without Sir Timothy Flight's express directions. I am, Madam,

Your most obedient, &c.

ABRAHAM MODISH.

This letter was written in a very different style from that in which Mr. Abraham Modish had before addressed Mrs. Mortimer, and she plainly saw that he did not wish that she should continue to superintend the Baronet's concerns in Sussex. She knew that Mr. Alexander Modish had Sir Timothy in great subjection; indeed, the only thing in which

he had failed in gaining his wishes with the Baronet, was setting Lady Flight's will aside, for as that lady had left her fortune in such a manner, that the Mr. Modishes could not benefit the Baronet by it in speculations, they of course wished, no doubt out of friendship to Sir Timothy, that he should possess the whole of his mother's property; subject to no restrictions. no restrictions. Not long

after Mrs. Mortimer had received Mr. Modish's letter, the Baronet arrived at Brighton; it was in the evening, and a servant came to request the keys of Sir Timothy's lodging houses, which were immediately given. The next day she had a note from the Baronet in these words:

Dear Madam,

If you will commit briefly to paper the heads of what you wish to say, I will call in a short time.

Mrs. Mortimer had every thing in readiness against the Baronet's arrival. He treated her with distant civility; said that he had understood she had prevented the wheat being disposed of at the farm when it would have fetched a very high price, which was a serious loss to him. She assured him she had never interfered in the disposal of the wheat, strictly confining herself to his directions, by only as certaining the different market prices of grain. He staid only a few minutes, and Mrs. Mortimer was convinced, from what had been said, that Mr. Modish had told Şir Timothy about the wheat, as when he threatened her, by crushing herself and children to atoms, he told her it was very easy to prejudice the Baronet against her, for that he and Mr. Chissel had only to tell Sir Timothy that she bad prevented the grain being sold at a proper time, to convince him that what she had said about the impositions practised on him in the farm was

false; as that would account for the stock not making a return equal to the valuation. For some days Mrs. Mortimer did not hear any thing from the Baronet, when his housekeeper gave her this letter:

Madam,

I shall beg you to send me an account of the lodgers, &c. the sums you have received for the houses, and to give to my housekeeper any inventories of furniture, plate, linen, &c. you may have of mine. Having seen both houses myself, I must say it is infinitely more disgraceful than the players last year. I remain, &c.

TIMOTHY FLIGHT.

Mrs. Mortimer requested Mrs. Brush to tell her what the letter alluded to, as she had been in both the houses the same day that the Baronet sent for the keys, and then they were perfectly clean.

Upon which the housekeeper replied, that was saying the servants told stories. They had taken Sir Timothy and another gentleman to see the houses, and every utensil (only in plain English this was expressed) was in a beastly state, and that persons should not take charge of lodging-houses who were themselves above attending to them. timer rang to let Mrs.

Mrs. Mor

Brush out, Sir Timothy

and immediately wrote to relating what had passed, and inclosing the accounts which he requested to have, assuring him that both the houses were perfectly clean when his servants took possession of them. The Baronet thus replied:

Madam,

I shall certainly never suffer you to be unjustly traduced. As to the houses, I always feared it would not be a pleasant occupation, though you ought