a schoolmaster _^while intoxicated, was married to a woman, by certain persons to cover their own guilt.

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Money (bills) taken from a person who was down (died) of the smallpox, carried the contagion; and those who took it died of the same dis.—

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horrible effects of the taking of mercury—the swelled tongue

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Introduce a character (pick-pocket—bad) who goes to California in haste, to escape detection and punishment for crime—After a short while they receive a letter—or read in a newspaper—an account of his being hung

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? make the pickpocket the husband of a worthy woman who has been inveigled into marriage with him.—

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Introduce Jack's friends—two or three—

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An elderly man woman comes to the office to secure Covert's services fo in behalf of hiser son, who is arrested for

Martha, is the ward of Covert, inheriting property, so situated as to require the services of a limb-of-the-law.—(Her mother, aunt, the Old Quaker lady)

Jack, on going to Covert's house, _^one evening recognizes the like portrait of the Old Lady—it affects him to tears

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is dead—and Martha lives in Covert's house, in the situation of half servant—

Make Wigglesworth

Some remarks about the villainy of lawyers—tell the story of Covert's _^father's swindling, about the house in Johnson st—damn him

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Make Wigglesworth tell Jack a good long account of Covert and his character and villainies

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(Covert has licentious feelings toward Martha and wishes to effect a marriage with her—also for the sake of her property

—He is divided in his libidinous feelings between Martha, and Miss [Seligny?]

—The main hinge of the story will be Covert's determination to embezzle Martha's property—by means of withholding deeds, wills documents, &c &c—and Jack Engle, who early discovers that intention—being pervaded by a determination th to foil him—

With this view, he applies himself with zeal to study law, and watches with great sharpness—

The story of Martha shall be is that her father _^Uncle, wealthy _^who had adopted her a fine hearted man, (but possessed of a frightfully passionate temper,)—under the influence of his passion, commits homicide—(the victim is Jack's father)—He is arrested the shock is too much for him—while in prison,—he divides his makes a will,

dividing his property equally between Martha and the offspring of his victim—or the latter failing, it was all to go to Martha.—

The widow left Philadelphia, (where these sad events happened,) and came on to New York.—In consequence of the nature of the affair, she gradually withdrew from all her _^relations and former friends, (she was extra

sensitive) and lived with Martha, shut out from the world and

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Introduce some scene in a religious revival meeting—

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Make a character of a ranting religious exhorter—sincere, but a great fool.

Make Wigglesworth "get religion," through Calvin Peterson

Don't forget Seligny

(describe Tom Peterson fine young fellow

Smytthe
Pepperich Ferris

"The cup goes round,
And none so artful as to put it by."

O, earth how coulds't thou rudely push him back when he had but just crossed thy threshold?

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