ham waxed thinner and thinner, soon migrated, with his betters, to Prendergast; and would, in fact, have staid there, performing in a commodious barn, and boasting of his partnership with the Squire, for ever; but he at last received a hint from the churchwarden, king of the shoemakers, that the finances of the neighbourhood devoted to such purposes were exhausted; and it was then agreed between all the high contracting parties, Eustace being at the head of them, that he should visit Prendergast for six weeks yearly, when a good season should be made for him; and he has been heard to boast, again and again, that with this sheet-anchor, joined to Sheneham and Gresbury, he may justly consider his circuit the best hope of the legitimate drama of Britain. I venture no other opinion upon this assertion, than to say that many higher establishments are doing their best to confirm it.

One matter is yet in suspense-whether Barnaby will continue First Tragedian, with a little occasional assistance from his betters, or whether he will again marry and settle: something depends on the lady-something must be allowed to time,

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