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Mr. Solomon Pell, assisted by a Select Committee of Coachmen, arranges the affairs of the elder Mr.

           Wellerproducedthatsum;afterwhich,alongconsultationaboutnothingparticulartookplace,inthecoursewhereofMr.Pelldemonstratedtotheperfectsatisfactionofthegentlemenwhosawfair,thatunlessthemanagementofthebusinesshadbeenintrustedtohim,itmustallhavegonewrong,forreasonsnotclearlymadeout,butnodoubtsufficient.Thisimportantpointbeingdespatched,Mr.Pellrefreshedhimselfwiththreechops,andliquidsbothmaltandspirituous,attheexpenseoftheestate;andthentheyallwentawaytoDoctors’Commons.

           ThenextdaytherewasanothervisittoDoctors’Commons,andagreatto-dowithanattestinghostler,who,beinginebriated,declinedswearinganythingbutprofaneoaths,tothegreatscandalofaproctorandsurrogate.Nextweek,thereweremorevisitstoDoctors’Commons,andtherewasavisittotheLegacyDutyOfficebesides,andthereweretreatiesenteredinto,forthedisposaloftheleaseandbusiness,andratificationsofthesame,andinventoriestobemadeout,andlunchestobetaken,anddinnerstobeeaten,andsomanyprofitablethingstobedone,andsuchamassofpapersaccumulatedthatMr.SolomonPell,andtheboy,andthebluebagtoboot,allgotsostoutthatscarcelyanybodywouldhaveknownthemforthesameman,boy,andbag,thathadloiteredaboutPortugalStreet,afewdaysbefore.

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