And now for the inference: be on your
guard against this pandemonial squad. Whatever your object may be in
cultivating and keeping society wid them, theirs is to ruin you--fleece
was the word used--an I then to cut and run, leaving Mr. Hycy--the
acute, the penetrating, the accomplished--completely in the lurch. Be
influenced, then, by the amicitial admonitions of the inditer of this
correspondence. Become not a smuggler--forswear poteen. The Lord forgive
me, Mr. Hycy--no, I only wished to say forswear--not the poteen--but
any connection wid the illegal alembic from which it is distillated,
otherwise they will walk off wid the 'doublings,' or strong liquor,
leaving you nothing but the residuum or feints. Take a friend's advice,
therefore, and retrograde out of all society and connection wid the
villains I have described; or if you superciliously overlook this
warning, book it down as a fact that admits of no negation, that
you will be denuded of reputation, of honesty, and of any pecuniary
contingencies that you may happen to possess. This is a sincere advice
from
"Your Anonymous Friend,
"Patricius O'Finigan, Philomath."
After perusing this characteristic production, Hycy paused for a little,
and felt it very probable that there might be some reasonable grounds
for its production, although he could scarcely understand upon what
motive these fellows should proceed to practice treachery towards him.
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